Sakireeta Subram. & K. Ramakr., J. Indian bot. Soc. 36: 83 (1957).

MycoBank number: MB 9775; Index Fungorum number: IF 9775; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07583; 1 morphological species (Wijayawardene et al. 2017a), 1 species with molecular data.

Type species: Sakireeta madreeya Subram. & K. Ramakr., J. Indian bot. Soc. 36: 84 (1957).

Notes: Sakireeta comprises a single species, S. madreeya, which was previously known as Tiarosporella madreeya. This genus is distinguished from the closely related Tiarosporella by conidiomata that are aggregated in a stroma, and being plurilocular whereas, Tiarosporella has solitary unilocular conidiomata. In addition, Sakireeta has holoblastic conidiogenous cells (Crous et al. 2015a).

Species

  • Sakireeta madreeya