Yosiokobayasia Samson, Luangsa-ard & Thanakitpipattana, gen. nov.
Index Fungorum number: MB 834911; Facesoffungi number: FoF14499
Etymology: Named after Prof. Yosio Kobayasi in recognition for his work on entomopathogenic fungi in Japan.
Description: Stroma white, erect with terminal oblong fertile part. Perithecia superficial, ovoid, ordinal in arrangement, on pupa of Lepidoptera underground. Ascospores hyaline, filiform, breaking into part-spores.
Type species: Yosiokobayasia kusanagiensis (Kobayasi & Shi- mizu) Samson, Luangsa-ard & Thanakitpipattana
Habitat: Lepidoptera pupa.
Known distribution: Japan.
Notes: – Yosiokobayasia is an entomopathogenic genus proposed from a single lineage as shown in Fig. 1. This genus belongs to one of the basal lineages in a supported clade that includes Rotiferophthora, Pochonia, Metapochonia, Papiliomyces, Sun- gia, Keithomyces and Metarhizium.
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