Epicrea Petr., Sydowia 4(1-6): 325 (1950)

MycoBank number: MB 1857; Index Fungorum number: IF 1857; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13077; 1 morphological species.

Type species – Epicrea insignis Petr.

Notes – This monotypic genus is parasitic on Hypocrella chusqueae in Ecuador and is characterised by dense, ovoid to ellipsoid perithecia and cylindrical asci (Petrak 1950).

Species

  • Epicrea insignis