Podosordaria Ellis & Holw., Bot. Gaz. 24: 37 (1897)

Index Fungorum number: IF 4282; MycoBank number: MB 4282; Facesoffungi number: FoF 03060; 33 morphological species (Daranagama et al. 2018), 5 species with sequence data.

Type speciesPodosordaria mexicana Ellis & Holw.

Notes Podosordaria was described by Holway (1897) and has erumpent, obconical stromata with glomerate head and stipe, clavate-slightly pyriform, short-pedicellate asci with a J+, apical ring and equilateral ellipsoidal, dark brown ascospores with a gelatinous sheath and a geniculosporium-like asexual morph. Multigene phylogenetic studies revealed that the genus has a close affinity to Poronia in Xylariaceae (Daranagama et al. 2018, Wendt et al. 2018).

Species

  • Podosordaria mexicana