A COMPARISON OF THE FUNGAL GENERA PHAEOPHLEOSPORA AND KIRRAMYCES (COELOMYCETES)

Phaeophleospora eugeniae Rangel, the type species of Phaeophleospora R angel, has recently been collected and cultured from leaf spots of Eug enia uniflora L. in Brazil. Based on its brown, verruculose, percurren tly proliferating conidiogenous cells, conidiomatal anatomy and conidi al morphology, Phaeophleospora is resurrected as the earlier name for the recently established coelomycete genus, Kirramyces J. Walker, B. S utton & I. Pascoe. New combinations are proposed for the seven former species of Kirramyces, namely P. destructans (W. J. Wingf. & Crous) Cr ous, F.A. Ferreira & B. Sutton, P. epicoccoides (Cooke & Massee) Crous , F.A. Ferreira & B. Sutton, P. eucalypti (Cooke & Massee) Crous, F.A. Ferreira & B. Sutton, P. hebes (W. Wu, B. Sutton & A.C. Gange) Crous, F.A. Ferreira & B. Sutton, P. lilianiae (J. Walker, B. Sutton & I. Pa scoe) Crous, F.A. Ferreira & B. Sutton, P. proteae (B. Sutton) Crous, F.A. Ferreira & B. Sutton and P. phormii(Naito) Crous, F.A. Ferreira & B. Sutton combs. nov.