Premilcurensis Tibpromma, Camporesi & K.D. Hyde, 2015

Tibpromma, Saowaluck, Promputtha, Itthayakorn, Phookamsak, Rungtiwa, Boonmee, Saranyaphat, Camporesi, Erio, Yang, Jun-Bo, Bhakali, Ali H., Mckenzie, Eric H. C. & Hyde, Kevin D., 2015, Phylogeny and morphology of Premilcurensis gen. nov. (Pleosporales) from stems of Senecio in Italy, Phytotaxa 236 (1), pp. 40-52 : 45

Premilcurensis Tibpromma, Camporesi & K.D. Hyde , gen. nov.

Index Fungorum number: IF551293, Facesoffunginumber: FoF: 00699

Etymology: refers to the name of the municipality (Premilcuore) in Italy where the fungus was collected.

Saprobic on plant stems. Sexual morph: Ascostromata superficial, semi-immersed at the base, globose to subglobose, solitary or in small groups, dark brown to black, ostiole central, with minute papilla. Peridium thick-walled, multi-layered, surface heavily pigmented, with obviously light brown cells. Hamathecium comprising numerous, long cylindrical, cellular, branched, hyaline pseudoparaphyses. Asci 8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate, cylindrical to cylindric-clavate, short pedicellate to sessile, with a well developed ocular chamber. Ascospores overlapping uni- to bi-seriate, initially hyaline, becoming yellow-green to yellow-brown at maturity, cylindrical to elongated fusiform, with rounded ends, usually 3–5-septate, with wing-like appendages. Asexual morph: Undetermined.

Type species: Premilcurensis senecionis Tibpromma, Camporesi & K.D. Hyde