Neotropical ascomycetes 7. Caudatispora biapiculata sp. nov. from Puerto Rico

Caudatispora biapiculata, a new species based on Puerto Rico material, is d escribed and illustrated and compared with the only other species in the ge nus, C. palmicola. Caudatispora is characterized within the Lasiosphaeriace ae by superficial clusters of reddish brown ascomata and hyaline, ellipsoid ascospores with apiculate ends. C. biapiculata differs from the other spec ies in ascospores with wall extensions at the apical and basal ends and in their eventual pale brown coloration and presence of a single septum.