Microthecium fusisporum (Petch) Y. Marin , Stchigel, Guarro & Cano

Marin-Felix, Yasmina, Guarro, Josep, ano-Lira, Jose F., Garcia, Dania, iller, Andrew N. & Stchigel, Alberto M., 2018, Melanospora (Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota) and its relatives, MycoKeys 44, pp. 81-122 : 81

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.44.29742

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scientific name

Microthecium fusisporum (Petch) Y. Marin , Stchigel, Guarro & Cano
status

comb. nov.

Microthecium fusisporum (Petch) Y. Marin, Stchigel, Guarro & Cano comb. nov.

Sphaeroderma fusisporum Petch, Naturalist, London: 58. 1936. [Basionym]

Melanospora fusispora (Petch) Doguet, Botaniste 39: 215. 1955.

= Melanospora fusispora var. fusispora (Petch) Doguet, Botaniste 39: 215. 1955.

= Melanospora fusispora var. parvispora Matsush., Matsush. Mycol. Mem. 8: 24. 1995.

Notes.

Microthecium fusisporum is related to Mi. nectrioides , both possessing ostiolate ascomata and smooth-walled ascospores. However, Mi. nectrioides can be distinguished by the absence of the crown of setae around the ostiole and its citriform ascospores, being fusiform in Mi. fusisporum .