Sclerenchymomyces – Facesoffungi number: FoF 07287

Sclerenchymomyces Phukhams. & K.D. Hyde, in Phukhamsakda et al., Fungal Diversity 102: 41 (2020).

MycoBank number: MB 557110; Index Fungorum number: IF 557110; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07287; 2 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 2 species with molecular data (Phukhamsakda et al. 2020).

Type species – Sclerenchymomyces clematidis Phukhams. & K.D. Hyde, in Phukhamsakda et al., Fungal Diversity 102: 41 (2020).

Notes – Phukhamsakda et al. (2020) introduced Sclerenchymomyces for a clade comprising Sclerenchymomyces clematidis and S. jonesii. The member of Sclerenchymomyces are characterized in having black, shiny, superficial to semi-immersed ascomata with a multilayer of scleroplectenchymatous tissues (Wanasinghe et al. 2016a). Currently, members of this genus can be found as saprobes on plants.

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