Equiseticola gen. nov. (Phaeosphaeriaceae), from Equisetum sp. in Italy Author Abd-Elsalam, Kamel A. Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), 12619, Giza, Egypt & Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand & School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand Author Tibpromma, Saowaluck Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand & School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand & World Agro forestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China & Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan China Author Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N. Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand & School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand & World Agro forestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China & Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan China Author Camporesi, Erio A. M. B. Gruppo Micologico Forlivese “ Antonio Cicognani ”, Via Roma 18, Forlì, Italy; A. M. B. Circolo Micologico “ Giovanni Carini ”, C. P. 314, Brescia, Italy Author Hyde, Kevin D. Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand & School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand & World Agro forestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China & Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan China text Phytotaxa 2016 2016-11-16 284 3 169 180 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.284.3.2 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.284.3.2 1179-3163 13645105 Equiseticola K. Abdelsalam, Tibpromma, Wanasinghe & K.D. Hyde , gen. nov. Index Fungorum number : IF551562, Facesoffungi number : FoF 01242 Etymology :—The generic epithet reflects host genus Equisetum . Holotype :— MFLU14-0702 Saprobic on decaying herbaceous branches. Sexual morph: Ascomata immersed to semi-immersed, scattered, uniloculate, ovoid, ostiole central, with minute papilla. Peridium composed of several layers, of brown to dark brown cells, arranged in a textura angularis . Hamathecium of dense, 1–2 μm wide, filamentous, septate cellular, pseudoparaphyses, anastomosing above the asci. Asci 8-spored, bitunicate, cylindrical, with long acute or knob-like pedicel, apically rounded, with ocular chamber. Ascospores overlapping 1–2-seriate, initially hyaline becoming yellowish pale brown at maturity, fusiform, 4–5-septate with distinct septa, guttulate, not constricted at the septa, without a mucilaginous sheath. Asexual morph: Undetermined. Type species :— Equiseticola fusispora K. Abdelsalam, Tibpromma, Wanasinghe & K.D. Hyde