Ophiodothella Henn., Hedwigia 43: 258 (1904)

Index Fungorum number: IF 3600; MycoBank number: MB 3600Facesoffungi number: FoF 13501; 31 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 1 species with sequence data.

Type speciesOphiodothella atromaculans (Henn.) Höhn.

Notes – This genus comprises saprobic, terrestrial taxa which have perithecial ascomata that are characterized by the formation of ostiolate perithecia immersed in host leaves in which a blackened clypeus typically occurs around the ostiole and beneath the perithecium opposite the ostiole (Hanlin et al. 1992). Their unitunicate asci comprise a J+, apical ring and contain hyaline, scolecosporous ascospores (Hanlin et al. 2002). Most species of Ophiodothella are leaf parasites.

Species

  • Ophiodothella atromaculans