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 [...]
Phacidiella kunmingensis D.P. Wei and K.D. Hyde, sp. nov. Fig. 2 MycoBank number: MB; Index Fungorum number: IF; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12296; Etymology: The specific epithet is derived from Kunming County, Yunnan Province, China Saprobic on dead twigs. Sexual morph: Apothecia 400–650 × 350–450 (x̄ = 510× 407, n = 5) μm, clustered, immersed, [...]
Apiculospora yuccae Tibpromma, sp. nov. (Fig. 3) MycoBank number: MB 558360; Index Fungorum number: IF 558360; Facesoffungi number: FoF 10416 Etymology: Name reflects the host genus Yucca. Holotype: HKAS 115529 Saprobic on dead leaves of Yucca gigantea. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Conidiomata 145–175 μm diam., 125–155 μm high (x̅ = 160.99 × 137.6 [...]
Populomyces zwinianus Hern.-Restr., in Crous et al., Fungal Systematics and Evolution 7: 321 (2021) MycoBank number: MB 838713; Index Fungorum number: IF 838713; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14116. Etymology: Name refers to the school from where the sample was collected “Zwin College” (Oostburg, the Netherlands). This sample was collected during a Citizen Science project at the Westerdijk [...]
Populomyces Hern.-Restr., in Crous et al., Fungal Systematics and Evolution 7: 319 (2021) MycoBank number: MB 838712; Index Fungorum number: IF 838712; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14115; Etymology: From Latin Populus, meaning civilians, and referring to the fact that the fungus was collected during a Citizen Science project of the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute. Vegetative [...]