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Taiwanascus samuelsii sp nov., an addition to Niessliaceae from the Western Ghats, Kerala, India

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IMA FUNGUS
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages -

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INT MYCOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.01.01

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Ascomycota; Cleistothecia; Hypocreales; Stellate setae

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  1. Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi

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A new species of Taiwanascus, T. samuelsii, was collected from southern parts of Western Ghats on dead branches of Anacardium occidentale and is described. The new cleistothecial ascomycete is different from the type and only species in Taiwanascus, T. tetrasporus, in cleistothecial size, setae, and ascospore characteristics.

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