Jinshana K.L. Pang, M.W.L. Chiang & E.B.G. Jones, gen. nov.
Index Fungorum Number: IF 902396; Mycobank number: MB 902396; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14035
Etymology – In reference to the type collection location ‘Jin-Shan’.
Saprobic on trapped wood on a rocky shore. Sexual morph: Ascomata superficial, globose to subglobose, solitary to gregarious, coriaceous, yellow to brown, ostiolate, papillate. Necks short, cylindrical, white to pale yellow. Periphyses not observed. Peridium comprising an outer stratum (5–8 layers) of hyaline cells of textura angularis with large lumina and an inner stratum (3–4 layers) of hyaline and elongated cells. Catenophyses present. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, thin-walled, clavate with a flattened apex, pedunculate. Ascospores ellipsoidal, 1-septate, with one large oil globule in each cell, not constricted at the septum, thick-walled, hyaline, appendaged. Appendages bipolar, initially adpressed to the ascospore wall, unravelling in sea water to form a long thin filament. Asexual morph: Not observed.
Type species – Jinshana tangtangiae K.L. Pang, M.W.L. Chiang & E.B.G. Jones, sp. nov.
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