Fungalpedia – Note 2548, Khaleijomyces
Khaleijomyces. Abdel-Wahab.
Citation when using this data: Boonmee S et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Juncigenaceae, Incertae sedis, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes: Khaleijomyces is a monotypic, marine genus that was described from driftwood in the intertidal zone, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia (Abdel-Wahab et al. 2018). The genus is characterized by apricot to reddish-brown, membranous to coriaceous, superficial to immersed ascomata, surrounded by dense brown, septate hyphae, with long, periphysate necks that are apricot in colour, a common character in members of Torpedosporales, cymbiform to fusiform, thinwalled asci, without an apical apparatus; hyaline to brown, unicellular to septate ascospores that are 1–3 seriate in the asci (Abdel-Wahab et al. 2018). In this study, a new species Khaleijomyces umikazeanus is introduced based on evidence of morphology and phylogenetic placement.
Type species: Khaleijomyces marinus Abdel-Wahab, in Abdel-Wahab, El-Rahim, El-Samawaty, El Gorban, Yassin & Alsaadi, Phytotaxa 340(3): 280 (2018).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Khaleijomyces.
Figure 1 – Khaleijomyces umikazeanus (CBS H-23860, holotype). a Squash of ascoma. b Vertical section through ascoma. c Close up of neck show periphyses. d Close up of peridium. e, f Asci and paraphyses. g Ascal tips. h, i Ascospores with amorphous material. Scale bars: a, b = 60 μm, c, d, g–i = 10 μm, e, f = 15 μm.
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Saranyaphat Boonmee, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand
Published online 6 June 2026