Truncatella (fungus)

The fungal genus Truncatella in the family Sporocadaceae,^[1] and in the Amphisphaeriales order,^[2] includes plant pathogens such as Truncatella laurocerasi.

Truncatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Amphisphaeriales
Family:	Sporocadaceae
Genus:	Truncatella

Truncatella angustata has been linked with grapevine trunk disease in northern Iran.^[3] Neopestalotiopsis, Pestalotiopsis and Truncatella fungal species (all in family Sporocadaceae) are associated with grapevine trunk diseases in France.^[4] It also causes canker and twig dieback in blueberry plants.^[5]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[6]

• Truncatella angustata (Pers.) S. Hughes (1958)
• Truncatella bella Bat. (1960)
• Truncatella betulae (Morochk.) S.J. Lee & Crous (2006)
• Truncatella conorum-piceae (Tubeuf) Steyaert (1949)
• Truncatella excelsa (Petr.) Shoemaker, C.E. Babc. & E. Müll. (1989)
• Truncatella hartigii (Tubeuf) Steyaert (1949)
• Truncatella helichrysi (Severini) B. Sutton (1996)
• Truncatella laurocerasi (Westend.) Steyaert (1949)
• Truncatella megaspora S.J. Lee & Crous (2006)
• Truncatella tianshanica Z.Q. Yuan & Z.Y. Zhao (1992)
• Truncatella truncata (Lév.) Steyaert (1949)
• Truncatella vitalbae (Shoemaker & E. Müll.) Shoemaker, C.E. Babc. & E. Müll. (1989)
• Truncatella wangikarii Somani (1980)

Former species;

• T. pampeana (Speg.) Steyaert (1961) = Pestalotiopsis pampeana, Pestalotiopsidaceae
• T. pestalozzioides (Dearn. & Fairm.) Shoemaker, C.E. Babc. & E. Müll. (1989) = Pestalotiopsis pestalozzioides, Pestalotiopsidaceae
• T. pitospora (M.E.A. Costa & Sousa da Câmara) Bissett (1983) = Pestalotia pitospora, Pestalotiopsidaceae
• T. ramulosa (J.F.H. Beyma) Steyaert (1949) = Truncatella laurocerasi]], Bartaliniaceae
• T. restionacearum S.J. Lee & Crous (2006) = Heterotruncatella restionacearum, Sporocadaceae
• T. spadicea S.J. Lee & Crous (2006) = Heterotruncatella spadicea, Sporocadaceae
• T. spartii Senan., Camporesi & K.D. Hyde (2015) = Heterotruncatella spartii, Sporocadaceae
• T. suffocata (Ellis & Everh.) Kausar (1961) = Pestalotiopsis suffocata, Pestalotiopsidaceae
• T. trevoae (Speg.) Nag Raj (1993) = Chrysalidopsis trevoae, Ascomycota