Neurospora Shear & B.O. Dodge

Hilgert-Moreira, Suzane Both & Lorscheitter, Maria Luisa, 2025, Identification of palynomorphs sampled from a sedimentary profile of the last 5000 years in Lagoa dos Patos, Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil., Acta Botanica Brasilica (e 20240187) 39, pp. 1-15 : 4

2. Neurospora Shear & B.O. Dodge type ( Fig. 2C–E )

Ascospore elliptical, dark, surface with numerous tiny pores. Long axis ca. 39–45 µm, (x 43 µm), short axis ca. 30–34 µm (x 32 µm). Synonym: Gelasinospora Dowding. Ecological data: Neurospora species are mainly fimicolous, but may also be carbonicolous or lignicolous ( Van Geel, 1978).

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Figure 2. Fungi. A, B. Nigrospora Zimm. type: 1º–2º pl; C–E Neurospora Shear & B.O. Dodge type: 1º–3º pl; F, G.Gaeumannomyces cf. caricis J. Walker type: 1º–2º pl; H, I. Ascospore 1: 1º–2º pl; J, K. Ascospore 2: 1º–2º pl; L, M. Hypha, multicellular filament: 1º–2º pl (pl planes).