Gymnostellatospora japonica Udagawa, Uchiyama et Kamiya, a new genus a
nd species of the Myxotrichaceae, is described and illustrated, having
been isolated from forest and grassland soils in the Tokyo megalopoli
s, Japan. The fungus is considered to be distinct from other gymnoasca
ceous genera by the ascospores with three prominent longitudinal crest
s.