Pleurostoma Tul. & C. Tul., Select. fung. carpol. (Paris) 2: 247 (1863)

MycoBank number: MB 4247; Index Fungorum number: IF 4247; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01137; 5 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 4 species with sequence data.

Type species – Pleurostoma candollei Tul. & C. Tul.

Notes – Pleurostoma candollei is characterized by globose, black ascomata, with reniform to oblong asci and allantoid, aseptate ascospores (Tulasne & Tulasne 1863, Réblová et al. 2015b, Maharachchikumbura et al. 2016b).

Figure 202 – Pleurostoma candollei (Material examined – FRANCE, Hauts-de-Seine, Chaville, on dead wood of Quercus sp., 8 March 1859, PC 0167640). a Material. b Ascomata on host. c Ascoma cross section. d Peridium. e, f Asci. g, h Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 200 µm, c = 100 µm, d = 20 µm, e-f = 5 µm, g-h = 1 µm.

Species

  • Pleurostoma candollei