Fungalpedia – Note 2947, Neoaquastroma
Neoaquastroma Wanas., E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde.
Citation when using this data: Zhang JF et al. 2023 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Parabambusicolaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.
Neoaquastroma was introduced by Wanasinghe et al. (2017) to accommodate the type species N. guttulatum based on morphological and multi-gene analysis. Three other species (N. bauhiniae, N. cylindricum and N. krabiense) were subsequently accepted in the genus (Phukhamsakda et al. 2018; Samarakoon et al. 2019b). These taxa are morphologically characterized by having immersed, globose to subglobose, glabrous ascomata, bitunicate, fissitunicate, clavate, short pedicellate asci and ellipsoidal to subfusiform, hyaline, multi-septate, guttulate ascospores surrounded by a distinct mucilaginous sheath (Wanasinghe et al. 2017).
Type species: Neoaquastroma guizhouense J.F. Zhang & Jian K. Liu.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Neoaquastroma.
Figure 1 – Neoaquastroma guizhouense (GZAAS 19-1761, holotype): a Appearance of ascomata on the substrate. b Vertical section through ascoma. c Section of Peridium. d Seta projecting from peridium. e Pseudoparaphyses. f–h Asci. i–d Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 50 μm, c, i–n = 10 μm, d–h = 20 μm.
References
Entry by
Jinfeng Zhang, Guizhou Provincial Institute of Tea, Guiyang 550006, People’s Republic of China, Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang 550006, People’s Republic of China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
Published online 14 August 2026