Troglomyces S.Colla

Santamaria, Sergi & Pedersen, Jan, 2021, Laboulbeniomycetes (Fungi, Ascomycota) of Denmark, European Journal of Taxonomy 781, pp. 1-425 : 278

Genus Troglomyces S.Colla

MB#5614

Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano 39: 450 ( Colla 1932). –

Type species: T. manfrediae S.Colla.

Brief description

Monoecious or dioecious. Receptacle three-celled, with superposed cells I, II and III. Cell III very narrow and adnate to the perithecium. Perithecium with 5–6 outer wall cells in each vertical row. Perithecial apex bearing four ± conspicuous lobes.

Remarks

The genus consists of nine species, of which six in Europe, one in Denmark. The most recently described species is T. twitteri ( Santamaria et al. 2020b) . The original description of the genus was expanded twice to include new species ( Enghoff & Santamaria 2015; Santamaria et al. 2020b).