Fungalpedia – Note 2682, Biazrovia
Biazrovia Zhurb. & Etayo.
Citation when using this data: Meng QF et al. – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Ostropales genera incertae sedis, Ostropomycetidae, Lecanoromycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Biazrovia was introduced by Zhurbenko et al. (2013a) to accommodate the type species B. stereocaulicola, which grows on Stereocaulon species. This genus is characterized by its lichenicolous habit, orange-brown apothecia that become urceolate, a cupulate, non-hairy exciple, a hyaline hymenium that is I- and KI-, filiform paraphyses with apical swelling, 8-spored asci with an apically thickened wall lacking a distinct ocular chamber, and hyaline, trans-septate, smooth-walled ascospores that are non-halonate (Zhurbenko et al. 2013a). Due to the absence of sequence data, Biazrovia has been tentatively placed within Ostropales as genera incertae sedis (Hyde et al. 2024).
Type species: Biazrovia stereocaulicola Zhurb. & Etayo, on Stereocaulon glareosum (Zhurbenko et al. 2013a)
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Biazrovia.
Figure 1 – Biazrovia stereocaulicola redrawn from Zhurbenko et al. (2013a). a Ascomata on thallus. b Section of ascomata. c Asci. d Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 200 μm, b = 50 μm, c = 10 μm, d = 5 μm.
References
Entry by
Meng QF, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand and School of Public Health, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou 563000, China.
Published online 8 July 2026