Neoascochyta Qian Chen & L. Cai, Stud. Mycol. 82: 198 (2015).

MycoBank number: MB 814064; Index Fungorum number: IF 814064; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07462; 13 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2019), 13 species with molecular data.

Type species – Neoascochyta exitialis (Morini) Qian Chen & L. Cai, Stud. Mycol. 82: 200 (2015).

≡ Sphaerella exitialis Morini, Nuovo G. bot. ital. 18(1): 37 (1886).

Notes – Neoascochyta was introduced by Chen et al. (2015) to accommodate taxa which are morphologically similar but phylogenetically distinct from Ascochyta. They have fusoid to cylindrical, obclavate-ovoid to ellipsoidal aseptate or single septate conidia and cylindrical to ovoid, or ellipsoidal single septate ascospores (Chen et al. 2015).

Species

  • Neoascochyta exitialis