A NEW SPECIES OF GELASINOSPORA WITH MULTIPLE GERM PORES

Gelasinospora hippopotama n. sp. is described and illustrated by both light and scanning electron microscopy. The diagnostic features are th e unusual side view of the ascospores, multiple germ pores, variable p it morphology and inwardly projecting shallow spinules in the spore wa ll. The presence of multiple germ pores is considered to be a recent e volutionary development. The taxon probably has a pantropical distribu tion being known from Africa and Venezuela.