Biciliospora Petr., Sydowia 6(5-6): 429 (1952)

MycoBank number: MB 567; Index Fungorum number: IF 567; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13557; 1 species with sequence data.

Type species – Biciliospora velutina Petr.

Notes – Biciliospora velutina has tuberculate ascomata and cylindrical asci with ellipsoid ascospores with filiform appendage at each ends (Petrak 1952a). Biciliospora was accepted as a member of Coronophoraceae or synonym of Nitschkia in Nitschkiaceae (Müller & von Arx 1973, Nannfeldt 1975, Subramanian & Sekar 1990). Mugambi & Huhndorf (2010) however, reported it was a member of Scortechiniaceae based on multi-gene analysis.

Species

  • Biciliospora velutina