Thaxterina, a new tubeufiaceous genus with multispored asci from India

Abstract

Thaxterina multispora gen. et sp. nov. is described and illustrated. It is a member of the Tubeufiaceae with dark ascomata. This family is mainly represented by members with hyaline to coloured ascomata but also includes two members, Thaxteriella and Thaxteriellopsis, with dark ascomata. Thaxterina is separated from these two genera by the multispored asci with relatively small ascospores.