Allosoma Syd., Annls mycol. 24(5/6): 353 (1926).

MycoBank number: MB 143; Index Fungorum number: IF 143; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08927; – 4 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), molecular data unavailable.

Type species: Allosoma cestri Syd., Annls mycol. 24(5/6): 353 (1926).

Notes: The genus is characterized by superficial, globose to subglobose ascomata, subglobose asci, and oblong-ellipsoid to ellipsoid, 1-septate ascospores. This genus was placed this genus in Englerulaceae by Thambugala et al. (2014b) and Wijayawardene et al. (2017a, 2020). Sequence data is needed to confirm its placement.

Species

  • Allosoma cestri