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Ascomauritiana lignicola gen. et sp. nov., an ascomycete from submerged wood in Mauritius

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1999

V. MALA RANGHOO  and
KEVIN D. HYDE
V. MALA RANGHOO
Affiliation:
Fungal Diversity Research Project, Department of Ecology and Biodiversity, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
KEVIN D. HYDE
Affiliation:
Fungal Diversity Research Project, Department of Ecology and Biodiversity, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
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Abstract

A new ascomycete Ascomauritiana lignicola gen. et sp. nov. is described and illustrated from a specimen collected on submerged wood in Mauritius. The taxon is compared with species of Arnium, Melanospora and Pustulipora, unitunicate ascomycetes having brown ascospores with germ pores and with species of Argynna, Caryospora, Lepidopterella and Zopfia. Ascomauritiana is characterized by large 5-septate, brown ascospores with polar germ pores and clavate, 4-spored asci that lack an apical ring and deliquesce early. Its taxonomic placement in the Ascomycetes incertae sedis is discussed.

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Research Article
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Mycological Research , Volume 103 , Issue 8 , August 1999 , pp. 938 - 942
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The British Mycological Society 1999

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