Cryptascoma Ananthap., Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 90(3): 479 (1988)

MycoBank number: MB 25170; Index Fungorum number: IF 25170; Facesoffungi number: FoF 04388; 2 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020).

Type species – Cryptascoma bisetulum Ananthap.

Notes – Cryptascoma was introduced and typified by Ananthapadmanaban (1988) with C. bisetula found on dead twigs in Tamil Nadu, India. This genus is distinguished by fusiform, 2- celled, biseriate ascospores with protoplasmic extensions (Barr 1978, Monod 1983) and it was assigned to Cytosporaceae by Ananthapadmanaban (1988).

Species

  • Cryptascoma bisetulum