AnimaliaMelanosporalesCeratostomataceaeMarin-FelixYasminaGuarroJosepano-LiraJosé F.GarcíaDaniaillerAndrew N.StchigelAlberto M.Melanospora (Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota) and its relativesMycoKeys181220182018448112210.3897/mycokeys.44.29742 Melanospora pascuensis Stchigel & Guarro, Mycol. Res. 103: 1305. 1999.Notes.

This species is excluded from Melanospora since its neck is cellular or absent, instead it is characterized by a dark ring-like structure around the germ pores of the ascospores (Stchigel et al. 1999). This fungus could represent a new genus since such structure is unique in the Melanosporales, and these kind of structures resulted in being phylogenetically informative, as in the case of Dactylidispora, which is distinguished by its ascospores with a raised rim around the germ pores. The type strain of this specimen was contaminated with another fungus and it could not be included in the molecular study.

StchigelAMCanoJGuarroJ (1999) A new species of Melanospora from Easter Island.Mycological Research103(10): 13051308. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095375629900845X