Chaetothyriomyces Pereira-Carv., Inácio & Dianese, Mycotaxon 107: 484 (2009)
MycoBank number: MB 512105; Index Fungorum number: IF 512105; Facesoffungi number: FoF 10336; 1 species (Species Fungorum 2021), molecular data unavailable.
Type species: Chaetothyriomyces brasiliensis Pereira-Carv.
Epiphytic on living leaves in terrestrial habitats. Colonies effuse, superficial. Mycelium superficial, branches, septate, brown to dark brown. Sexual morph: Ascomata dense, gregarious, superficial, globose to subglobose, brown to dark brown, smooth-walled. Ostiole lacking. Wall of ascoma comprising two cell types, externally comprising pigmented, dark brown, thick-walled cells of textura globulosa and inner layer thinner, composed of lightly pigmented to hyaline, thin-walled cells of textura angularis. Hamathecium lacking paraphyses. Asci 16-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate, broadly clavate, pedicellate. Ascospores irregularly arranged, ellipsoid to fusiform, hyaline, 1-septate, smooth-walled, lacking a gelatinous sheath or appendages. Asexual morph: Undetermined. (Pereira-Carvalho et al. 2009)
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