Brobdingnagia K.D. Hyde & P.F. Cannon, Mycol. Pap. 175: 47 (1999)
Index Fungorum number: IF 27915; MycoBank number: MB 27915; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13482; 2 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020).
Type species – Brobdingnagia nigeriensis (Sivan. & Okpala) K.D. Hyde & P.F. Cannon
Notes – Brobdingnagia is characterised by large cylindrical to clavate ascospores inside a gelatinous, evanescent, unitunicate ascus (Hyde & Cannon 1999, Sivanesan & Shivas 2002). They can be saprobes or pathogens, while cultures and sequences are not available for any of the four species (Hyde & Cannon 1999, Sivanesan & Shivas 2002, Wijayawardene et al. 2018a).
Species
Brobdingnagia nigeriensis