2.3.12 Pseudoastrosphaeriellaceae

Phookamsak et al. (2015) introduced the family Pseudoastrosphaeriellaceae to accommodate a single genus Pseudoastrosphaeriella for taxa originally described in the genus Astrosphaeriella (Hawksworth and Boise 1985) . Hyde et al. (2017) accommodated the two marine species of Carinispora in Pseudoastrosphaeriellaceae based on morphology and phylogenetic analyses. Later, Phookamsak et al. (2019) introduced a third genus, Pseudoastrosphaeriellopsis with one new species from mangroves in India. Currently the family includes three genera and 10 species, of which three taxa were described from marine habitats.