Neognomoniopsis Crous, gen. nov.

MycoBank number: MB 830856; Index Fungorum number: IF 830856; Facesoffungi number: FoF14426;

Etymology. Name refers to the genus Gnomoniopsis.

ClassificationGnomoniaceae, Diaporthales, Sordario­ mycetes.

Ascomata perithecial, solitary or in groups of up to three, dark brown, globose, with solitary, central neck, straight to curved, apex pale brown, obtuse. Asci hyaline, uniseriate, inoperculate, subcylindrical with a long, tapered stalk, with visible apical ring, containing eight multiseriate ascospores. Ascospores hyaline, smooth, guttulate, fusoid, widest at median septum, straight or slightly curved, ends subobtuse, lacking mucoid appendages.

Type species. Neognomoniopsis quercina Crous.