Table 3.
Morphology, geography and host identity of Allantonectria, Nectria and Pleonectria.
| Genera | Species | Teleomorph in natural environment | Anamorph in natural environment | Geography | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perithecial position | Ascospore shape | Ascospore septation | Fructification (shape and position) | ||||
| Allantonectria | A. miltina | Superficial | Allantoid | Aseptate | Unknown | Central America, Europe, North America | Monocots, especially Agavaceae |
| Nectria | N. antarctica | Superficial or rarely immersed only at the base | Usually ellipsoidal | Muriform | Sporodochia (convex or concave) | North America, South America | Dead woody substrata |
| N. argentinensis | Superficial | Long-ellipsoidal to fusiform | 1-septate | Sporodochia (sessile) | South America | Dead woody substrata | |
| N. asiatica | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to fusiform | (0–)1-septate | Sporodochia (short stipitate) | Asia | Dead woody substrata | |
| N. aurantiaca | Superficial | Ellipsoidal | 1-septate | Sporodochia (long stipitate) | Europe | Dead woody substrata | |
| N. australiensis | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to rarely fusiform | 1-septate | Synnemata | Oceania | Hoheria populum | |
| N. balansae | Nearly or completely immersed | Ellipsoidal, fusiform to long oblong | (0–)1-septate | Unknown | Asia, Europe, South America | Dead woody substrata | |
| N. berberidicola | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to fusiform | 1-septate | Sporodochia (sessile) | Europe | Berberis vulgaris | |
| N. canadensis | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to long-ellipsoidal | (1–)3-septate | Sporodochia (extremely long stipitate) | North America | Ulmus tree | |
| N. cingulata | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to fusiform | 1-septate | Unknown | South America | Dead woody substrata | |
| N. cinnabarina | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to fusiform | (0–)1(–2)-septate | Sporodochia (long stipitate) | Europe, North America | Dead woody substrata | |
| N. dematiosa | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to fusiform | (0–)1(–2)-septate | Sporodochia (short stipitate) | Asia, Europe, North America | Dead woody substrata | |
| N. eustromatica | Completely immersed | Allantoid to bean-shaped | 1-septate | Unknown | Europe | Hippocrepis (Coronilla) emerus | |
| N. himalayensis | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to fusiform | 1-septate | Sporodochia (short stipitate) | Asia | Dead woody substrata | |
| N. hoheriae | Completely immersed | Ellipsoidal to long oblong | (0–)1(–3)-septate | Sporodochia (sessile) | Oceania | Plagianthus regius | |
| N. lateritia | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to cylindrical | 3-septate | Synnemata | Asia, Central America, South America | Manihot utilissima | |
| N. magnispora | Nearly or completely immersed | Ellipsoidal to long oblong | (0–)1(–2)-septate | Pycnidia (immersed) | Asia | Dead woody substrata | |
| N. mariae | Nearly or completely immersed | Ellipsoidal to fusiform | (0–)1-septate | Unknown | Europe | Buxus sempervirens | |
| N. neorehmiana | Superficial | Fusiform | (1–)3-septate | Synnemata | South America | Dead woody substrata | |
| Nectria | N. nigrescens | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to fusiform | (0–)1(–3)-septate | Sporodochia (short to long stipitate) | Europe, North America | Dead woody substrata |
| N. noackiana | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to fusiform | 1-septate | Synnemata | South America | Bark of unknown liana | |
| N. novaezelandiae | Superficial | Long-ellipsoidal to cylindrical | (1–)3(–4)-septate | Unknown | Oseania | Discaria toumatou | |
| N. paraguayensis | Nearly or completely immersed | Ellipsoidal, fusiform to long oblong | 1-septate | Unknown | South America | Cedrela brasiliensis, scale insects, lichen and possibly Patellina amoena | |
| N. polythalama | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to fusiform | Muriform | Synnemata | Oceania | Dead woody substrata | |
| N. pseudadelphica | Superficial | Fusiform to allantoid | (0–)1(–3)-septate | Unknown | South America | Dead woody substrata | |
| N. pseudocinnabarina | Superficial | ellipsoidal to fusiform | 1-septate | Synnemata | Central America, South America | Dead woody substrata | |
