Ascotaiwania Explained

Ascotaiwania is a genus of fungi in the Sordariomycetes class (subclass Sordariomycetidae) of the Ascomycota.^[1] In 2020, it was placed in the order Savoryellales and family of Savoryellaceae.^[2]

A. persoonii and A. hughesii have been found in North America found on decorticated wood in lotic and lentic habitats.^[3]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[4]

• Ascotaiwania hsilio
• Ascotaiwania latericolla
• Ascotaiwania licualae
• Ascotaiwania lignicola
• Ascotaiwania mauritiana
• Ascotaiwania mitriformis
• Ascotaiwania pallida
• Ascotaiwania palmicola
• Ascotaiwania pennisetorum
• Ascotaiwania sawadae
• Ascotaiwania wulai

Former species;^[4]

• A. fusiformis = Neoascotaiwania fusiformis, Sordariomycetidae
• A. hughesii = Helicoascotaiwania hughesii, Pleurotheciaceae
• A. limnetica = Neoascotaiwania limnetica, Sordariomycetidae
• A. persoonii = Pseudoascotaiwania persoonii, Fuscosporellales
• A. terrestris = Neoascotaiwania terrestris, Sordariomycetidae

Notes and References

1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. . December 2007 . Outline of Ascomycota – 2007 . Myconet . 13 . 1–58 . The Field Museum, Department of Botany . Chicago, USA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp . 2009-03-18 .
2. 6 . Wijayawardene . Nalin . Hyde . Kevin . Laith Khalil Tawfeeq . Al-Ani . Somayeh . Dolatabadi . Stadler . Marc . Haelewaters . Danny . Tsurykau . Andrei . Mesic . Armin . Navathe . Sudhir . Papp . Viktor . Oliveira Fiuza . Patrícia . Vázquez . Víctor . Gautam . Ajay . Becerra . Alejandra G. . Ekanayaka . Anusha . K. C. . Rajeshkumar . Bezerra . Jadson . Matočec . Neven . Maharachchikumbura . Sajeewa . Suetrong . Satinee . 2020 . Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa . Mycosphere . 11 . 1060–1456 . 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 . free. 10481/61998 . free .
3. Fallah . P.M. . Crane . J.L. . Shearer . C.A . Freshwater ascomycetes: Two new species of Ascotaiwania from North America. . Can. J. Bot. . 1999 . 77 . 87–92..
4. Web site: Ascotaiwania - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 9 February 2023.