Aquilariomyces T. Y. Du, Tibpromma & Karun. 2024

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Aquilariomyces was introduced by Du et al. (2024 b) as a monotypic genus to accommodate Aq. aquilariae T. Y. Du, Tibpromma & Karun. as the type species, which was collected from Aquilaria yunnanensis S. C. Huang in Yunnan Province, China. Based on well-separated phylogenetic branches and unique sexual morphs of asci and ascospores, Aquilariomyces was introduced as a new genus in Thyridariaceae (Du et al. 2024 b) . This genus is characterized by globose to subglobose, brown to dark brown, solitary or gregarious ascomata in small groups, immersed under the bark, surrounded by brown to black fluffs; a peridium comprising hyaline to brown cells of textura angularis; hyaline septate, branched, trabeculate pseudoparaphyses, embedded in a gelatinous matrix; 8 - spored, bitunicate, clavate, apically rounded asci, with an ocular chamber, and club-shaped, short pedicel; and uniseriate, 1 - septate, fusiform to ellipsoidal ascospores, surrounded by mucilaginous sheath, while the asexual morph is not reported. The updated phylogenetic tree of Aquilariomyces is shown in Fig. 2.