IMA Fungus 4(1): 1-4, doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.01.01
Taiwanascus samuelsii sp. nov., an addition to Niessliaceae from the Western Ghats, Kerala, India
expand article infoKunhiraman Chandanadukkam Rajeshkumar‡§, Amy Y. Rossman|
‡ Senior Scientist, PUNE, India§ Professor, PUNE, India| USDA-ARS, Systematic Mycology & Microbiology Laboratory, Beltsville
© Kunhiraman Rajeshkumar, Amy Rossman.
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Citation: Rajeshkumar K, Rossman AY (2013) Taiwanascus samuelsii sp. nov., an addition to Niessliaceae from the Western Ghats, Kerala, India. IMA Fungus 4(1): 1-4. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.01.01
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Abstract
A new species of Taiwanascus, T. samuelsii, was collected from southern parts of Western Ghats on dead branches of Anacardium occidentale and is described. The new cleistothecial ascomycete is different from the type and only species in Taiwanascus, T. tetrasporus, in cleistothecial size, setae, and ascospore characteristics.
Keywords
Ascomycota, Cleistothecia, Hypocreales, Stellate setae