Taiwanascus

Taiwanascus is a genus of fungi in the family Niessliaceae. It was circumscribed in 2007 to contain the type, Taiwanascus tetrasporus, found growing on dead wood in Taipei, Taiwan.[1] T. samuelsii, described from the Western Ghats, India, was added to the genus in 2013.[2]

Taiwanascus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Subphylum:
Pezizomycotina
Class:
Sordariomycetes
Order:
Hypocreales
Family:
Niessliaceae
Genus:
Taiwanascus

Sivan. & H.S.Chang (1997)
Type species
Taiwanascus tetrasporus
Sivan. & H.S.Chang (1997)
Species

T. samuelsii
T. tetrasporus

References
  1. Sivanesan A, Chang HS (1997). "A lignicolous ascomycete, Taiwanensis tetrasporus gen. et sp. nov., and a new family Taiwanascaceae". Mycological Research. 101: 176–8. doi:10.1017/s0953756296002444.
  2. Rajeshkumar KC, Rossman AY (2013). "Taiwanascus samuelsii sp. nov., an addition to Niessliaceae from the Western Ghats, Kerala, India". IMA Fungus. 34 (1): 1–4. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.01.01. PMC 3719197. PMID 23898407.


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