A bryophilous member of the Leotiomycetes from New Zealand,Bryoclaviculus campylopigen. et sp. nov.

Abstract

Bryoclaviculus campylopi, a tiny, beautiful inoperculate discomycete fungus found only in association with the moss Campylopus acuminatus, is described as a new genus and species from New Zealand. Phylogenetically it has a sister relationship with the northern hemisphere moss-associated species Bryoglossum gracile. It is distinguished macroscopically from Bryoglossum by its cup-shaped fruit body and microscopically by features of the asci and paraphyses.