Coryneaceae Corda

Wang, Caixia, Jiang, Ning, Liu, Chuli, Xu, ZiYan, Lu, Hailong & Ma, Rong, 2025, Morphology and molecular phylogeny reveal new species and records of Diaporthales from Betula in Xinjiang, China, MycoKeys 125, pp. 167-204 : 167-204

Coryneaceae Corda , Icon. fung. (Prague) 3: 36 (1839)

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Coryneaceae , typified by Coryneum , represents a both morphologically and phylogenetically distinct lineage within Diaporthales , primarily characterised by the production of transversely distoseptate, brown conidia ( Senanayake et al. 2017, 2018; Jiang et al. 2018, 2019; Rathnayaka et al. 2020). To date, three genera have been accepted in Coryneaceae , based on integrated morphological and phylogenetic evidence, viz. Coryneum , Hyaloterminalis and Subellipsoidispora ( Tang et al. 2023) . While phylogenetic analyses have placed Talekpea in close relationship with Coryneum ( Rathnayaka et al. 2020; Tang et al. 2023), this genus exhibits significant morphological divergence from the three accepted genera. Resolution of its taxonomic status will require additional sampling and more comprehensive studies in the future. Notably, Hyaloterminalis is distinguished from Coryneum , based on its pycnidial conidiomata ( Rathnayaka et al. 2020). Subellipsoidispora has been described only from its sexual morph, distinguished from Coryneum by ascomata typically bearing a single peridium ( Tang et al. 2023). This disparity in known morphologies highlights the need for further research to fully understand the life histories and evolutionary relationships within Coryneaceae .