Morakotia Mongkolsamrit, Noisripoom, Khonsanit, Thanakitpipattana & Luangsa-ard, gen. nov.
MycoBank number: MB 838348; Index Fungorum number: IF 838348; Facesoffungi number: FoF;
Etymology: In honour of Prof. Dr Morakot Tanticharoen, for her support of invertebrate-pathogenic fungi research in BIOTEC, Thailand.
Stromata solitary or multiple, unbranched, tough, arising from seed plant, cylindrical to clavate, moderate orange yellow to brown orange (164A–164B). Fertile part clavate. Perithecia crowded, densely packed, ovoid to long ovoid, ordinal in arrangement, completely immersed, with a reddish brown ostioles. Asci cylindrical. Ascospores hyaline, whole, filiform, elongate clavate with septations.
Type species: Morakotia fusca Mongkolsamrit, Noisripoom, Khonsanit, Thanakitpipattana & Luangsa-ard.
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