Paulkirkia Wijayaw., Wanas., Tangthir., Camporesi & K.D. Hyde, Fungal Divers. 77: 198 (2016).

MycoBank number: MB 551793; Index Fungorum number: IF 551793; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01677; 1 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 1 species with molecular data.

Type species – Paulkirkia arundinis Wijayaw., Wanas., Tangthir., Camporesi & K.D. Hyde (2016).

Notes – Paulkirkia species have subepidermal to superficial, globose or subglobose, dark brown to black conidiomata, holoblastic, cylindrical to funnel-shaped, unbranched, hyaline to pale brown, conidiogenous cells, ellipsoidal or oblong to irregular, pale to dark brown, 0-1 septate conidia (Wijayawardene et al. 2016a). According to the recent classification of Wijayawardene et al. (2018), Paulkirkia is included within Teichosporaceae, but further collections are needed for expansion of the genus.

Species

  • Paulkirkia arundinis