<documentid="E7EB0644CCED8B5DF2EFDD27A6A8C35D"ID-CLB-Dataset="298499"ID-DOI="10.3897/mycokeys.106.125044"ID-GBIF-Dataset="a23a1110-0b9c-42b8-8cf6-ee075ade2c91"ID-publisher-id="125044"URI-arpha="C3D1840A-D2A5-56A4-9868-9698B6AFEAB1"XM.bibliography_approvedBy="admin"XM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="admin"XM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="admin"article-type="research-article"checkinTime="1718630336852"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Tennakoon, Danushka S., Thambugala, Kasun M., de Silva, Nimali I., Song, Hai-Yan, Suwannarach, Nakarin, Chen, Fu-Sheng & Hu, Dian-Ming"docDate="2024"docId="87E4DA73FB1A5EEC9524A5DF9E37FD7B"docLanguage="en"docName="MycoKeys 106: 43-96"docOrigin="MycoKeys 106"docSource="https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/125044/download/xml/"docStyle="DocumentStyle:PensoftTaxPub.0000.journal_article.mycokeys"docStyleName="PensoftTaxPub.0000.journal_article.mycokeys"docTitle="Byssosphaeria Cooke"docType="treatment"docVersion="4"dtd-version="3.0"lastPageNumber="96"masterDocId="C3D1840AD2A556A498689698B6AFEAB1"masterDocTitle="An overview of Melanommataceae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes): Current insight into the host associations and geographical distribution with some interesting novel additions from plant litter"masterLastPageNumber="96"masterPageNumber="43"pageNumber="43"updateTime="1718640456441"updateUser="admin">
<mods:titleid="AFEAFA1BF656157B9B3101BC1A1720C8">An overview of Melanommataceae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes): Current insight into the host associations and geographical distribution with some interesting novel additions from plant litter</mods:title>
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have superficial ascomata with bright yellow, orange or red flat apices around the ostiole, with dependent hyphal appendages that merge with the subiculum below and hyaline ascospores (
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;
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). Species have cosmopolitan distribution as saprobes in various plant substrates (e. g. dead leaves, wood). As well,
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). Currently, there are 18 accepted species in
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