Muyocopron Speg., Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica

Mapook, Ausana, Hyde, Kevin D., Dai, Dong-Qin, Li, Junfu, Gareth Jones, E. B., Bahkali, Ali H. & Boonmee, Saranyaphat, 2016, Muyocopronales, ord. nov., (Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota) and a reappraisal of Muyocopron species from northern Thailand, Phytotaxa 265 (3), pp. 225-237 : 230

Muyocopron Speg., Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina. 12: 113 (1881)

Faces of fungi number: FoF 01887

Possible synonyms (from Index Fungorum 2016 )

Saprobic on the surface of dried leaves or twigs. Sexual morph: Ascomata superficial, solitary or scattered, coriaceous, appearing as circular, scattered, flattened, brown to dark brown spots covering the host, without a subiculum, with a poorly developed basal layer and an irregular margin. Ostiole central. Peridium 10–40 μm wide, outer layer comprising dark-brown to black pseudoparenchymatous cells of textura angularis, inner layer comprising light brown cells of textura angularis. Hamathecium comprising 1.5–3 μm wide, cylindrical to filiform, septate pseudoparaphyses. Asci 8-spored, bitunicate, saccate or broadly obpyriform, pedicellate, straight or slightly curved, with small ocular chamber. Ascospores irregularly arranged, hyaline, oval to obovoid with obtuse ends, aseptate, with granular appearance. Asexual morph: Undetermined.

Type species:— Muyocopron corrientinum Speg., Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 12(3): 113 (1881). See Wu et al. (2011b) for description and illustration.