Lulworthiales

Lulworthiales is a monotypic order of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes and also subclass Lulworthiomycetidae.[1]

Lulworthiales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Phylum:
Ascomycota
Class:
Sordariomycetes
Order:
Lulworthiales

Kohlm., Spatafora & Volkm.-Kohlm., 2000
Families

The order Lulworthiales, with its sole family Lulworthiaceae, consists of strictly marine fungal genera found on a wide range of substrates such as seagrasses (including Posidonia oceanica[2]), seaweeds, and seafoam. Order Lulworthiales was introduced on the basis of morphological characters and phylogenetic analyses built upon LSU and SSU partial sequences to accommodate the polyphyletic genera Lulworthia and Lindra.

Members of this family (and order) are well-known cellulase producers and can break down complex lignocellulose compounds, thus contributing to the recycling of nutrients.[3] Morphologically, they are characterized by ascomata which is subglobose to cylindrical, 8-spored asci, cylindrical to fusiform and filamentous ascospores with end chambers filled with mucus (the latter character is missing in Lindra).[4][5]

See also

References
  1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
  2. Panno, L.; Bruno, M.; Voyron, S.; Anastasi, A.; Gnavi, G.; Miserere, L.; Varese, G.C. (2013). "Diversity, ecological role and potential biotechnological applications of marine fungi associated to the seagrass Posidonia oceanica". New Biotechnol. 30: 685–694.
  3. Raghukumar, S. (2017). "Fungi in Coastal and Oceanic Marine Ecosystems". Marine Fungi. Cham, Switzerland: download.
  4. Kohlmeyer, J.; Spatafora, J.W.; Volkmann-Kohlmeyer, B. (2000). "Lulworthiales, a new order of marine Ascomycota". Mycologia. 92: 453–458.
  5. Campbell, J.; Inderbitzin, P.; Kohlmeyer, J.; Volkmann-Kohlmeyer, B. (2009). "Koralionastetales, a new order of marine Ascomycota in the Sordariomycetes". Mycol. Res. 113: 373–380.


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