Aulacostroma Syd. & P. Syd., Philipp. J. Sci., C, Bot. 9: 176 (1914).

MycoBank number: MB 456;Index Fungorum number: IF 456; Facesoffungi number: FoF 02301; 4 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), molecular data unavailable.

Type species: Aulacostroma palawanense Syd. & P. Syd., Philipp. J. Sci., C, Bot. 9(2): 176 (1914).

Notes: Aulacostroma was reported as pathogenic on Pandanus merrillii in Philippines (see morphology in Inácio and Cannon 2008; Wijayawardene et al. 2018, 2020). Aulacostroma is characterized by stromatic, solitary to gregarious, superficial, black ascomata, broadly clavate, globose to subglobose, obovoid asci and brown ellipsoid, 1-septate ascospores (Inácio and Cannon 2008).

Species

  • Aulacostroma palawanense