Sordariaceous Ascomycetes without Ascospore Ejaculation. 1988. (Nova Hedwigia, Beih. 94). 44 plates. 1 figure. 1 table. V,104 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

In the course of the revision of Ascomycetes classified in Chaetomium(von Arx, Guarro & Figueras 1986), numerous other Chaetomiaceae,Thielaviaceae, Microascaceae, Melanosporaceae, Sordariaceae andLasiosphaeriaceae have been examined. In the present publicationdescriptions, light- and scanning electron micrographs are presented ofSordariaceous Ascomycetes, classified in the Chaetomiaceae,Microascaceae, Pithoascaceae and Thielaviaceae. Only those species ofwhich sporulating cultures are present in the CBS Culture Collection inBaarn, The Netherlands, are fully described and illustrated. Keys aregiven to all accepted species, also to those of which no sporulatingcultures are available. All families belonging to the new suborderSordarinae of the Sphaeriales are delimited, but the Sordariaceae,Lasiosphaeriaceae, Coronophoraceae and Melanosporaceae are onlydiscussed in the Introduction. Fully delimited and described areAchaetomium, Subramaniula, Boothiella, Corynascella, Corynascus,Melanocarpus, Thielavia, Chaetomidium, Emilmuelleria, Lophotrichus,Petriella, Pseudallescheria, Canariomyces, Kernia, Microascus,Pithoascus, Pithoascina, Pidoplitchkoviella, Aporothielavia,Leuconeurospora and Faurelina.