Über die Ascomycetengattung Plochmopeltis Theiss

Plochmopeltis intricata (Ellis & Mart.) Theiss., the type species of the genus Plochmopeltis Theiss. occurs on the underside of leaves of Quercus virginiana var. virescens and Quercus laurifolia. The fungus grows superficially, with flattened ascomata which are not covered with a perithecial wall. The asci are surrounded by paraphysoids, which are brown and furcate into short branches at their apices. A new species, collected on leaves of Olea americana is described as Plochmopeltis ellisii v. Arx. The genus Plochmopeltis is related to Schizothyrium Desm. and Phillipsiella Cooke, and should be placed in the Dothiorales

Testudinaceae, a new family of Ascomycetes

The Testudinaceae, a new family of the Pseudosphaeriales, is characterized by astomatous ascomata with a dark peridium which is often made up of plates, by bitunicate asci, and by dark, 2-celled ascospores, about 10 µ long. Keyed out are the genera Testudina, Neotestudina, Lepidosphaeria, Argynna and Pseudophaeotrichum

Further observations on Sporotrichum and some similar fungi

Sporotrichum azureum Wright & v. Arx, isolated from wood in Argentina, is described and illustrated. The relationship of the genus Sporotrichum with Ptychogaster is discussed, both may represent conidial states of basidiomycetes ( Tyromyces, Oligoporus)

Acrocladium, a synonym of Periconiella

Petrak (1949) described the genus Acrocladium (type species: A. andinum Petrak) from unidentified leaves of a liane, collected by H. Sydow in 1937 in Ecuador. He compared the genus with Stachybotrys Corda and Sterigmatobotrys Oudem. The type specimen (W) was available for study. The leaves bear several fungi with hemispherical-discoid fructifications, including Asterinella puiggarii (Speg.) Theiss., Chaetothyrina musarum (Speg.) Theiss., and Asterina cf. guaranitica Speg. The fungus described as Acrocladium andinum is hardly visible with the naked eye, but can easily be recognized under a stereo microscope. Petrak (1949) considered this fungus to be a leaf parasite, but it may be also a mycoparasite

On Vonarxia, Kazulia and other fungi with Stauroconidia

Four monotypic genera have been described for Deuteromycetes with superficial, crustose or pulvinate, setose conidiomata and hyaline, septate stauroconidia consisting of a main axis and 2—3 apical branches. The types of Fumagopsis Spegazzini (1910), Vonarxia Batista & Bezerra (1960) and Kazulia Nag Raj (1977) are specimens collected in South America. All develop superficially on living or decaying leaves. Phalangispora constricta Nawawi & Webster (1982) has been described from a pure culture isolated from conidia collected at Malaya. Fumagopsis trigliphioides Speg. has been redescribed by Van der Aa & Van Oorschot (1985) from the type specimen collected in 1909 in Argentina on leaves of Lucuma neriifolia. It forms a pigmented, setose, superficial mycelium with pustulate or crustose conidiomata covered with dark, thick, apparently aseptate setae. The conidia develop singly on ampulliform or irregular conidiogenous cells with a distinct collar or beak. The conidia are composed of an aseptate or 1-septate main axis and 2—3 apical branches, which are constricted at the septa. The base of the conidia is slightly truncate

A new coprophilous Ascomycete from India

In the course of a study of coprophilous fungi collected in the Zoological Garden in Delhi, an ascomycete belonging to the genus Achaetomium was isolated. It differs from previously described species by larger ascospores and almost colourless ascomata with a wide apical opening