Amesia X. Wei Wang, Samson & Crous, Stud. Mycol. 84: 156 (2016)

Index Fungorum number: IF 818829; MycoBank number: MB 818829; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11604; 4 species with sequence data.

Type species – Amesia atrobrunnea (L.M. Ames) X. Wei Wang & Samson

Notes – Amesia was introduced by Wang et al. (2016a) to accommodate A. atrobrunnea, A. cymbiformis, A. gelasinospora and A. nigricolor, which were transferred from Chaetomium. The genus is characterised by superficial, sphaerical, ellipsoid or ovate, ostiolate ascomata, with apically flexuous, spirally coiled or undulate hairs. Asci are broadly clavate and evanescent, and ascospores are brown, mostly fusiform, often ovate to elongate ovate, with an apical or subapical germ pore (Wang et al. 2016a).

Species

  • Amesia atrobrunnea