The electronic journal Ascomycete.org (ISSN 2100-0840) is published under Creative Commons license. Each volume contains 5 to 6 fascicles per year. The journal accepts all articles dealing with taxonomy of Ascomycota. As an international journal, it authorizes the authors to submit their text in the following languages: French, English, German, Italian and Spanish. The texts must respect the “rules to authors” (see Documents) and are submitted to the opinion of our Editorial Board. They must be sent to the address contact@ascomycete.org.

 

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The last published issue of Ascomycete.org is fascicle 5, vol. 15 (Dec. 2023):

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Sowerbyella montana (Pezizales), a new species discovered in the French Alps

By Van Vooren N., Suberbielle N. – 21 December 2023
A new species of the genus Sowerbyella, called S. montana, discovered in spring in the French Alps, is described and illustrated. Its morphological characters, as well as its phylo...
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Nomenclatural novelties in Pezizales. Part 4

By Carbone M., Van Vooren N. – 21 December 2023
Five nomenclatural novelties, concerning new combinations, are proposed and justified. Gyromitra grandis is transferred to the genus Discina, Wynnella subalpina to the genus Midoti...
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Découverte de Phaeopezia polarispinosa comb. nov. (Pezizaceae) en Suisse

By Dougoud R., Van Vooren N. – 21 December 2023
Description, illustration, and new arrangement, in the genus Phaeopezia, of Peziza polarispinosa J. Moravec, an infrequent species, with a peculiar spore ornamentation.
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Présentation de Wilcoxina moynei sp. nov. (Pezizales)

By Van Vooren N., Valencia F.J. – 21 December 2023
A new species of the genus Wilcoxina, called W. moynei, is described and illustrated based on collections from France and Spain. This species is compared to the other species, espe...
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Tour d’horizon des pézizes violettes (Pezizaceae) présentes en Europe. 6e partie : le genre Malvipezia

By VanVooren N., Dougoud R., Moyne G., Vega M., Carbone M., Perić B. – 31 October 2023
The species of Malvipezia are presented in detail and illustrated based on recent European collections, including M. howsei, M. emileia, M. lividula, M. pauli, as well as three new...
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Nouvelle actualisation des noms de Pézizomycètes contenus dans les Champignons de Suisse, tome 1, les Ascomycètes

By Van Vooren N. – 31 October 2023
Proposal of a new nomenclatural and taxonomic update of the Pezizomycetes species described and illustrated in the famous book Champignons de Suisse¸ volume 1, devoted to ascomyce...
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Exploring the European Trichophaea-like discomycetes (Pezizales) using morphological, ecological and molecular data. Part 4: new insights in Trichophaea s. str. and Paranthracobia gen. nov.

By Van Vooren N., Valade F. – 31 October 2023
This fourth part of the exploration of Trichophaea-like discomycetes is focused on the genus Trichophaea s. str., especially the globose-spored species (i.e. T. brunnea and allies...
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Pseudoplectania episphagnum (Pezizales, Pyronemataceae), una rara specie trovata nelle torbiere del Trentino-Alto Adige

By Fellin A., Carbone M. – 13 September 2023
Pseudoplectania episphagnum is recorded and confirmed for the first time in Italy based upon two collections made in the upper part of the peat bog of the “Val di Non”, in the Nove...
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Tarzetta oblongispora (Pezizales, Tarzettaceae), a new species from the Mediterranean basin, and new records of Tarzetta based on an updated phylogeny

By Carbone M., Saitta S., Sánchez L., García Blanco A., Van Vooren N. – 13 September 2023
Tarzetta oblongispora is proposed as a new species collected in the Mediterranean basin (France, Italy and Spain). It is characterized by its distinct morphology and genetic profi...
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New insights into Rosellinia saccardoi (Xylariaceae) based on a fresh collection from eastern France

By Fournier J., Ricard V. – 13 September 2023
Rosellinia saccardoi is a species that was established based on old material and remained poorly documented. A fresh collection in excellent condition from eastern France is descri...
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Nomenclatural novelties in Pezizales. Part 3

By Van Vooren N. – 01 June 2023
Three nomenclatural novelties are proposed. The first one deals with Peziza tarembergensis, a urinophilous species, which occupies an isolated position within Pezizaceae; the new g...
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Venturiocistella gaylussaciae, V. ulicicola, V. uliginosa (Hyphodiscaceae, Helotiales) and V. heterotricha (incertae sedis) redescribed from the types

By Baral H.-O. – 01 June 2023
Four species of Venturiocistella, V. gaylussaciae, V. heterotricha, V. ulicicola, and V. uliginosa, are redescribed and illustrated from type material studied during 1995–96. Illus...
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Compte rendu de la session Ascomycota Zone Alpine 2022 – Sampeyre, Italie

By Van Vooren N. – 01 June 2023
Report of the foray dedicated to the Alpine Zone Ascomycota, September 2022, at Sampeyre, in the Italian province of Cuneo. The list of the taxa studied by the participants is prov...
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Compte rendu de la session Ascomycota Zone Alpine 2021 en Haute-Maurienne

By Van Vooren N. – 01 June 2023
Report of the foray dedicated to the Alpine Zone Ascomycota 2021, held in the summer, in the Haute-Maurienne valley (France, Savoie), including an ATBI made in the National Park of...
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Ascomycètes non lichénisés nouveaux pour la France. Notules n° 4

By Mombert A., Hairaud M., Boittin F., Priou J.-P., Gardiennet A., Van Vooren N. – 13 April 2023
This note provides a list of non-lichenised ascomycetes considered as new for France. The taxa are presented as brief notes with indication of location, habitat, and some taxonomic...
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Glutinoglossum decorum (Geoglossales), a new species from the laurel forests of Spain

By Sierra A., Alvarado P., Camello F., Kučera V. – 13 April 2023
A newly discovered species of slime earth tongue is here described and accommodated under the name Glutinoglossum decorum. It is genetically and ecologically close to G. persoonii ...
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Agyrium roseum (Agyriaceae, Pertusariales), a new species on xeric coniferous wood in Europe, with a comparative study of A. rufum

By Baral H.-O. – 13 April 2023
Agyrium roseum is described based on four collections on felled, decorticated logs of Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris in a colline mixed beech forest in the cold-temperate nature ...
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Proposals for the taxonomy of some Pezizales genera or species

By VanVooren N. – 13 April 2023
Some taxonomic issues concerning some genera of Pezizales, as well as their nomenclatural implications, are discussed. The first issue concerns the status of Sphaerosporella, the s...
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Micropodia pteridina, a misinterpreted fern-inhabiting discomycete with unclear relationship within the Helotiales

By Baral H.-O. – 13 April 2023
The type species of Micropodia, M. pteridina, was described by Nylander in 1868 under the name Peziza pteridina based on a collection on dead stems of Pteridium aquilinum. When Bou...
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Editorial Board

Managing Editor: Nicolas Van Vooren (France)

Board:

  •  Hans-Otto Baral (Germany)
  •  Martin Bemmann, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Germany)
  •  Matteo Carbone (Italy)
  •  Adrian Carter, New-Brunswick Museum (Canada)
  •  Jacques Fournier (France)
  •  Gernot Friebes, Centre of Natural History, Botany & Mycology, Universalmuseum Joanneum (Austria)
  •  Peter Johnston, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research (New Zealand)
  •  Danny Newman (United States of America)
  •  Luis Quijada, Pfister Lab, Harvard University (United States of America)
  •  François Valade (France)
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