Wicklowia aquatica – Facesoffungi number: FoF 08389

Wicklowia aquatica Raja, A. Ferrer & Shearer, Mycoscience 51(3): 211 (2010). Fig. 162

MycoBank number: MB 5515226; Index Fungorum number: IF 5515226; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08389.

Description – see Raja et al. (2010).

Material examined – USA, Florida, Apalachicola National Forest, Apalachicola River at Fort Gadsden Landing, 29^o56’00”N, 85^o0’00”W, on submerged decorticated woody debris, 14 January 2006, Huzefa A. Raja & J.L. Crane, F76-2 (ILL 40790 = H.A. Raja & J.L. Crane F76-2, holotype); Costa Rica. Alajuela, Can˜o Negro Reserve, Rio Frio, 10530 0000N, 84450 0000W, water temp. 27C, pH 5, 15 December 2005, A. Ferrer & M. Salazar, (AF289-1).

Figure 162 – Wicklowia aquatica (AF289-1 and F76-2). a Ascomata on wood (AF289-1; Picture: Astrid Ferrer). b, c Asci (G76-2). d Asci and ascospores (AF289-1; Picture: Astrid Ferrer); note arrowhead showing gelatinous sheath and appendages on the ascospores. Scale bars: a = 100 µm, b–d = 20 µm.