Hysterodifractum D.A.C. Almeida, Gusmão & A.N. Mill., Phytotaxa 176(1): 304 (2014).

MycoBank number: MB 807155; Index Fungorum number: IF 807155; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08058; 1 morphological species (Almeida et al. 2014, Species Fungorum 2020), 1 species with molecular data.

Type species – Hysterodifractum partisporum D.A.C. Almeida, Gusmão & A.N. Mill., Phytotaxa 176(1): 304 (2014).

Notes – Hysterodifractum differs from all other genera in the Hysteriaceae in having ascospores that disarticulate into part-spores when mature (Almeida et al. 2014). This is the first report of part-spores occurring in a hysteriaceous species.

Species

  • Hysterodifractum partisporum