Volutella is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Nectriaceae.
The fungal genus was established by Fries (1832) with Volutella ciliata (Alb. & Schwein.) as the type species. It had about 47 species in 2011, however, many species were later revised and transferred to other genera such as Calonectria, Coccinonectria, Lectera, Koorchaloma, Pseudonectria and Volutellonectria (Gräfenhan et al. 2011), and only 11 species have sequence data in GenBank. Gräfenhan et al. (2011) then revised the genus and accepted three species viz. Volutella ciliata, Volutella consors and Volutella citrinella into Volutella. Later, seven additional species were introduced in the genus (Dubey and Pandey 2013; Zhang et al. 2017; Lombard et al. 2015; Tibpromma et al. 2018; Perera et al. 2020; Lechat et al. 2022).
The genus is characterized by discoid sporodochia with marginal setae, simple to verticillate conidiophores, compact and phialidic conidiogenous cells, and 1-celled, ovoid to oblong conidia. The synasexual morph is present in some species with two or more whorls of conidiogenous cells (Gräfenhan et al. 2011; Luo and Zhuang 2012; Lombard et al. 2015; Tibpromma et al. 2018).
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;
Volutella aeria
Volutella arundinis
Volutella asiana
Volutella caricicola
Volutella cassiicola
Volutella cinerascens
Volutella citrinella
Volutella delonicis
Volutella gilva
Volutella jaapii
Volutella kamatii
Volutella keratinolytica
Volutella krabiensis
Volutella leucaenae
Volutella lini
Volutella lohwagii
Volutella nectrioides
Volutella nivea
Volutella pachysandrae
Volutella pini-caribaeae
Volutella putaminum
Volutella queenslandica
Volutella ramkumarii
Volutella roseola
Volutella salmonis
Volutella salvadorae
Volutella setosa
Volutella thailandensis
Volutella therryana
Volutella uredinophila
Former species (all are Nectriaceae, unless stated);
V. buxi = Pseudonectria buxi
V. buxi f. rusci = Pseudonectria buxi
V. ciliata = Scolecofusarium ciliatum
V. ciliata var. stipitata = Scolecofusarium ciliatum
V. circinans = Colletotrichum circinans, Glomerellaceae
V. colletotrichoides = Lectera colletotrichoides, Plectosphaerellaceae
V. colletotrichoides var. setosa = Lectera colletotrichoides, Plectosphaerellaceae V. comata = Volutellonectria consors V. consors = Volutellonectria consors V. discoidea = Dothiorina discoidea, Chlorociboriaceae V. fructi = Colletotrichum fructi, Glomerellaceae V. gilva f. effusa = Volutella gilva V. gilva f. rosea = Volutella gilva V. gilva subsp. intricata = Volutella gilva V. gilva var. albopilosa = Volutella gilva V. gilva var. rosea = Volutella gilva V. intricata = Volutella gilva V. melaloma = Koorchaloma melaloma, Sordariomycetes V. minima = Volutellonectria consors V. pachysandricola = Coccinonectria pachysandricola V. piracicabana = Xepicula leucotricha, Ascomycota V. rosea = Volutella gilva V. rusci = Pseudonectria buxi V. stipitata = Scolecofusarium ciliatum V. vitis = Cyphella vitis, Cyphellaceae
