Revision of European species of the genus Anthracobia (Pezizales) based on morphological and phylogenetic data, and description of three new species, A. larsenii, A. macrospora, and A. platyspora

Van Vooren N., Polesel G., Ullrich R., Karich A. – 29 novembre 2025 – Vol. 17 (4)

During surveys in 2022, 2023 and 2025 in burnt sites in France and Germany, numerous collections of the pyrophilous genus Anthracobia were studied. Based on morphological and phylogenetic data, we had the opportunity to revise the taxonomy of known E... Read More

Synopsis of genera assigned to Pezizales and their types

Van Vooren N. – 29 novembre 2025 – Vol. 17 (4)

The order Pezizales comprises 254 accepted genera, divided into 25 families, including a few of uncertain position. Since Eckblad’s work in 1968, no catalogue defining the types of these genera has been proposed, even though the rules of the Internat... Read More

Exploring the European Trichophaea-like discomycetes (Pezizales) using morphological, ecological and molecular data. Part 5: Resolving the cases of Trichophaea paludosa and T. pseudogregaria

Van Vooren N., Mombert A., Khomenko I. – 29 novembre 2025 – Vol. 17 (4)

The taxonomic treatment of Trichophaea paludosa is discussed both morphologically and phylogenetically. A new genus, Pseudotrichophaea, is proposed to accommodate this cup-fungus, as well as a new species coming from North America, named P. americana... Read More

Ascomycota new to Sweden, including species new to Lule lappmark and Padjelanta National Park

Isaksson R., Kinnerbäck K.S., Andreasen M., Sivula S., Bergström S.P., Westberg M., Lönnell N. – 29 novembre 2025 – Vol. 17 (4)

We report twelve species of Ascomycota new to Sweden found during fieldwork 2020–2025. The species are: Dactylospora scapanaria, Gemmina gemmarum, Hypoxylon ticinense, Lomaantha folliculata, Lophiostoma jotunheimenense, Octospora schumacheri, Orbilia... Read More

Scleromitrula capillipes comb. nov., a stipitate-cupulate species on decayed Alnus leaves, with critical notes on its remarkable spore number variation and the circumscription of Ciborinia [...]

Baral H.O. – 19 octobre 2025 – Vol. 17 (3)

Phialea capillipes was described by Quélet in 1877 from dept. Haute-Saône, France, and was transferred by Saccardo to the genus Sclerotinia because of its apothecia emerging from a seminiform sclerotium. Remnants of host vessel elements (vascular bu... Read More

First European record of Penicillium coccotrypicola (Aspergillaceae), a synnematous, palm seed parasite reported from the Maltese Islands

Mifsud S. – 19 octobre 2025 – Vol. 17 (3)

This research documents a synnematous, coralloid species of Penicillium collected on fallen seeds of Washingtonia filifera s.l. in the Maltese Islands. Successful cultivation and molecular analysis, specifically employing ITS4 sequencing, enabled pre... Read More

A revision of the genus Arachnopeziza (Helotiales) in Tenerife: contributions to insular fungal diversity

Barbuzano-León Z., Negrín R., Pérez-Vargas I., Quijada L. – 19 octobre 2025 – Vol. 17 (3)

Arachnopeziza is a genus described by Fuckel in the late 19th century, belonging to the family Arachnopezizaceae (Helotiales). The number of species is uncertain. Arachnopeziza has four known species in the Canary Islands, and they are distributed ac... Read More

Tuber vesiculosum (Tuberaceae, Pezizales), a new species in the /maculatum clade, found in northern Spain

Cabero J., Alvarado P., Alonso J., Moratón F. – 31 juillet 2025 – Vol. 17 (2)

A new truffle species, Tuber vesiculosum sp. nov., is described from mixed deciduous forests in Cades, Cantabria (Spain), where it was found in association with Corylus avellana. This species belongs to the white truffle group (maculatum group) and i... Read More

New combinations in the genus Phylloscypha (Pezizaceae)

VanVooren N., Kekki T. – 31 juillet 2025 – Vol. 17 (2)

Peziza sesiana and P. kallioi are two close species, based on their original description. The revision of an isotype of the first species and study of recent collections of the second allowed to get molecular data that confirm they are not conspecifi... Read More

Discina spinosospora (Discinaceae), nouvelle espèce pour la fonge de France

VanVooren N., Hentic M. – 31 juillet 2025 – Vol. 17 (2)

Description and illustration of Discina spinosospora, newly recorded in France, found in the French department of Savoie. Comparison with D. perlata, the macro- and micromorphologically closest species. A tentative key to the genus Discina s. str. is... Read More

Description of Plicaria sylvieae (Pezizaceae), a new Mediterranean non-pyrophilous species

Van Vooren N., Suberbielle N. – 16 mars 2025 – Vol. 17 (1)

Description and illustration of a new Plicaria species, collected in Corsica (France), characterized by its smooth ascospores and its habitat. Our collections were compared, morphologically and phylogenetically, with other known species with smooth a... Read More

Ascomycètes non lichénisés nouveaux pour la France. Notules n° 6

Mombert A., Hairaud M., Stöckli E., Chasle J.-C., Senn-Irlet B., Priou J.-P., Van Vooren N. – 16 mars 2025 – Vol. 17 (1)

This article 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 data. This sixth series deals with the following species: Allophyl... Read More