Massarinaceae

Massarinaceae
Massarina pandanicola holotype. a Colony on MEA media. b Mycelium masses. c–g Conidia and conidiogenous cells. h Conidia. Scale bars: 20 μm (b), 2 μm (c–g), 5 μm (h)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Massarinaceae
Munk (1956)
Type genus
Massarina
Sacc. (1883)

The Massarinaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. Although taxa have a cosmopolitan distribution, they are better-known in temperate regions. They are thought to be saprobic in wood and bark; some species are weak pathogens.[1]

In 2013, Quaedvlieg and colleagues expanded this family with the genus Stagonospora by showing that the type of the genus (Stagonospora paludosa) actually clustered inside the Massarinaceae and not in the Phaeosphaeriaceae as was previously assumed. Subsequently, Stagonospora, which has several important pathogens on grasses (e.g. Stagonospora nodorum and S. avenae), was renamed Parastagonospora.[2]

  1. ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Quaedvlieg et al. 2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).