NIA GLOBOSPORA, A NEW MARINE GASTEROMYCETE ON BAITS OF SPARTINA MARITIMA IN PORTUGAL

摘要

Nia globospora sp. nov., a marine basidiomycete, provisionally put in the Melanogastrales, producing fruit bodies on dead culms of Spartina maritima is described. The species grew on baits that were submerged for a period of 6 months in the Mira River estuary, Portugal. Comparisons with other species of Nia are made.