Apiculospora Wijayaw., Camporesi, A.J.L. Phillips & K.D. Hyde, Fungal Diver 77: 42 (2016) Apiculospora was introduced by Wijayawardene et al. (2016) with A. spartii Wijayaw. et al. as the type species from dead branches of SpartiumjunceumL. Apiculospora belongs to Leotiomycetes, genera incertae sedis (Ekanayaka et al. 2019), while Hyde et al. (2020a, b, c) [...]
Apiculospora spartii Wijayaw, Li WJ, Camporesi E, Phillips AJL & KD Hyde, in Wijayawardene et al., Fungal Diversity (2016) Index Fungorum number: IF 551762; Mycobank number: MB 551762; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01426; Fig. 1 Saprobic on dead branches of Dorycnium hirsutum L. Sexual morph: Not observed. Asexual morph: Conidiomata 145–170×130–180 μm, (x̅=152×163 μm, n=5), [...]
Scytalidium Pesante, Annali Sper. agr., N.S. 11(2, Suppl.): cclxiv (1957) Index Fungorum number: IF 9862; Mycobank number: MB 9862 Notes – the ascomycetous genus Scytalidium is a member of the family Chaetomiaceae within the class Leotiomycetes (Crous et al. 2023). Scytalidium species have also been reported from various habitats as soil, air, decaying plant material, and [...]
Scytalidium assmuthi G Mane, R Avchar, R Morey, R Sharma, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 901341; Mycobank number: MB 901341; Facesoffungi number: FoF 15056; Fig. 1 Etymology – refers to the host termite species Odontotermes assmuthi from which this novel species was isolated. Holotype – MCC 10102 Scytalidium assmuthi was reported from the gut of [...]
Calycina Nees ex Gray Index Fungorum number: IF 770; MycoBank number: MB 770 Calycina is typified by C. herbarum (Pers.) Gray which is formerly known as Peziza herbarum (Persoon 1794; Gray 1821; Dumont 1972). Calycina is characterized by the sexual morph with bright-coloured apothecia, gelatinized ectal excipulum, filiform paraphyses, cylindrical asci, and hyaline, fusoid to [...]
Calycina papaeana Lestari & K.D. Hyde, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900437; MycoBank number: MB 900437; Facesoffungi number: FoF13908; Fig. 1 Etymology – Epithet represents Pa Pae sub-district where the specimen was collected. Saprobic on decaying root of an unidentified plant. Sexual morph: Apothecia 165–487 × 145–450 µm (x = 143.4 × 229 µm, n [...]
Phialocephala W.B. Kendr. Index Fungorum number: IF 9336; MycoBank number: MB 9336 Kendrick (1961) introduced the dematiaceous hyphomycete genus Phialocephala for a group of morphologically distinct species previously accommodated in Leptographium. Phialocephala is typified by P. dimorphospora W.B. Kendr. This genus is morphologically distinguished by enteroblastic, basipetal conidiogenesis and a stationary conidiogenous locus (phialides) [...]
Phialocephala chinensis Senan., N. Yapa & K.D. Hyde, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900436; MycoBank number: MB 900436; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14188; Fig. 1 Etymology – based on the region where the sample was collected. Saprobic on dead stem of unidentified plant. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Mycelia 4–5 µm diam., consisting of brown, smooth, [...]
Erysiphe salicicola Hyang B. Lee, P.M. Kirk & T.T.T. Nguyen, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 557324; MycoBank number: MB 557324; Facesoffungi number: FoF 09197; Fig. 1 Etymology – Referring to the host plant. Holotype – CNUFC PWS1 Sexual morph Chasmothecia scattered, 98.5–139.5(–152.5) μm diam., containing 3–13 asci. Each chasmothecium had 26–56 appendages. Appendages hyaline, aseptate, straight [...]
Phacidium Fr., Observ. mycol. (Havniae) 1: 167 (1815). Index Fungorum number: IF 1770; MycoBank number: MB 1770 The generic name Phacidium was introduced by Fries (1815) with Phacidium lacerum as the type species. Phacidium species are widely distributed throughout the globe and has been reported as pathogens on dead leaf tips and as saprobic [...]