New species and new records of freshwater ascomycetes from Brazil and Costa Rica

• Published in: Mycologia Vol. 105; no. 2; pp. 335 - 343
• Main Authors: Barbosa, Flavia R., Gusmão, Luis F.P., Raja, Huzefa A., Shearer, Carol A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 01.03.2013; Mycological Society of America
• Subjects: Aniptodera chesapeakensis; Annulatascus velatisporus; Anthostomella; Aquatic habitats; Asci; Ascomycetes; Ascomycota; Ascomycota - classification; Ascomycota - genetics; Ascomycota - isolation & purification; Ascomycota - ultrastructure; Ascospores; Biological taxonomies; Brazil; Chaetosphaeria; Chemical bases; Costa Rica; Fresh Water; Fungi; Genera; New species; Ophioceras; Plant Bark - microbiology; Plant Leaves - microbiology; Spores, Fungal - ultrastructure; streams; submerged wood; SYSTEMATICS; Tamsiniella labiosa; taxonomy; Torrentispora; Vertexicola; Wood - microbiology; Brazil; Costa Rica
• ISSN: 0027-5514; 1557-2536
• DOI: 10.3852/12-054

During independent surveys for freshwater ascomycetes in Brazil and Costa Rica, two new species, Torrentispora pilosa and Vertexicola ascoliberatus, and nine previously described species were recovered. Among the described species, Annulatascus biatriisporus, Anthostomella aquatica, Tamsiniella labiosa and Torrentispora crassiparietis are reported for the first time from the western hemisphere, Aniptodera chesapeakensis, Chaetosphaeria lignomollis and Jahnula seychellensis are new records for South America and Annulatascus velatisporus and Ophioceras venezuelensis are reported for the first time for Brazil. The description of the genus Torrentispora is emended to accommodate T. pilosa. The new species are described and illustrated and a brief description is provided for all new records.