Erythrocarpon – Facesoffungi number: FoF 10516

Erythrocarpon Zukal, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 35: 337 (1886)

MycoBank number: MB 1901; Index Fungorum number: IF 1901; Facesoffungi number: FoF 10516;  1 morphological species.

Type species – Erythrocarpon microstomum Zukal

Notes – Erythrocarpon was introduced by Zukal (1886) as monotypic genus to accommodate a species, Erythrocarpon microstomum, found on rotten branches in Hütteldorf, Austria. The genus is characterised by cylindrical, 8-spored asci and the asexual morph is characterised by spindle- shaped conidia, with 3 transverse septa.

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