Diatrypaceae
Creators: name: Dayarathne, Monika C.
name: Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N.
name: Devadatha, B.
name: Abeywickrama, Pranami
name: G, E. B.
name: Jones, areth
name: Chomnunti, Putarak
name: Sarma, V. V.
name: Hyde, Kevin D.
name: Lumyong, Saisamorn
name: C., Eric H.
name: Mckenzie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Fungi
Ascomycota
Sordariomycetes
Xylariales
Diatrypaceae

description: KEY TO MARINE DIATRYPACEOUS SPECIES   1. Only asexual morph known............................... Cryptosphaeria halophila Dayarathne & K.D.Hyde, sp. nov.   
— Sexual morphs with or without asexual morphs........................................................................................... 2  
2. Asci 8-spored............................................................................................................................................... 3  
— Asci more than 8 spored............................................................................................................................ 12  
3. Ascospores filiform or ellipsoidal................................................................................................................. 4  
— Ascospores allantoid or subinequilateral...................................................................................................... 5  
 4. Ascospores 12-13-septate, without a longitudinal germ slit.................................................................................................................................................................... Pedumispora rhizophorae K.D.Hyde & E.B.G.Jones   
 — Ascospores aseptate, without a longitudinal germ slit............ Diatrypasimilis australiensis J.J.Zhou & Kohlm   
5. Ascospores septate....................................................................................................................................... 6  
— Ascospores aseptate..................................................................................................................................... 7  
 6. Ascomata 125-140 × 105-115 µm....................................... Halodiatrype salinicola Dayarathne & K.D.Hyde   
 — Ascomata 520-990 × 740-880 µm................. Halodiatrype mangrovei (K.D.Hyde) Dayarathne & K.D.Hyde   
 7. Ascospores 45-52 × 10-14 µm, with several small guttules........................................................................................................................................................................ Halodiatrype avicenniae Dayarathne & K.D.Hyde   
— Ascospores 5-10.5 × 1.5-3 µm, with two small guttules or without guttules................................................ 8  
 8. Ascostromata erumpent, arising through cracks on bark, edges of cracks remaining as pointed, angular parts, carbonaceous.............................................................. Diatrype mangrovei Dayarathne & K.D.Hyde, sp. nov.   
— Ascostromata immersed or semi immersed, blackening the wood surface or forming a blackened crust on host surface......................................................................................................................................................... 9  
 9. Ascostromata blackening the wood surface with ectostromatal cushions occurring around each ascoma...................................................................................................................................... Eutypella naqsii K.D.Hyde   
— Ascostromata blackening the wood surface without ectostromatal cushions occurring around each ascoma. 10  
10. With a thin white line under the black hymenium.................................................................................... 11  
 — Without a thin white line under the black hymenium............................. Cryptosphaeria eunomia (Fr.) Fuckel   
 11. Ascospores olive-brown............................................................................................................................................................... Cryptosphaeria bathurstensis (K.D.Hyde & Rappaz) Dayarathne & K.D.Hyde, comb. nov.   
 — Ascospores hyaline to slightly brownish............ Cryptosphaeria avicenniae Devadatha & V. V. Sarma, sp. nov.   
12. Ascomatal neck with horizontal or vertical furrows.................................................................................... 13  
— Ascomatal neck lacking horizontal or vertical furrows............................................................................... 14  
 13. Ascomatal neck with 4 horizontal furrows.............................. Cryptovalsa mangrovei Abdel-Wahab & Inderb   
 — Ascomatal neck with 4 vertical furrows........................................................... Cryptovalsa suaedicola Spooner   
 14. Ascospores yellow-brown to brown..................................................................................................................... Halocryptovalsa avicenniae (Abdel-Wahab, Bahkali & E.B.G.Jones) Dayarathne & K.D.Hyde, comb. nov.   
— Ascospores hyaline..................................................................................................................................... 15  
 15. Ascomata 130-185 × 185-260 µm.......................................................... Cryptovalsa halosarceicola K.D.Hyde   
 — Ascomata 230-300 ×140-168 µm.................... Halocryptovalsa salicorniae Dayarathne & K.D.Hyde, sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Dayarathne, Monika C., Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N., Devadatha, B., Abeywickrama, Pranami, G, E. B., Jones, areth, Chomnunti, Putarak, Sarma, V. V., Hyde, Kevin D., Lumyong, Saisamorn, C., Eric H. & Mckenzie, 2020, Modern taxonomic approaches to identifying diatrypaceous fungi from marine habitats, with a novel genus Halocryptovalsa Dayarathne & K. D. Hyde, gen. nov., pp. 21-67 in Cryptogamie, Mycologie 20 (3) on pages 23-24, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2020v41a3, http://zenodo.org/record/7815042