Pterosporidium W.H. Ho & K.D. Hyde, Can. J. Bot. 74(11): 1826 (1996)

Index Fungorum number: IF 27720; MycoBank number: MB 27720; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13511; 2 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020).

Type species – Pterosporidium rhizophorae (Vizioli) W.H. Ho & K.D. Hyde

Notes – Pterosporidium was introduced by Ho & Hyde (1996) to accommodate P. rhizomorphae, and P. rhizophorae, associated with foliar diseases of mangrove leaves (Ho & Hyde 1996). Species are characterized by thin-walled, clavate and unicellular brown ascospores that are covered by a thin paper-like sheath (Ho & Hyde 1996). The genus differs from Anthostomella as the ascospores lack a germ slit and are covered in a thin paper-like sheath.

Species

  • Pterosporidium rhizophorae