Botryosphaeriales » Botryosphaeriaceae
Barriopsis
Barriopsis A.J.L. Phillips, A. Alves & Crous (2008)
Index Fungorum number: IF 511712; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01679; – 6 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 6 species with molecular data.
Type species: Barriopsis stevensiana A.J.L. Phillips & Pennycook, in Wijayawardene et al., Fungal Diversity 86: 56 (2017).
Based on Barriopsis fusca A.J.L. Phillips, A. Alves & Crous, in Phillips, Alves, Pennycook, Johnston, Ramaley, Akulov & Crous, Persoonia 21: 39 (2008).
Notes: Barriopsis is characterised by aseptate, brown ascospores without apiculi (Phillips et al. 2008). Absence of apiculi on the ascospores differentiates this genus from Sphaeropsis. Six species are accommodated in this genus (Phillips et al. 2013; Dissanayake et al. 2017).
Recent Notes
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Recent Genus
PileosporaSeptorioides
Pileospora
Recent Species
Dothiorella macadamiaeDiplodia peckiana
Barriopsis caryotae