Hydrophilomyces

Hydrophilomyces Thaxt. Index Fungorum number: IF 2406; MycoBank number: MB 2406 Notes – This genus includes to date 16 species associated with aquatic beetles. It is characterized by a long “accessory” cell flanking the perithecial venter and by a multicellular axis extending above the insertion of the perithecium. A single sequence is available for species in this [...]

Hydrophilomyces hydraenae W. Rossi & M. Leonardi, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 557383; MycoBank number: MB 557383; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07847; Fig. 1 Etymology – Named after the host insect. Holotype – FI WR2462 Thallus hyaline or nearly so. Receptacle consisting of 11–12 superposed cells, of which the basal is irregularly rhomboid, the following 2–3 [...]