2.5.18 Raghukumaria keshaphalae

Jones et al. (2020) introduced a monotypic genus Raghukumaria with Raghukumaria keshaphalae as the type species isolated from decayed wood of Aegiceras cornicualtum in India. Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis showed that Raghukumaria forms a distinct clade within the Trematosphaeriaceae and shares a close phylogenetic affinity to Halomassarina species. Raghukumaria differs from the latter in ascomatal (e.g., immersed, without a clypeus and periphyses, covered by hyphae-like setae) and ascospore morphology (e.g., broadly fusiform, with narrowly rounded ends, rough-walled or slightly verruculose, lacking globules, appendages or gelatinous sheaths) (Jones et al. 2020).