Ulospora D. Hawksw., Malloch & Sivan., in Hawksworth, Can. J. Bot. 57: 96 (1979).

MycoBank number: MB 5664; Index Fungorum number: IF 5664; Facesoffungi number: FoF 04645; 1 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 1 species with molecular data.

Type species – Ulospora bilgramii (D. Hawksw., C. Booth & Morgan-Jones) D. Hawksw., Malloch & Sivan., Can. J. Bot. 57: 96 (1979).

≡ Zopfia bilgramii D. Hawksw., C. Booth & Morgan-Jones, Mycol. Pap. 135: 10 (1974)

Notes – Ulospora is a monotypic genus characterized in having subglobose, carbonaceous ascomata, lacking ostioles, asci that are ovoid to pyriform and ellipsoidal, dark brown, 1-septate ascospores with 3–6 fissures and germ slits (Hawksworth 1979). It was reported from terrestrial and marine habitats, sediments and plant materials (see Zhang et al. 2008b, phylogeny), Lumbsch & Huhndorf (2010, outline), Kirk et al. (2013, genus accepted), Jaklitsch et al. (2016a, classification), and Wijayawardene et al. (2018, outline). Cultures and molecular data are available for this genus.

Species

  • Ulospora bilgramii