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The last published issue of Ascomycete.org is fascicle 4, vol. 15 (Oct. 2023):

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Revue bibliographique

By Anonyme – 29 December 2020
Review of books "Champignons d’Europe tempérée", "Monograph of Orbiliomycetes based on vital taxonomy" and "Het geslacht Wimperzwam [Scutellinia (Cooke) Lamb.] in Nederland"
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Two new species in the genus Cenangiopsis (Helotiales) with non-lanceolate paraphyses: C. desae and C. rosae spp. nov.

By Perić B., Baral H.O. – 29 December 2020
Two new species of the genus Cenangiopsis with non-lanceolate paraphyses and inamyloid asci are described: C. desae and C. rosae. Both develop on periodically dry twigs and branche...
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Record of Nemania aureolutea (Xylariaceae) from the southernmost region of Spain

By Fournier J., Lechat C., Ribes Ripoll M.A. – 29 December 2020
A collection of Nemania aureolutea, a rarely recorded species with a rather north temperate known distribution, is reported for the first time, to our knowledge, from a Mediterrane...
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Pseudotrichia ambigua (Pleosporales): A new species from New Zealand

By Bell A., Mahoney D. – 29 December 2020
A new species of Pseudotrichia is described, based on material collected on wood of Nothofagus sp. Aspects of its relationship with other species are discussed.
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Contribution à la connaissance de Unguiculariopsis lettaui (Helotiales)

By Mombert A., Moyne G. – 31 October 2020
The authors present and illustrate Unguiculariopsis lettaui (Grummann) Coppins, a discreet and unrecognized discomycete, parasite of the lichen Evernia prunastri (L.) Ach. A key t...
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Further interesting lichens and lichenicolous fungi from Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), with the description of two new species

By Van den Boom P.P.G. – 31 October 2020
Thirty-one taxa of lichens and lichenicolous fungi are recorded from Tenerife for the first time. Nine species are new to the Canary Islands. Two further species, Catinaria occide...
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Capitotricha attenuans comb. nov. (Lachnaceae, Helotiales), the story of a forgotten fungus

By Rubio E., Baral H.O., Linde J. – 31 October 2020
Capitotricha attenuans is reported on twigs of the type substrate Rumex suffruticosus in a subalpine area near the type locality in the Cantabrian Mountains about 175 years after ...
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Revue bibliographique

By Anonymous – 31 October 2020
Review of books "Morilles de France et d'Europe" and "Inventaire mycologique des Hauts-de-France. Tome II Ascomycota"
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Reinstatement of old taxa and publication of new genera for naming some lineages of the Pezizaceae (Ascomycota)

By Van Vooren N. – 09 July 2020
Based on both molecular data obtained from databases and from new studies of type collections of species of Peziza described by Donadini and morphological characters, taxonomical c...
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Hydropisphaera angelicae (Bionectriaceae), a new species from Spain

By Lechat C., Fournier J., Rubio E. – 09 July 2020
A detailed description of Hydropisphaera angelicae sp. nov. is presented, based on a collection on dead stems of Angelica sylvestris in Spain. The fungus was sequenced and its plac...
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The genus Xylaria sensu lato (Xylariaceae) in Guadeloupe and Martinique (French West Indies) III. Taxa with slender upright stromata

By Fournier J., Lechat C., Courtecuisse R. – 15 June 2020
Thirty-five taxa of Xylaria collected in Guadeloupe and Martinique, featuring upright slender stromata less than 5 mm wide, are documented and commented in this paper which comes i...
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New records of Pezizaceae from the Republic of Kazakhstan

By Fedorenko V.A. – 15 June 2020
The article reports four species of Pezizaceae, Peziza echinospora, P. limnaea, P. nivalis and P. sublaricina, newly recorded for the Republic of Kazakhstan as a result of field re...
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Compte rendu de la session Ascomycota Zone Alpine 2019

By Van Vooren N. – 15 June 2020
Report of the foray dedicated to the Alpine zone Ascomycota, in August 2019 in the massif of Oisans (France, Isère), including the inventory made in the reserve of Lauvitel, and li...
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Prima segnalazione di Donadinia helvelloides (Pezizales, Sarcosomataceae) in Italia

