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A lignicolous ascomycete, Taiwanascus tetrasporus gen. et sp. nov., and a new family Taiwanascaceae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1997

A. SIVANESAN
Affiliation:
International Mycological Institute, Bakeham Lane, Egham, Surrey TW20 9TY, U.K.
H. S. CHANG
Affiliation:
Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Nakang, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, Republic of China
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Abstract

Taiwanascus tetrasporus gen. et sp. nov., a lignicolous, superficial, cleistothecial and appendaged ascomycete with unitunicate, 4-spored, deliquescent asci and hyaline, aseptate to 1-septate, filiform ascospores is described and illustrated. It is assigned to a new family, Taiwanascaceae in the unitunicate ascomycetes.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© The British Mycological Society 1997

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