| N. pseudotrichia | Superficial | ellipsoidal to fusiform | Muriform | Synnemata | Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania, North America, Central America, South America | Dead woody substrata | |
| N. pyriformis | Superficial | Obovoid or pyriform | 1-septate | Unknown | Asia | Capparis sepiaria | |
| N. sordida | Nearly or completely immersed | Ellipsoidal, fusiform to long oblong | (0–)1(–2)-septate | Sporodochia (sessile) | South America | Dead woody substrata | |
| N. tucumanensis | Superficial or rarely immersed only at the base | Cylindrical to allantoid | 1(–3)-septate | Unknown | South America | Dead woody substrata | |
| Pleonectria | P. aquifolii | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to fusiform | (0–)1-septate | Unknown | Europe | Ilex aquifolium |
| P. aurigera | Superficial | Ellipsoidal, long-ellipsoidal to allantoid | (3–6)7-septate | Unknown | Europe, North America | Dead woody substrata, especially Oleaceae | |
| P. austroamericana | Superficial or immersed | Subglobose to ellipsoidal | Muriform | Pycnidia (immersed and superficial) | North America, South America | Dead woody substrata, especially Fabaceae | |
| P. balsamea | Superficial | Ellipsoidal, fusiform to long-fusiform | Muriform | Pycnidia (superficial) | North America | Abies (Conifer) | |
| P. berolinensis | Superficial | Ellipsoidal, fusiform to cylindrical | Muriform | Unknown | Asia, Europe, North America | Ribes | |
| P. boothii | Superficial | Long-fusiform, cylindrical to long-cylindrical | Muriform | Pycnidia (superficial) | Europe | Picea abies (Conifer) | |
| P. chlorinella | Superficial | Fusiform | Muriform | Unknown | North America | Dead woody substrata | |
| P. clavatispora | Superficial | Clavate | Muriform | Unknown | North America | Ribes | |
| P. coryli | Superficial | Narrowly fusiform to cylindrical | 1-septate | Unknown | Europe, North America | Dead woody substrata | |
| Pleonectria | P. cucurbitula | Superficial | Long-filiform | 15–39-septate | Pycnidia (superficial) | Europe, North America | Pinus, subgenus Pinus (Conifer) |
| P. ilicicola | Superficial | Ellipsoidal | (0–)1-septate | Pycnidia (immersed) | Europe | Ilex aquifolium | |
| P. lamyi | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to fusiform | Muriform | Pycnidia (superficial) | Asia, Europe, North America | Berberis | |
| P. lonicerae | Nearly or completely immersed | Ellipsoidal to fusiform | Muriform | Unknown | North America | Lonicera involucrata | |
| P. missouriensis | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to cylindrical | Muriform | Pycnidia (superficial) | North America | Carya alba | |
| P. okinawensis | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to rarely fusiform | 1-septate | Pycnidia (superficial) | Asia | Castanopsis sp. | |
| P. pinicola | Superficial | Fusiform to long-fusiform | Muriform | Pycnidia (superficial) | Asia, Europe, North America | Pinus (conifer) | |
| P. pseudomissouriensis | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to fusiform | 1-septate | Unknown | South America | Dead woody substrata | |
| P. pyrrhochlora | Nearly or completely immersed | Ellipsoidal, rarely subglobose | Muriform | Unknown | Europe | Acer campestre | |
| P. quercicola | Superficial | Filiform | 8–15-septate | Pycnidia (immersed) | Europe | Quercus ilex ssp. rotundifolia | |
| P. rosellinii | Superficial | Long-filiform | 8–31-septate | Pycnidia (superficial) | Asia, Europe, North America | Abies (conifer) | |
| P. rubicarpa | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to fusiform | 1-septate | Unknown | Europe, North America, Central America | Dead woody substrata | |
| P. sinopica | Superficial | Ellipsoidal to fusiform | 1-septate | Pycnidia (immersed and superficial) | Europe | Hedera | |
| P. sphaerospora | Superficial or immersed | Subglobose to ellipsoidal | Muriform | Pycnidia (immersed and superficial) | North America | Dead woody substrata | |
| P. strobi | Superficial | Long-filiform | 12–44-septate | Pycnidia (superficial) | Europe, Norh America | Pinus subgenus Strobus (conifer) | |
| P. virens | Superficial or sometimes immersed at base | Ellipsoidal to rarely fusiform | Muriform | Presumably pycnidia | Europe, North America | Dead woody substrata | |
| P. zanthoxyli | Almost immersed | Narrowly ellipsoidal to allantoid | Muriform | Presumably pycnidia | Europe, North America, South America | Dead woody substrata | |