New Iberian discovery of Lotinia verna (Pezizales)

By Van Vooren N., Vega M. – 30 December 2018

Lotinia verna is a particular cup-fungus, macroscopically close to the Trichophaea s.l., recently discovered in the Basque country. Its generic features placed it in the Pyronemata...

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New or interesting records of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from Suriname, with descriptions of eight new species

By Van den Boom P.P.G., Sipman H.J.M., Divakar P.K., Ertz D. – 30 December 2018

Altogether 193 taxa of lichens and lichenicolous fungi are reported from Suriname of which many are new records for the country. These include eight species which are described as ...

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Lasiocupulina mediterranea (Pezizales), a new genus and species from Albania

By Van Vooren N., Vega M. – 30 December 2018

A description and illustration is provided of the new genus Lasiocupulina and new species, L. mediterranea, recently discovered in a canyon during a field trip in Albania. The frin...

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The genus Delastria (Pezizaceae), a worldwide revision

By Paz A., Lavoise C., Chautrand P., Moreau P.-A., Bellanger J.-M. – 30 December 2018

We propose a monographic revision of the genus Delastria, with the description of four new species (Delastria evae sp. nov., D. faustiniana sp. nov., D. javieri sp. nov. and D. li...

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Compte rendu de la session d’étude Ascomycota en Vanoise – juin 2018

By Van Vooren N. – 04 November 2018

Report of the Ascomycota Foray, organized by Ascomycete.org, in the National Park of Vanoise (French Alps), in June 2018. The list of the 144 collected and studied taxa is also pr...

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Xylaria aethiopica sp. nov. – a new pod-inhabiting species of Xylaria (Xylariaceae) from Ethiopia

By Fournier J., Ju Y.M., Hsieh H.M., Lindemann U. – 04 November 2018

A filiform and nodulose Xylaria repeatedly collected on woody pods of the endemic tree Milletia ferruginea in Ethiopia is documented with macromorphological, micromorphological, c...

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Une nouvelle espèce pour le genre Pseudombrophila (Pezizales), P. subalpina (Jamoni) comb. nov.

By Van Vooren N. – 04 November 2018

The review of the type material of Trichophaea subalpina, combined with a molecular analysis, repositioned this species in the Pseudombrophila clade into the Pyronemataceae s. lat...

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Amphirosellinia gallaeciana sp. nov. (Xylariaceae), a new species from Spain

By Fournier J., Castro Marcote J.M., Rubio E., Lechat C. – 04 November 2018

The new species Amphirosellinia gallaeciana is described and illustrated based on material collected on branchlets of Castanea and Quercus in Galicia (Spain). The material collect...

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Preliminary phylogenetic and morphological studies in the Gyromitra gigas lineage (Pezizales): Epitypification of Gyromitra gigas and G. ticiniana

By Carbone M., Van Vooren N., Klener V., Alvarado P. – 04 November 2018

Gyromitra gigas and G. ticiniana are epitypified with modern collections with known genetic data. The taxonomy of both species is revisited on the basis of new morphological studi...

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Chrysonectria, a new genus in the Nectriaceae with the new species C. finisterrensis from France

By Lechat C., Fournier J., Priou J.P. – 09 September 2018

Chrysonectria finisterrensis gen. and sp. nov. is described and illustrated, based on a collection from France on bark of Quercus robur. The acremonium-like asexual morph of this ...

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Clonostachys spinulosispora (Hypocreales, Bionectriaceae), a new species on palm from French Guiana

By Lechat C., Fournier J. – 09 September 2018

Clonostachys spinulosispora is introduced as a new species of Clonostachys (syn. Bionectria), based on material collected in French Guiana on dead palm leaves of Astrocaryum vulga...

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The genus Xylaria sensu lato (Xylariaceae) in Guadeloupe and Martinique (French West Indies) I. Taxa with penzigioid stromata

By Fournier J., Lechat C., Courtecuisse R. – 09 September 2018

This survey deals with the Xylaria taxa with penzigioid stromata, i.e., with sessile to subsessile stromata wider than high, collected in the French West Indies in the course of a...