By Saitta S., Carbone M. – 15 June 2020
Donadinia helvelloides is recorded for the first time in Italy based on collections made in Sicily. The finding in the “Bosco Tassita” within the Nebrodi Mountains Park confirms it...
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Two new species of Clonostachys (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Saül (French Guiana)

By Lechat C., Fournier J. – 15 June 2020
Clonostachys pilosella and C. pnagiana are described and illustrated as new species, based on collections from Saül in French Guiana. The asexual morphs of these fungi were obtaine...
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Prima segnalazione per la Sicilia di Pseudoplectania ericae e Donadinia lusitanica (Ascomycota, Pezizales)

By Saitta S. – 19 April 2020
The first findings in Sicily of Pseudoplectania ericae and Donadinia lusitanica are reported. A detailed description of macro- and microscopical features is provided, together with...
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Three new species of Hydropisphaera (Bionectriaceae) from Europe and French Guiana

By Lechat C., Fournier J. – 19 April 2020
Three new species of Hydropisphaera are described and illustrated, based on material collected in Europe and French Guiana. The three species were cultured and cultures were sequen...
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Clonostachys moreaui (Hypocreales, Bionectriaceae), a new species from the island of Madeira (Portugal)

By Lechat C., Fournier J., Gasch A. – 19 April 2020
Clonostachys moreaui sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on a collection on dead corticated branches of Laurus novocanariensis in Madeira (Portugal). This species is placed...
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Validation of Pseudotricharina lanigera sp. nov. (Pezizales)

By Healy R. – 19 April 2020
At the time of publication of the new species Pseudotricharina lanigera Healy, D. Torres, Pfister & M.E. Sm., the genus Pseudotricharina was invalid, which means that P. lanigera ...
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Validation de Peziza martinicensis sp. nov. (Pezizales)

By Van Vooren N. – 19 April 2020
Validation with molecular data of a Peziza s. str. species, already presented by the author in 2008 under the provisional name P. martinicae, characterized by a layer of gelatiniz...
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Resurrection of Boudier’s generic name Urceolella for Excipula aspera Moug. ex Fr. (Helotiales)

By Helleman S. – 15 February 2020
The author proposes a reconsideration of the placement of Excipula aspera Moug. ex Fr., a Osmunda regalis inhabiting species, in the genera Urceolella Boud. and Olla Velen. based o...
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Pezizales asociados a briófitos en las islas Canarias: estado actual y contribución a su estudio en la isla de Tenerife

By Quintero M., Quijada L., Negrín R., Losada-Lima A. – 15 February 2020
Here we show the current knowledge of bryophilous Pezizales in the Canary Islands based on a bibliographic revision. Also, a morpho-taxonomic study of bryophyte-associated fungi of...
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A survey of half-free morels in Spain reveals a new species: Morchella iberica sp. nov. (Ascomycota, Pezizales)

By Clowez P., Marcos Martinez J., Sanjaume R., Marques G., Bellanger J.M., Moreau P.A. – 15 February 2020
The authors describe, on the basis of three Spanish collections, a new species of morel: Morchella iberica, close to the European species M. semilibera (half-free morel), belonging...
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Pseudocosmospora hypoxylicola (Nectriaceae), a new species from the French Alps

By Lechat C., Fournier J. – 15 February 2020
Pseudocosmospora hypoxylicola is described and illustrated based on material occurring on stromata of Hypoxylon fuscum on Alnus alnobetula in France. The placement of this fungus i...
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Chaetopsina pnagiana (Nectriaceae, Hypocreales), a new holomorphic species from Saül (French Guiana)

By Lechat C., Fournier J. – 15 February 2020
A new species of Chaetopsina is described and illustrated from a collection in French Guiana. Based on morphological divergences of both sexual and asexual morphs from known Chaeto...
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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)
  •  René Dougoud (Switzerland)
  •  Gernot Friebes, Centre of Natural History, Botany & Mycology, Universalmuseum Joanneum (Austria)
  •  Jacques Fournier (France)
  •  Michel Hairaud (France)
  •  Jean-Paul Priou (France)
  •  Luis Quijada, Pfister Lab, Harvard University (United States of America)
  •  Elisabeth Stöckli (Switzerland)
  •  François Valade (France)