Loculohypoxylon M.E. Barr, Mycotaxon 3(3): 326 (1976).

MycoBank number: MB 2915; Index Fungorum number: IF 2915; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08370; 1 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), no species with molecular data.

Type speciesLoculohypoxylon grandineum (Berk. & Ravenel) M.E. Barr, Mycotaxon 3(3): 326 (1976).

Diatrype grandinea Berk. & Ravenel, Grevillea 4(no. 31): 95 (1876)

NotesLoculohypoxylon has immersed or widely erumpent ascomata, oblong or clavate asci, 4-8 spores per ascus and light to dark brown, 1-celled, broadly elliptic or subglobose ascospores with germ slit (Barr 1976). According to the classification of Wijayawardene et al. (2018), Loculohypoxylon is included within Teichosporaceae, but needs further verification with molecular data.

Species

  • Loculohypoxylon grandineum