Didymellaceae

The Didymellaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales.[2]

Didymellaceae
Didymella rabiei (Chickpea ascochyta blight fungus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Pleosporales
Suborder:	Pleosporineae
Family:	Didymellaceae Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley 2009[1]
Type genus
Didymella
Genera
see text

Recent phylogenetic examination of some of the larger genera of the Pleosporales, particularly Phoma, has led to considerable reorganisation of the order, many of the species being placed in this family.

Taxonomy

Genera include:

• Atradidymella
• Boeremia
• Chaetopyrena
• Didymella
• Endophoma
• Leptosphaerulina
• Macroventuria
• Peyronellaea
• Phoma
• Platychora
• Stagonosporopsis

References

1. de Gruyter, Johannes; Aveskamp, Maikel M.; Woudenberg, Joyce H.C.; Verkley, Gerard J.M.; Groenewald, Johannes Z.; Crous, Pedro W. (April 2009). "Molecular phylogeny of Phoma and allied anamorph genera: Towards a reclassification of the Phoma complex". Mycological Research. 113 (4): 508–519. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2009.01.002. ISSN 0953-7562. OCLC 4932323608. PMID 19272327.
2. Dyntaxa Swedish Taxonomic Database: Didymellaceae

Bibliography

• Aveskamp, M.M.; de Gruyter, J.; Woudenberg, J.H.C.; Verkley, G.J.M.; Crous, P.W. (2010). "Highlights of the Didymellaceae: A polyphasic approach to characterise Phoma and related pleosporalean genera". Studies in Mycology. 65: 1–60. doi:10.3114/sim.2010.65.01. PMC 2836210. PMID 20502538.
• Zhang Y, Schoch CL, Fournier J, Crous PW, Gruyter J De, Woudenberg JHC, Hirayama K, Tanaka K, Pointing SB, Hyde KD. 2009. Multi-locus phylogeny of the Pleosporales: a taxonomic, ecological and evolutionary re-evaluation. Studies in Mycology 64: 85–102.

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