In Rabenhorst, Bot. Zeit., Beil. 14:426-429. 1856
Typus: P. fimicola Ces. = P. fimiseda (Ces. & de Not.) Niessl (see Lundquist 1972, p. 135)
Location of type: S, lectotype (see Lundquist 1972, p. 140)
Type studies: Mirza & Cain (Canadian Journal of Botany 47:1999-2048. 1969); Lundquist (Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 20:1-374. 1972.)
Anamorph:
Status:
Number of epithets: 78 (Dictionary of the Fungi, 1995)
Monograph: Lundquist (1972, dung inhabiting species)
Additional literature: Bell & Mahoney (Mycologia 87:375-396. 1995, New Zealand species)
ascomata scattered, superficial or rarely erumpent, obpyriform, with
vestiture, roughened or glabrous, pale colored to dark
ascospores clavate and hyaline when young, apical head swells and becomes brown, basal pedicel remains hyaline, aseptate?, various sizes, with gelatinous appendages or not
Terrestrial habitat, found mostly on dung, with occasional species occurring on woody or herbaceous debris and occasionally from freshwater
Distribution to date: cosmopolitan
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