Dictyosporium

Dictyosporiaceae The family of this genus, Dictyosporiaceae, was created to accommodate a holomorphic group of Dothideomycetes, including 12 genera that are saprobes on decaying wood and plant debris in terrestrial and freshwater habitats. The latest genera to be included were Dictyocheirospora, Dictyopalmispora, Jalapriya and Vikalpa. Dictyosporium The genus was analysed molecularly and was previously situated phylogenetically inside the Massariinaceae family. But in 2015 Tanka et al. changed its position and situated the genus inside the current family Dictyosporiaceae. Dictyosporium is a paraphyletic genus and although since 2015 the family is correctly identified, the taxonomy of the genus is still unresolved and the number of species keeps changing. Number of Species In 2012 Withon et al. added 11 species while Boonmee et al. removed 10 species from the genus. The next change was in 2013 when three new species were identified: D. aquaticum, D. meiosporum and D. thailandicum. In 2015 D. araucariae, D. indicum, D. hydei, D. olivacesporum, D. pseudomusae, D. sexualis, D. splendidum and D. wuyiense were newly identified. By 2017 the genus had 43 species while in 2018 two new species were identified (D. tubulatum and D. tratense) and the genus was formed by 45 species. == Morphological characteristics ==

The teleomorph is characterized by a dark brown, subglobose, superficial ascocarp. It has bitunicate, cylindrical asci. The ascospores are fusiform, hyaline, uniseptate with or without sheath. The conidiophores are inconspicuous. Dictyosporium is a heterogenous paraphyletic assemblage of species and the characters of some can differ from the type species. The principal characteristic used to differentiate between species is the conidia size and the number of row cells. The diagnostic features that separates Distyosporium from Massarinaceae are their conidia features. ==Species==

, Species Fungorum accepts 60 species of Dictyosporium. • Dictyosporium acroinflatum • Dictyosporium alatum • Dictyosporium amoenum • Dictyosporium appendiculatum • Dictyosporium aquaticum • Dictyosporium araucariae • Dictyosporium binatum • Dictyosporium biseriale • Dictyosporium boydii • Dictyosporium brahmaswaroopii • Dictyosporium bulbosum • Dictyosporium campaniforme • Dictyosporium canisporum • Dictyosporium castaneum • Dictyosporium cocophylum • Dictyosporium crustaceum • Dictyosporium digitatum • Dictyosporium elegans • Dictyosporium foliicola • Dictyosporium gauntii • Dictyosporium guttulatum • Dictyosporium hongkongensis • Dictyosporium hughesii • Dictyosporium hymenaearum • Dictyosporium krabiense • Dictyosporium lakefuxianense • Dictyosporium manglietiae • Dictyosporium marinum • Dictyosporium meiosporum • Dictyosporium minus • Dictyosporium muriformis • Dictyosporium nigroapice • Dictyosporium oblongum • Dictyosporium olivaceosporum • Dictyosporium palmae • Dictyosporium pandani • Dictyosporium pandanicola • Dictyosporium pelagicum • Dictyosporium polystichum • Dictyosporium prolificum • Dictyosporium rhopalostylidis • Dictyosporium schizostachyfolium • Dictyosporium sexuale • Dictyosporium sinense • Dictyosporium solanii • Dictyosporium splendidum • Dictyosporium stellatum • Dictyosporium strelitziae • Dictyosporium taishanense • Dictyosporium tetraseriale • Dictyosporium tetrasporum • Dictyosporium thailandicum • Dictyosporium tratense • Dictyosporium triramosum • Dictyosporium triseriale • Dictyosporium tubulatum • Dictyosporium wuyiense • Dictyosporium yerbae • Dictyosporium yunnanense • Dictyosporium zeylanicum • Dictyosporium zhejiangense ==References==