Lichenicolous fungi from Ecuador. I. Two new species of the order Hypocreales (Ascomycota): Pronectria parmotrematis and Trichonectria leptogiicola

Abstract

Two species of lichenicolous fungi from Ecuador are described: Pronectria parmotrematis, with erumpent, orange-brown ascomata and non ornaméntate ascospores, on Parmotrema sp. thallus (also from Colombia), and Trichonectria leptogiicola, with superficial, pink to orange ascomata, and striately ornaméntate ascospores, on Leptogium phyllocarpum thallus.

Keywords

• hypocreales
• lichenicolous fungi
• taxonomy
• ecuador