Pseudolophiotrema A. Hashim. & Kaz. Tanaka, in Hashimoto et al. Persoonia 39: 70 (2017).

MycoBank number: MB 819254; Index Fungorum number: IF 819254; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08351, 1 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 1 species with molecular data.

Type species – Pseudolophiotrema elymicola A. Hashim. & Kaz. Tanaka

Notes – Morphologically, Pseudolophiotrema is similar to Lophiotrema but can be distinguished in having thinner ascomatal walls, composed of compressed cells, while the ascomatal wall of Lophiotrema comprises rectangular cells (Holm & Holm 1988, Hashimoto et al. 2017b). Pseudolophiotrema is also similar to Atrocalyx, but dffers in having well-developed peridium around the ostiolar neck and base (Hashimoto et al. 2017b). Hashimoto et al. (2017b) treated Pseudolophiotrema as Pleosporales genus incertae sedis. Hongsanan et al. (2018) established Pseudolophiotremataceae to accommodate this genus based on phylogeny and divergence time estimation.

Species

  • Pseudolophiotrema elymicola