Nigrospora Zimm.

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

1. Nigrospora Zimm. type

( Fig. 2A, B )

Conidia elliptical, dark, opaque. Thick wall, laevigate, with a characteristic fissure. Long axis ca. 17–22 µm (x 20 µm), short axis ca. 13–16 µm (x 14 µm). Ecological data: Nigrospora species are cellulose-decomposing fungi that mainly inhabit warm regions, including forest soils, grasslands, mangroves, sandy soils, and bat caves ( Domsch et al., 1980).

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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).