Parodiopsidaceae

Balladyna velutina, from here.

Belongs within: Pezizomycotina.

The Parodiopsidaceae are a family of fungi that are either biotrophic on leaves or hyperparasitic on sooty moulds (Cannon & Kirk 2007).

Characters (from Cannon & Kirk 2007): Mycelium superficial, dark, usually setose or hyphopodiate. Ascomata superficial, perithecial, sometimes stalked, globose, small, thin-walled, opening by breakdown of apical cells to form an irregular ostiole; peridium composed of 1-2 layers of dark pseudoparenchymatous cells, sometimes setose. Interascal tissue disintegrating at an early stage of development. Asci saccate, fissitunicate, sometimes J+ blue. Ascospores brown, septate, the septa sometimes thickened, sometimes ornamented, sometimes with a sheath or gelatinous appendages. Anamorphs hyphomycetous. Conidiophores dark, short, simple, usually poroid. Conidia solitary, elongate and often attenuated, thick-walled, septate.

Parodiopsidaceae
    |--Alina EB03
    |--Balladynocallia EB03
    |--Balladynopsis EB03
    |--Chevalieropsis EB03
    |--Cleistosphaera EB03
    |--Dimeriella EB03
    |--Dimerium EB03
    |--Dysrhynchis EB03
    |--Hyalomeliolina EB03
    |--Leptomeliola EB03
    |--Neoparodia EB03
    |--Ophioparodia EB03
    |--Parodiellina EB03
    |--Perisporiopsis EB03
    |--Pilgeriella EB03
    |--Scolionema EB03
    |--Stomatogene EB03
    |--Parodiopsis stevensii EB03, DP72
    `--Balladyna EB03
         |--B. magnifica DP72
         `--B. tenuis DP72

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

Cannon, P. F., & P. M. Kirk. 2007. Fungal Families of the World. CABI.

[DP72] Deighton, F. C., & K. A. Pirozynski. 1972. Microfungi. V. More hyperparasitic hyphomycetes. Mycological Papers 128: 1-110.

[EB03] Eriksson, O. E., H. O. Barah, R. S. Currah, K. Hansen, C. P. Kurtzman, G. Rambold & T. Laessøe (eds.) 2003. Outline of Ascomycota—2003. Myconet 9: 1-89.