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Sarcopeziza (Pezizaceae, Ascomycota), a new monotypic genus for Inzenga’s old taxon Peziza sicula

By Agnello C., Alvarado P., Loizides M. – 09 September 2018

Phylogenetic inferences in recent years have shown that the genus Peziza, in its traditional circumscription, is polyphyletic. Multigene phylogenetic analyses based on the ITS and...

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Epitypification of Lamprospora rehmii Benkert (Pezizales)

By Vega M., Janošík L., Martínez-Gil R., Moyne G. – 15 June 2018

Lamprospora rehmii Benkert, a species of bryophilous Pezizales infecting the moss Pleuridium acuminatum Lindb., is presented from recent collections, one of which is designated as...

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Hongos liquenícolas de las islas Azores. I. Terceira

By Etayo J. – 15 June 2018

A total of 66 different lichenicolous fungi have been found in Terceira (Azores Islands) of which 55 have been named at least to genus. A new species is described: Arthonia albotr...

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Lachnellula arida (Helotiales), une espèce rare récoltée dans les Alpes-Maritimes

By Evangelisti E. – 15 June 2018

Here we report and illustrate the occurrence of Lachnellula arida (W. Phillips) Dennis in three different locations at the vicinity of the world-famous Valley of Marvels (Mercanto...

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Bryocentria octosporelloides (Hypocreales) – a new species on Cololejeunea minutissima from Asturias (Spain)

By Döbbeler P., Linde J., Rubio E. – 22 April 2018

Bryocentria octosporelloides Döbbeler, J. Linde & E. Rubio (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) is proposed as a new species. It infects the foliose, bark-inhabiting liverwort Cololejeun...

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Geonectria, a new genus in the Bionectriaceae from France

By Lechat C., Fournier J., Vega M., Priou J.-P. – 22 April 2018

Geonectria subalpina gen. and sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on three collections on soil from subalpine zone in the French Alps. The genus is placed in the Bionectri...

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On a new species of Chaetomidium, C. vicugnae, with a cephalothecoid peridium and its relationships with Chaetomiaceae (Sordariales)

By Doveri F. – 22 April 2018

A sample of vicuña dung from a Chilean coastal desert was submitted to the attention of the author, who at first sight noticed the presence of different pyrenomycetes. Several hair...

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Allophylaria subliciformis (Pezizellaceae, Helotiales), a rare species rediscovered in Europe and North America

By Martínez-Gil R., Baral H.-O. – 22 April 2018

The macro- and microscopic characters of the very rarely recorded Allophylaria subliciformis, type species of Allophylaria, are described and illustrated from fresh collections ma...

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Compte rendu de la session Ascomycota Zone Alpine 2017

By Capoen B. – 25 February 2018

Report of the 2017 Alpine Zone Ascomycota foray organized by Ascomycete.org at Beaufort (Savoy, France) from 27 August to 1 September. The list of the 95 studied taxa is joined

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Flammocladiella decora, a new combination to accommodate the hypocrealean fungus Nectria decora

By Lechat C., Fournier J. – 25 February 2018

The new combination Flammocladiella decora is proposed to accommodate Nectria decora, whose taxonomic position is unsettled. Detailed description and illustrations of this species...

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Thyronectria abieticola (Hypocreales), a new species from France on Abies alba

By Lechat C., Gardiennet A., Fournier J. – 25 February 2018

A new species of Thyronectria growing on corticated branches and twigs of Abies alba is described from France. It is characterized by morphology of sexual and asexual morphs, by I...

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The genera Kretzschmariella and Nemania (Xylariaceae) in Guadeloupe and Martinique (French West Indies)

By Fournier J., Lechat C., Courtecuisse R. – 25 February 2018

This survey deals with the Nemania taxa collected in the French West Indies in the course of an ongoing inventorial work on the mycobiota of these islands initiated in 2003. Based...

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