Elbamycella gen. nov. A. Poli, E. Bovio, V. Prigione & G.C. Varese

Poli, Anna, Bovio, Elena, Verkley, Gerard, Prigione, Valeria & Varese, Giovanna Cristina, 2019, Elbamycellarosea gen. et sp. nov. (Juncigenaceae, Torpedosporales) isolated from the Mediterranean Sea, MycoKeys 55, pp. 15-28 : 15

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scientific name	Elbamycella gen. nov. A. Poli, E. Bovio, V. Prigione & G.C. Varese
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Type species.

Elbamycella rosea sp. nov.

Etymology.

In reference to the geographic isolation site, Elba Island, Tuscany (Italy)

Phylogenetic placement.

Juncigenaceae , Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota. The genus Elbamycella gen. nov. clusters together with genera Marinokulati , Khaleijomyces , Juncigena , and Fulvocentrum (Fig. 1).

Description.

Ascomata superficial, erumpent or immersed, perithecial, scattered or gregarious, olivaceous-brown to black at maturity, globose, subglobose, ovoid or pyriform, glabrous; ostiolar neck long, pale-coloured; peridium of textura prismatica in the outer layers and textura globulosa in the inner layers. Asci evanescent, hyaline, cylindrical to clavate.

Ascopores cylindrical rounded at both ends, thin-walled, hyaline, straight or slightly curved, 3-septate, bearing subpolar, appendages.

Asexual morph unknown.