Hysterodifractum D. A. C. Almeida, Gusmao & A. N. Mill. 2014, gen. nov.
Authors/Creators
- 1. Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina, S / N - Novo Horizonte, 44036 - 900. Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil. Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, 1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820
Description
Hysterodifractum D.A.C. Almeida, Gusmão & A.N. Mill., gen. nov. MycoBank MB 807155
Hysterodifractum differs from all other genera in the Hysteriaceae in having ascospores that disarticulate into part-spores when mature.
Type species:— Hysterodifractum partisporum D.A.C. Almeida, Gusmão & A.N. Mill.
Etymology:—From Latin Hystero - referring to the hysterothecium type of ascomata, and difractum, referring to the ascospores disarticulating into part-spores.
Hysterothecia superficial, black, carbonaceous, navicular, straight or sometimes flexuous, with a longitudinal slit, smooth or slightly striated laterally, gregarious, lying at irregular angles. Pseudoparaphyses hyaline, apically branched, forming an epithecium above the asci. Asci bitunicate, cylindrical, 8-spored, uniseriate to irregularly biseriate. Ascospores pale brown, fusiform, smooth, disarticulating into part-spores.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- D. A. C. Almeida, Gusmao & A. N. Mill.
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Order
- Hysteriales
- Family
- Hysteriaceae
- Genus
- Hysterodifractum
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic status
- gen. nov.
- Taxonomic concept label
- Hysterodifractum Almeida & Gusmão, 2014