Notes.

Taxon classification

Animalia

Melanosporales

Ceratostomataceae

Marin-Felix

Yasmina

Guarro

Josep

ano-Lira

José F.

García

Dania

iller

Andrew N.

Stchigel

Alberto M.

Melanospora

(

Sordariomycetes

Ascomycota

) and its relatives

MycoKeys1812201820184481122

10.3897/mycokeys.44.29742

Microthecium

fusisporum

812094

(Petch) Y. Marín, Stchigel, Guarro & Cano

comb. nov.

Sphaeroderma

fusisporum

Petch, Naturalist, London: 58. 1936. [Basionym]

≡

Melanospora

fusispora

(Petch) Doguet, Botaniste 39: 215. 1955.

Melanospora

fusispora

var.

fusispora

(Petch) Doguet, Botaniste 39: 215. 1955.

Melanospora

fusispora

var.

parvispora

Matsush., Matsush. Mycol. Mem. 8: 24. 1995.

Notes.

Microtheciumfusisporum is related to Mi.nectrioides, both possessing ostiolate ascomata and smooth-walled ascospores. However, Mi.nectrioides can be distinguished by the absence of the crown of setae around the ostiole and its citriform ascospores, being fusiform in Mi.fusisporum.