Belongs within: Pleosporomycetidae.
The Tubeufiaceae are a group of saprobic or biotrophic fungi, often found growing on scale insects or other fungi (Kirk et al. 2001).
Characters (Kirk et al. 2001): Ascomata perithecial, sometimes aggregated into stromata, more or less globose, thick-walled, many setose, opening by a well-developed lysigenous pore; peridium pale, fleshy, composed of small pseudoparenchymatous cells. Interascal tissue of cellular pseudoparaphyses. Asci cylindrical, fissitunicate, usually with well-developed ocular chamber, not blueing in iodine. Ascospores hyaline or pale brown, transversely septate, rarely muriform, without a sheath. Anamorphs hyphomycetous, often helicosporous.
Tubeufiaceae
|--Acanthostigma De Not. 1863 [incl. Acanthostigmella Rick 1933 non Höhn. 1905]KC01
|--Acanthophiobolus Berl. 1893 (see below for synonymy)KC01
|--Acanthostigmella Höhn. 1905KC01
|--Allonecte Syd. 1939KC01
|--Boerlagiomyces Butzin 1977 [=Boerlagella Penz. & Sacc. 1897 non Cogn. 1891]KC01
|--Chaetosphaerulina Hino 1938 (see below for synonymy)KC01
|--Glaxoa Cannon 1997KC01
|--Letendraeopsis Rodrigues & Samuels 1994KC01
|--Podonectria Petch 1921 [incl. Podonectrioides Kobayasi & Shimizu 1983 (nom. inv.)]KC01
|--Rebentischia Karst. 1869KC01
|--Taphrophila Scheuer 1988KC01
|--Thaxterina Sivan., Rajak & Gupta 1988KC01
|--Thaxteriella Petr. 1924KC01
|--Paranectriella (Henn. ex Sacc. & Sacc.) Höhn. 1910 (see below for synonymy)KC01
| `--‘Titaea’ doidgeaeDP72
|--Uredinophila Rossman 1987KC01
| `--U. erinacea [incl. Trichonectria bambusicola]RS99
|--Acanthostigmina Höhn. 1909KC01
| `--*A. minutaE99
|--Chaetocrea Sydow 1927EB03, RS99
| `--*C. parasitica Sydow 1927RS99
|--Puttemansia Henn. 1902EB03, RS99 (see below for synonymy)
| `--P. albolanata [incl. *P. lanosa Henn. 1902]RS99
|--Borinquenia Stevens 1917 (n. d.)RS99
| `--*B. miconiae Stevens 1917 (n. d.)RS99
|--Amphinectria Spegazzini 1924EB03, RS99
| `--*A. portoricensis Spegazzini 1924 [=Micropeltidium portoricense]RS99
|--Byssocallis Sydow 1927EB03, RS99
| |--*B. phoebes Sydow 1927RS99
| `--B. aphanes Sydow 1927RS99
|--Malacaria Sydow 1930EB03, RS99
| |--*M. meliolicola Sydow 1930RS99
| `--M. luxuriansRS99
|--Melioliphila Spegazzini 1924EB03, RS99 [incl. Subiculicola Spegazzini 1924RS99]
| |--M. volutella (see below for synonymy)RS99
| `--M. winklerianaRS99
`--Tubeufia Penz. & Sacc. 1898 (see below for synonymy)KC01
| i. s.: ‘Ophionectria’ africana Saccas 1981 (n. d.)RS99
| T. helicomaIL01
| T. helicomycesIL01
| ‘Ophionectria’ lobayensis Saccas 1981 (n. d.)RS99
|--T. cereaSS09
`--+--T. paludosa [incl. Helicosporium phragmitis]SS09
`--Helicomyces Link 1809SS09, KC01
`--H. roseusSS09
Acanthophiobolus Berl. 1893 [=Ophiochaeta (Sacc.) Sacc. 1895 non Lütken 1869 (ICZN); incl. Ophiosphaeria Kirschst. 1906, Ophiotrichia Berl. 1893]KC01
Chaetosphaerulina Hino 1938 [incl. Thaxteriellopsis Sivan., Panwar & Kaur 1977, Xenosporella Höhn. 1923, Xenosporium Penz. & Sacc. 1901]KC01
Melioliphila volutella [=Lasionectria volutella; incl. Calonectria ambigua, *Subiculicola ambigua (Spegazzini) Spegazzini 1924, Calonectria graminicola, *Melioliphila graminicola (Stevens) Spegazzini 1924]RS99
Paranectriella (Henn. ex Sacc. & Sacc.) Höhn. 1910 [incl. Aorate Syd. 1929, Araneomyces Höhn. 1909, Monogrammia Stevens 1917, Titaea Sacc. 1876]KC01
Puttemansia Henn. 1902EB03, RS99 [incl. Annajenkinsia Thirum. & Naras. 1955KC01, Guelichia Speg. 1886KC01, Tetracrium Henn. 1902KC01]
Tubeufia Penz. & Sacc. 1898 [incl. Helicocoryne Corda 1854, Helicoma Corda 1837, Helicopsis Karst. 1889 non Fitzinger 1833 (ICZN), Helicosporium Nees 1816, Helicotrichum Nees & Nees 1818, Linobolus Syd. & Syd. 1917, Lituaria Riess 1853, Pendulispora Ellis 1961]KC01
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[E99] Eriksson, O. E. (ed.) 1999. Notes on ascomycete systematics. Nos 2440–2755. Myconet 2: 1–41.
[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.
[IL01] Inderbitzin, P., S. Landvik, M. A. Abdel-Wahab & M. L. Berbee. 2001. Aliquandostipitaceae, a new family for two new tropical ascomycetes with unusually wide hyphae and dimorphic ascomata. American Journal of Botany 88 (1): 52–61.
[KC01] Kirk, P. M., P. F. Cannon, J. C. David & J. A. Stalpers. 2001. Ainsworth & Bisby’s Dictionary of the Fungi 9th ed. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).
[RS99] Rossman, A. Y., G. J. Samuels, C. T. Rogerson & R. Lowen. 1999. Genera of Bionectriaceae, Hypocreaceae and Nectriaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycetes). Studies in Mycology 42: 1–248.
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