Schizothyriaceae

Belongs within: Dothideomyceta.

The Schizothyriaceae are a family of fungi that are mostly saprobic epiphytes on leaves or stems (Cannon & Kirk 2007).

Characters (from Cannon & Kirk 2007): Ascomata thyrothecial, strongly flattened or crustose, rounded or elongate, opening by irregular splits; upper wall brown, composed of a single layer of more or less epidermoid cells. Interascal tissue absent, or composed only of remnants of stromatal cells. Asci more or less globose to saccate, fissitunicate, without an ocular chamber, not blueing in iodine. Ascospores hyaline to pale brown, transversely septate, without a sheath. Anamorphs unknown.

<==Schizothyriaceae
    |--Amazonotheca Bat. & Maia 1959KC01
    |--Chaetoplaca Syd. & Syd. 1917KC01
    |--Henningsiella Rehm 1895KC01
    |--Kerniomyces Toro 1939KC01
    |--Lecideopsella Höhn. 1909 [incl. Gymnopeltis Stevens 1924, Plectomyriangium Moreau & Moreau 1950]KC01
    |--Linopeltis Hino & Katum. 1961KC01
    |--Mendogia Racib. 1900 [incl. Pleiostomella Syd. & Syd. 1917, Uleopeltis Henn. 1904]KC01
    |--Metathyriella Syd. 1927 [incl. Ciferriotheca Bat. & Lima 1959, Stomiopeltina Bat. 1963]KC01
    |--Mycerema Bat., Bezerra & Cavalc. 1963KC01
    |--Myriangiella Zimm. 1902 (see below for synonymy)KC01
    |--Neopeltella Petr. 1950KC01
    |--Orthobellus Silva & Cavalc. 1973KC01
    |--Plochmopeltis Theiss. 1914 [incl. Didymothyriella Bat. & Lima 1959]KC01
    |--Hexagonella Stevens & Guba ex Stevens 1925KC01
    `--Schizothyrium Desm. 1849 (see below for synonymy)KC01
         `--S. pomiKC01

Myriangiella Zimm. 1902 [=Phragmothyriella Höhn. 1912; incl. Oswaldoa Bat. & Lima 1959, Protopeltis Syd. 1927, Sathropeltis Bat. & Matta 1959, Spegazziniella Bat. & Lima 1959, Sydowiellina Bat. & Lima 1959]^KC01

Schizothyrium Desm. 1849 [incl. Agyronella Höhn. 1909, Didymopeltis Bat. & Lima 1959, Endocycla Syd. 1927, Epipeltis Theiss. 1913, Eremotheca Theiss. & Syd. 1917, Gyrothyrium Arx 1950, Microsticta Desm. 1849, Microthyriella Höhn. 1909, Myiocopraloa Cif. 1958, Paraphysotheca Bat. 1961, Polyclypeolum Theiss. 1914, Schizontopeltis Bat. & Maia 1962, Schizopeltis Bat. & Lima 1959, Schizothyrina Bat. & Lima 1959, Vanudenia Bat. & Maia 1963]^KC01

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

Cannon, P. F., & P. M. Kirk. 2007. Fungal Families of the World. CABI.

[EB03] Eriksson, O. E., H. O. Barah, R. S. Currah, K. Hansen, C. P. Kurtzman, G. Rambold & T. Laessøe (eds.) 2003. Outline of Ascomycota—2003. Myconet 9: 1–89.

[KC01] Kirk, P. M., P. F. Cannon, J. C. David & J. A. Stalpers. 2001. Ainsworth & Bisby’s Dictionary of the Fungi 9^th ed. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).