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Issue: Vol. 338 No. 3: 16 February 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-02-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.338.3.7
Page range: 294–300
Abstract views: 21
PDF downloaded: 1

Acrocordiella omanensis sp. nov. (Requienellaceae, Xylariales) from the Sultanate of Oman

Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 34, 123 Al-Khoud, Oman
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, and School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, and School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 34, 123 Al-Khoud, Oman
desert phylogeny saprobes taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

Acrocordiella omanensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated from specimens on dead stem of Juniper sp. collected in Al Jabal al-Akhdar (Green Mountain), Sultanate of Oman. It strongly resembles Acrocordiella occulta, the type of the genus, in its similar asci and ascospore anatomy. It differs from A. occulta in having bell-shaped to cap-like clypeus around the ostiole and larger asci and ascospores. The combined large subunit nuclear ribosomal DNA and internal transcribed spacer sequences support the conclusions based on the morphological data.