Paraloratospora – Facesoffungi number: FoF 07195

Paraloratospora Bundhun, Tennakoon, Phookamsak & K.D. Hyde, in Hyde et al., Fungal Diversity 100: 101 (2020).

MycoBank number: MB 557115; Index Fungorum number: IF 557115; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07195; 2 morphological species (Hyde et al. 2020b), 2 species with molecular data.

Type species – Paraloratospora camporesii Bundhun, Jeewon & K.D. Hyde, in Hyde et al., Fungal Diversity 100: 105 (2020).

Notes – Paraloratospora was introduced by Hyde et al. (2020b) to accommodate phaeosphaeria-like taxa. The genus formed a clade with Phaeosphaeria sensu lato and phylogenetically closed to Wingfieldomyces, Loratospora and Sulcispora  (Hyde et al. 2020b).

Based on phylogenetic and morphological distinctiveness, Hyde et al. (2020b) introduced the genus to accommodate Paraloratospora camporesii and P. gahniae.

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