Wongia Khemmuk, Geering & R.G. Shivas, IMA fungus 7(2): 247–252 (2016)

MycoBank number: MB 817529; Index Fungorum number: IF 817529; Facesoffungi number: FoF 10299; 3 species with sequence data.

Type species – Wongia garrettii (P. Wong & M.L. Dickinson) Khemmuk, Geering & R.G. Shivas

Notes – This genus was introduced to accommodate two root infecting fungi from Australia Magnaporthe garrettii and M. griffinii, which formed a well-supported separate clade in Papulosaceae and clustered outside Magnaporthales (Khemmuket al. 2016). Wongia species have J- , apical rings in the asci and 3-septate ascospores that have dark brown middle cells and pale brown to subhyaline shorter distal cells (Khemmuket al. 2016).

Species

  • Wongia aquatica

  • Wongia garrettii

  • Wongia griffinii