Palawania thailandensis Mapook & K.D. Hyde, in Mapook et al., Mycosphere 7(11): 1740 (2016).
MycoBank number: MB 633507; Index Fungorum number: IF 633507; Facesoffungi number: FoF 02654; Fig. 118
Description: see Mapook (2016c).
Material examined: Thailand, Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai Horticultural Research Center, on dried petiole and rachis of Phoenix roebelenii (Arecaceae), 09 September 2014, A. Mapook, (MFLU 16-1873, paratype).
Notes: Palawania thailandensis was introduced as a new species in Mapook et al. (2016c) with molecular data to confirm the phylogenetic placement of the genus. The species clusters with the Muyocopronaceae clade and diverged at 172 MYA in the Jurassic period (Mapook et al. 2016c).
Fig. 118 Palawania thailandensis (MFLU 16-1873, paratype). a–c Superficial ascomata on substrate. d, e Squash mounts showing ascomata walls. f Section of ascoma. g Ostiole h Peridium. i Pseudoparaphyses. j–m Asci. n–r Ascospores. s Ascospores surrounded by hyaline gelatinous sheath in Indian ink. Scale bars: b = 500 µm, c = 200 µm, d = 100 µm, f, j–m = 50 µm, g = 20 µm, e, h, n–s = 10 µm, i = 5 µm