Massarioramusculicola Huanraluek., Thambugala & Hyde, 2018
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.371.1.2 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C87261-4A6B-BF70-CACF-78B7FAF12618 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Massarioramusculicola Huanraluek., Thambugala & Hyde |
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gen. nov. |
Massarioramusculicola Huanraluek., Thambugala & Hyde View in CoL View at ENA , gen. nov.
Index Fungorum number: IF554425; Facesoffungi number: FoF 04478
Etymology:—In reference to a new genus in Massariaceae and its habitat on twigs
Classification:— Massariaceae , Pleosporales , Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota
Diagnosis:—Morphologically similar to Neomassaria , but mainly distinct in having a peridium with two strata which comprising dark brown to hyaline cells and 3-septate, fusiform ascospores.
Life mode: saprobic; Habitat: on a dead twigs in terrestrial environments. Sexual morph: Ascomata immersed to semi-immersed, solitary or scattered, globose to subglobose, black, ostiolate. Peridium composed of two strata; outer stratum comprising several layers of dark brown to black, thick-walled cells of textura angularis, inner stratum comprising several layers of lightly pigmented to hyaline, thin-walled cells of textura angularis. Hamathecium comprising cylindrical to filiform, trabeculae, rarely branched and septate, embedded in a gelatinous matrix. Asci 8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate, cylindrical, t pedicellate. Ascospores hyaline, fusiform, 3-septate, surrounded by a mucilaginous sheath. Asexual morph: Undetermined.
Type species: — Massarioramusculicola chiangraiensis Huanraluek, Thambugala & Hyde
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