Lophiostomataceae Sacc., Sylloge Fungorum

Rathnayaka, Achala R., Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Tennakoon, Danushka S., Lumyong, Saisamorn & Hyde, Kevin D., 2021, Additions to the microfungi in Taiwan: introducing Pseudorobillarda camelliaesinensis sp. nov., (Pseudorobillardaceae) and new host records of pleosporalean taxa in mountainous habitats, Phytotaxa 516 (2), pp. 115-139 : 127

Lophiostomataceae Sacc., Sylloge Fungorum 2: 672 (1883)

Notes: Lophiostomataceae (Pleosporales) was introduced by Nitschke (1869) and typified with Lophiostoma macrostomum . The members of Lophiostomataceae can be recognized by their carbonaceous ascomata and slit-like ostiolar neck (Hashimoto et al. 2018). Other familial characteristics include clavate asci and 1 to multi-septate, hyaline to dark brown ascospores with terminal appendages or mucilaginous sheaths (Hyde et al. 2013, 2017, Ariyawansa et al. 2015, Liu et al. 2015, Thambugala et al. 2015, Bao et al. 2019). Lophiostomataceae species are mostly saprophytes in different habitats, such as terrestrial, freshwater, and marine (Hashimoto et al. 2018, Bao et al. 2019, Hyde et al. 2019). Currently, twenty-eight genera are accepted in Lophiostomataceae (Hongsanan et al. 2020, Wijayawardene et al. 2020).