Aquabispora J. Yang, E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde, gen. nov.

MycoBank number: MB 559828; Index Fungorum number: IF 559828; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12839

Etymology: referring to the aquatic habitats and 2-spored asci.

Saprobic on decaying wood submerged in freshwater. Asexual morph: Undetermined. Sexual morph: Ascomata perithecial, superficial, subglobose to obpyriform, dark brown to black, setose, papillate. Ostiole periphysate. Setae lanceolate, dark brown, scattered over ascoma densely clustered around the ostiole, originating from surface cells of ascomata wall. Ascomatal wall coriaceous, 2-layered. Pseudoparaphyses abundant, persistent, septate. Asci unitunicate, broadly cylindrical to clavate, stipitate, straight or slightly curved, rounded or papillate at the apex, 2-spored, with a non-amyloid apical apparatus which has a central pore and retraction of plasmalemma. Ascospores uniseriate, cylindrical-ellipsoidal, hyaline when young, brown when mature, muriform, transversely and longitudinally septate, often surrounded by a mucilaginous sheath. Asexual morph: unknown.

Type species: Aquabispora setosa J. Yang, E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde

Species

  • Aquabispora setosa