Updates on the classification and numbers of marine fungi

• DOI: 10.1515/bot-2023-0032
• Publication Date: 2023-07-21T10:40:51Z
• Authors: Mark S. Calabon; E.B. Gareth Jones; Ka-Lai Pang; Mohamed A. Abdel-...; Jing Jin; Bandarupalli Deva...; Resurreccion B. S...; Carlo Chris Apurillo; Kevin D. Hyde
• Keywords: Marine fungi

Abstract This article revises the documented diversity of known marine fungi from nine phyla, 33 classes, 107 orders, 273 families, 767 genera and 1898 species reported worldwide. A member Aphelidiomycota, Pseudaphelidium drebesii , is for first time environment, on a diatom. Likewise, phylum Mortierellomycota listed following taxonomic changes, as are six subclasses: Chaetothyriomycetidae, Savoryellomycetidae, Sclerococcomycetidae, Agaricostilbomycetidae, Auriculariomycetidae Aphelidiomycotina. Thirty-three orders 105 family names with added to checklist, along 641 in 228 genera, bringing total 1898. New additions list highlighted. Four new combinations proposed: Stigmatodiscus mangrovei Diaporthe krabiensis xylocarpi while hyphomycete Humicola alopallonella referred genus Halosphaeriopsis alopallonella.