Paralulworthia gigaspora sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: MB833288; Facesoffungi number: FoF; (Figure 6). Type: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Mediterranean Sea, Elba Island (LI), Ghiaie ISL, 3–5 m depth, 42◦49r04”N, 10◦19r20rrE March 2010, R. Mussat-Sartor and N. Nurra, on the sea grass P. oceanicarhizomes, MUT 435 holotype, living culture permanently preserved in metabolically inactively state by deep-freezing at [...]
Paralulworthia gen.nov. Index Fungorum number: MB833285; Facesoffungi number: FoF Type species: Paralulworthia gigaspora sp. nov. Etymology: in reference to the phylogenetic closeness to the genus Lulworthia sensu latu. Phylogenetic placement: Lulworthiaceae, Lulworthiales, Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota. The genus Paralulworthia gen. nov. clustered together with the genera Lulworthia sensu latu and Halazoon (Figure 5). Description: growing efficiently on wood. [...]
Sammeyersia grandispora (Meyers) S.Y. Guo, E.B.G. Jones & K.L. Pang, Bot. Mar.: 0.1515/bot-2016-0118, 15 (2017) Index Fungorum number: IF 820461 Saprobic on submerged mangrove wood. Sexual morph: Ascomata 100–350 × 135–300 µm, globose or subglobose to pyriform, immersed or superficial, ostiolate, with a long neck, brown to black, solitary or gregarious. Necks upto 700–800 [...]
Sammeyersia S.Y. Guo, E.B.G. Jones & K.L. Pang, in Abdel-Wahab et al., Bot. Mar.: 0.1515/bot-2016-0118, 15 (2017) Index Fungorum number: IF 820458 Sammeyersia is a monotypic genus introduced by Abdel-Wahab et al. (2017) to accommodate Sammeyersia grandispora (= Lulworthia grandispora). Species Sammeyersia grandispora
Lulworthiaceae Kohlm., Spatafora & Volkm.-Kohlm., Mycologia 92(3): 456 (2000) Index Fungorum number: IF 82091 Lulworthiaceae was introduced to accommodate several species belonging to Lulworthia and Lindra with filamentous ascospores (Kohlmeyer et al. 2000). This family comprises the genera, Halazoon, Haloguignardia, Hydea, Kohlmeyeriella, Lindra, Lulwoidea, Lulworthia, Matsusporium, Moleospora, Moromyces, Orbimyces, Spathulospora and Sammeyersia (Jones et [...]
Lulworthiomycetidae Dayar., E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde, subclass novus, Index Fungorum number: IF 551131 Saprobic on wood, sea grasses and marsh plants or parasites on algae. Sexual morph: Ascomata subglobose to cylindrical or ovoid to ellipsoidal, immersed or superficial, ostiolate, papillate or epapillate, periphysate. Hamathecium composed of paraphyses or internal structures absent; centrum initially filled with a hyaline pseudoparenchyma, dissolving at maturity. [...]