2 NEW CLEISTOTHECIAL ASCOMYCETES FROM IRAQ

Authors
GUARRO J ALSAADOON AH GENE J ABDUALLAH SK
Citation
J. Guarro et al., 2 NEW CLEISTOTHECIAL ASCOMYCETES FROM IRAQ, Mycologia, 89(6), 1997, pp. 955-961
Citations number
15
Journal title
Mycologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00275514
Volume
89
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
955 - 961
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-5514(1997)89:6<955:2NCAFI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Two new species of Ascomycetes from Iraq are described and illustrated . Corynascella arabica sp. nov., isolated from donkey dung, is the onl y species of the genus with a cephalothecoid peridium and ascospores w ith two terminal, eccentric germ pores; Zopfiella submersa sp. nov., i solated from submerged plant debris, differs from the other species of the genus mainly by having slightly inaequilateral ascospores with a subapical germ pore and an umbonate apex.