Anamorphs reported for genus: none. Literature: Ahmed and Asad 1968; Ahmed and Cain 1972; Kirschstein 1944; de Notaris 1849. Type PXD101 Species Sporormia fimetaria De Not., Micromyc. Ital. Novi 5: 10 (1845). (Fig. 91) Fig. 91 Sporormia fimetaria (from this website RO, type). a Appearance of ascomata on the host surface. Note the scattered distribution. b–d Broad cylindrical asci with a short and thick pedicel. e Released filiform ascospores which may break up into part spores. Scale bars: a = 0.5 mm, b–d = 20 μm, e = 10 μm Ascomata 100–150 μm diam., solitary, scattered,

immersed to erumpent, globose, subglobose, wall black; apex without obvious papilla, ostiolate (Fig. 91a). Peridium thin (other characters unknown). Hamathecium of rare, 2–3 μm wide, septate pseudoparaphyses. Asci 70–100 × 13–18 μm (\( \barx = 86.4 \times 14.9 \mu \textm \), n = 10), 8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate dehiscence not observed, shortly cylindrical, with a short, narrowed,

furcate pedicel up to 20 μm long, no apical apparatus could be observed (Fig. 91b, c and d). Ascospores 50–58 × 4–5 μm (\( \barx = 54.7 \times 4.8 \mu \textm \), n = 10), fasciculate, broadly filliform, reddish brown, with 16 cells, easily separating into partspores, central cells of the ascospores shorter than broad, rectangular in vertical section, round in transverse section, 4–5 × 2.5–3.5 μm, without visible germ-slits or pores, apical cells usually Histamine H2 receptor longer than check details broad, 5–6.5 μm long, also without apertures (sheath is reported (Ahmed and Cain 1972), but not observed in this study) (Fig. 91e). Anamorph: none reported. Material examined: 1832, (RO, type, as Hormospora fimetaria De Not.). Notes Morphology Sporormia was formally established by de Notaris

(1849), and only one species was described, i.e. S. fimetaria, which subsequently was selected as the generic type. Sporormia sensu stricto was accepted by several workers, and only includes members with a fasciculate ascospore arrangement, parallel to the ascus, and the part cells of the ascospores lacking germ-slits (Ahmed and Asad 1968; Ahmed and Cain 1972; Kirschstein 1944). Species whose ascospores are not fasciculate and have partspores with germ-slits were assigned to Sporormiopsis by Kirschstein (1944) and to Sporormiella by Ahmed and Cain (1972). Phylogenetic study The generic status of Sporormia in Pleosporales was verified based on a phylogenetic analysis of ITS-nLSU rDNA, mtSSU rDNA and ß-tubulin sequences (Kruys and Wedin 2009). Sporormia clustered together with species of Westerdykella (including Eremodothis and Pycnidiophora), but lacks clear statistical support. Thus, the relationship of Sporormia with other genera of Sporormiaceae is unclear and not resolved yet. Concluding remarks Several coprophilous taxa (e.g.