Metacoleroa Petr., Annls mycol. 25(3/4): 332 (1927).

MycoBank number: MB 3139; Index Fungorum number: IF 3139; Facesoffungi number: FoF 06361; – 1 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 1 species with molecular data.

Type species: Metacoleroa dickiei (Berk. & Broome) Petr. [as ‘dieckiei’], Annls mycol. 25(3/4): 332 (1927) [as ‘dieckiei’], Annls mycol. 25(3/4): 332 (1927).

≡ Sphaeria dickiei Berk. & Broome, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 2 9: 317 (1852).

Notes: Metacoleroa is a monotypic genus characterized by ascomata produced on well-defined subiculum, not cupulate when dry and olivaceous brown ascospores at maturity (Zhang et al. 2011). No mature ascomata were found on the specimen examined by Crous et al. (2007b).

Species

  • Metacoleroa dickiei