Yatesula Syd. & P. Syd., Annls mycol. 15(3/4): 237 (1917)
MycoBank number: MB 5858; Index Fungorum number: IF 5858; Facesoffungi number: FoF 10350; 2 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2021), molecular data unavailable.
Saprobic on leaves in terrestrial habitats. Mycelium lacking. Sexual morph: Ascomata superficial, gregarious, or some solitary, slightly raised, circular, black, coriaceous. Wall of ascoma thick at the apex and thin at the base, single layer, comprising pigmented, thick-walled cells. Hamathecium lacking paraphyses. Asci mainly 4–8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate, dehiscence not observed, obclavate to cylindrical, with short pedicel, ocular chamber not observed. Ascospores overlapping 2–3-seriate, oblong, fusiform to clavate, hyaline, slightly yellowish-brown, straight or curved, 1–4-septate, constricted at the septa, straight or slightly curved, smooth-walled, with a gelatinous sheath. Asexual morph: Undetermined.
Type species: Yatesula calami Syd. & P. Syd.
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