Discovery of the second species of Pseudohypocrea (Hypocreaceae)

Abstract

A new species of the monotypic genus Pseudohypocrea is described based on a collection from Tai Po Kau, Hong Kong, China. The fungus is characterized by globose to subglobose perithecia entirely immersed in a pulvinate reddish-brown stroma, cylindrical asci with smooth-walled and lemon-shaped part-ascospores, and occurring on dead leaves. Morphological features of the new species are described and compared with the only known species of the genus.poi