Hydeopsis J.F. Zhang, J.K. Liu & Z.Y. Liu, in Zhang et al., Mycosphere 8(1): 211 (2019).

MycoBank number: MB 556247; Index Fungorum number: IF 556247; Facesoffungi number: FoF 05837; 1 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 1 species with molecular data.

Type speciesHydeopsis verrucispora J.F. Zhang, J.K. Liu & Z.Y. Liu, in Zhang et al., Mycosphere 8(1): 211 (2019).

Notes – Zhang et al. (2019a) introduced the monotypic genus Hydeopsis to accommodate phaeosphaeria-like taxon, characterizing by dark brown to black, subglobose, papillate ascomata, bitunicate, fissitunicate, clavate asci, embedded in cellular pseudoparaphyses and, hyaline to pale yellowish, ellipsoidal to fusiform, 3-septate ascospores with a mucilaginous sheath (Zhang et al. (2019a). Phylogenetic analyses obtained by Zhang et al. (2019a) showed that the genus forms a single lineage closely related to Dactylidina and Phaeopoacea. In this study, Hydeopsis forms unstable lineage in a problematic clade of the genera Allophaeosphaeria, Amarenographium, Amarenomyces, Dactylidina, Poaceicola, Septoriella and Vagicola. Therefore, the generic status is questionable pending further studies.

Species

  • Hydeopsis verrucispora