Additions to the Knowledge of the Genus Pezicula (Dermateaceae, Helotiales, Ascomycota) in China.

ABSTRACT: We describe two new species of Pezicula (Dermateaceae, Ascomycota), P. ellipsoides and P. fusispora, which are discovered in China. Pezicula ellipsoides sp. nov. is distinct in producing 2-3 stipitate apothecia on a basal stroma with a light yellow hymenium, broadly ellipsoid 0-1(-2)-septate ascospores, and divergent DNA sequence data. Pezicula fusispora sp. nov. is characterized by sessile apothecia, 0.3-0.8 mm in diam, a yellowish hymenium, J+ asci 135-170 × 15-21 μm, multiseptate ascospores, 33-48 × 7-10.3 μm, and growing on rotten bamboo. In addition, Pezicula acericola and P. carpinea are reported for the first time from China, and 11 Pezicula species previously reported from China are reviewed and briefly noted, of which one was

SUBMITTER: Zheng HD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9598454 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature