Spataporthe Bronson, Klymiuk, Stockey & Tomescu, Int. J. Pl. Sci. 174(3): 279 (2013)

MycoBank number: MB 800815; Index Fungorum number: IF 800815; Facesoffungi number: FoF 06327; 1 morphological species.

Type species – Spataporthe taylorii Bronson, Klymiuk, Stockey & Tomescu

Notes – Spataporthe is typified by S. taylorii and it is the only genus fossil in Diaporthales (Bronson et al. 2013). Spataporthe is distinct from other genera in Gnomoniaceae in having perithecial necks with a bell-shaped chamber, a peridium with outer, large pseudoparenchymatous layer and inner, thin filamentous layer, and clavate asci with thinly tapered bases which are detached from the hymenium to float freely in the perithecium (Bronson et al. 2013).

Species

  • Spataporthe taylorii