Mycothermus D.O. Natvig, J.W. Taylor, A. Tsang, M.I. Hutch. & A.J. Powell, Stud. Mycol. 93: 107 (2018)

MycoBank number: MB 807381; Index Fungorum number: IF 807381; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13042; 2 species with sequence data.

Type species – Mycothermus thermophilus (Cooney & R. Emers.) X. Wei Wang, Houbraken & D.O. Natvig

Notes – Mycothermus was published by Natvig et al. (2015) but as an invalid genus. The genus was validated by Wang et al. (2019b) based on multi-gene phylogenetic analyses with rpb2, tub2, ITS and LSU. The genus is characterised by its thermophilic habit, hyaline to subhyaline hyphae, holothallic chlamydospores that are thick-walled, brown, smooth to verrucose and doliiform, globose, subglobose, oblong or obovoid. The sexual morphs are undetermined.

Species

  • Mycothermus thermophilus