• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Neohypodiscus nom. nov. for Hypodiscus
  • Contributor: Rogers, Jack D.; Laessøe, Thomas
  • Published: New York Botanical Garden, 1994
  • Published in: Mycologia, 86 (1994) 5, Seite 684-690
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 0027-5514; 1557-2536
  • Keywords: Systematics
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  • Description: Neohypodiscus is erected to replace Hypodiscus Lloyd, a later homonym. Neohypodiscus rickii, the type species, N. irradians, and N. cerebrinus are accepted. Features of the genus include brown one- to three-celled ascospores with hyaline polar caps and sometimes with a pore in one end; asci with a distinct, but nonamyloid apical ring; and massive stromata with a hard exterior layer and fibrous or woody interior. No anamorph is known. The taxonomic position of Neohypodiscus is unsettled, but it is presently placed in the Amphisphaeriaceae sensu lato.