Bambusicolaceae D.Q. Dai & K.D. Hyde

Dai, Dong-Qin, Bahkali, Ali H., Li, Wen-Jing, Bhat, D. Jayarama, Zhao, Rui-Lin & Hyde, Kevin D., 2015, Bambusicola loculata sp. nov. (Bambusicolaceae) from bamboo, Phytotaxa 213 (2), pp. 122-130 : 125-126

Bambusicolaceae D.Q. Dai & K.D. Hyde , in Hyde et al., Fungal Diversity 63: 49 (2013)

Notes: —The family Bambusicolaceae was introduced for bitunicate, ascomycetous fungi from bamboo with hyaline ascospores and oblong, septate conidia ( Dai et al. 2012, Hyde et al. 2013). Liu et al. (2015) introduced Palmiascoma from palms, which have brown ascospores and ellipsoidal conidia without septa, thus widening the family concept. The genus Palmiascoma is morphologically similar to Didymosphaeria and Verruculina in having brown, echinulate, 1-septate ascospores ( Liu et al. 2015). However, Palmiascoma is phylogenetically separate from the above genera and clusters within the Bambusicolaceae clade.

Bambusicolaceae shares similar morphological characters with some families in the order Pleosporales , in having cylindrical to clavate asci and fusiform to ellipsoidal, hyaline to brown, 1-septate ascospores, i.e. Didymosphaeriaceae , Massarinaceae and Tetraplosphaeriaceae ( Tanaka et al. 2009, Zhang et al. 2009, Dai et al. 2012, Hyde et al. 2013). However, the family Bambusicolaceae differs from other families by the asexual morphs. Phylogenetic analyses also show that Bambusicolaceae is distinct in the sub-order Massarineae ( Hyde et al. 2013, Liu et al. 2014).