Neokalmusia H. A. Ariy. & K. D. Hyde

Neokalmusia H. A. Ariy. & K. D. Hyde View in CoL View at ENA , Fungal Diversity 68: 92 (2014)

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Neokalmusia was introduced by Ariyawansa et al. (2014 b) to accommodate two species, N. brevispora and N. scabrispora (type species), which had been previously classified under Kalmusia ( Tanaka et al. 2005; Zhang et al. 2009). Neokalmusia species have ascomata that are immersed to semi-immersed, globose to subglobose or oblong, with a clypeus-like structure; the asci are cylindric-clavate, with a long pedicel, and the ascospores are fusiform, yellowish-brown to reddish-brown and verrucose ( Ariyawansa et al. 2014 b; Thambugala et al. 2017; Hongsanan et al. 2020). Currently, ten Neokalmusia species are listed in Species Fungorum (2025). Interestingly, all Neokalmusia species have a host preference on Poaceae hosts ( Ariyawansa et al. 2014 b; Thambugala et al. 2017; Hongsanan et al. 2020; Hyde et al. 2020; Wanasinghe et al. 2022). In this study, we introduce a new host record of N. arundinis from another Poaceae host, Sporobolus alterniflorus .