A modern concept for Helicascus with a Pleurophomopsis-like asexual state

• Main Authors: Zhang, Huang, Hyde, Kevin D., Abdelwahab, Mohamed A., Abdel-Aziz, Faten A., Ariyawansa, Hiran A., Ko Ko, Thida Win, Zhao, Ruilin L., Alias, Siti Aisah, Bahkali, Ali H., Zhou, Dequn
• Format: Article
• Published: Verlag Ferdinand Berger 2013
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history; QK Botany
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/14429/; http://www.sydowia.at/syd65-1/T11-Zhang.html

Helicascus presently comprises two marine species, H. kanaloanus and H. nypae. During investigations of freshwater ascomycetes in Egypt, Malaysia and northern Thailand, we collected two new species of Helicascus from freshwater, which is a new habitat for the genus. Helicascus aegyptiacus sp. nov. i...