2.3.1 Amorosiaceae

Amorosiaceae ( Pleosporales) was introduced by Thambugala and Hyde (in Thambugala et al. 2015) for the monotypic hyphomycete genus Amorosia (type species A. littorali) isolated from intertidal sediment, associated with Rhizophora, in the Bahamas (Mantle et al. 2006). Conidia are solitary, dry, lateral, elongate-clavate, pale brown to brown, 1 – 3-septate, 3 – 4-septate when mature, constricted at the septa, smooth-walled, and are lacking any mucilaginous sheath or appendages. Previously assigned to Sporomiaceae, Thambugala et al. (2015), in a multi-gene phylogenetic analysis, showed it grouped with Angustimassarina in a well-supported clade, in between a clade comprising Decaisnella formosa, Thyridaria macrostomoides and a new genus, Lignosphaeria and Sporormiaceae . They therefore introduced a new family for the two genera Amorosia and Angustimassarina . It is the source of three new chlorinated compounds: two propenylphenol derivatives, chlorophenol A and B (1 and 2), and one benzofuran derivative, chlorophenol C (3) and other compounds (Ren et al. 2022).