Ramusculicola – Facesoffungi number: FoF 00839
RamusculicolaThambugala & K.D. Hyde, Fungal Divers. 74: 249 (2015).
MycoBank number:MB 551264;Index Fungorum number:IF 551264;Facesoffungi number: FoF 00839; 1 morphological species (Index Fungorum 2020), 1 species with molecular data.
Type species –Ramusculicola thailandicaThambugala & K.D. Hyde, Fungal Divers. 74: 251 (2015).
Notes –Ramusculicolawas introduced to accommodate species having semi-immersed to partially erumpent, coriaceous ascomata, a comparatively thin-walled peridium and short pedicellate asci. Jaklitsch et al. (2016b) synonymizedRamusculicolaspecies underTeichosporaand pointed out morphological similarities ofRamusculicolaspecies withTeichospora parva(Aurantiascoma) andT. kenyensis(Pseudoaurantiascoma) from their hyaline didymospores. However,Ramusculicolaspecies can be distinguished from these species by its semi immersed to erumpent ascomata, whereasT. parvaandT. kenyensishave distinct superficial to erumpent ascomata (Mugambi & Huhndorf 2009a). The type species ofTeichospora,T.trabicolais undoubtedly different fromRamusculicolaspecies in having ellipsoid to oblong, muriform and dark brown mature ascospores (Jaklitsch et al. 2016b). Therefore, we keepRamusculicolaas a separate genus inTeichosporaceae.
Species
Ramusculicola thailandica