title: Koralionastetales, a new order of marine Ascomycota in the Sordariomycetes.
abstract: Based on molecular studies using 1760 bp of the nuSSU and 604 bp of the nuLSU rRNA genes and using morphological characters, the genera Koralionastes and Pontogeneia are assigned to the new order Koralionastetales, family Koralionastetaceae, class Sordariomycetes. Koralionastetales is a sister group to Lulworthiales; differences in morphological characters are expressed in the ascospores and the presence/absence of periphyses and paraphyses. A new species of Pontogeneia, P. microdictyi from Microdictyon sp. in the Bahamas, is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, 703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564, USA. jinx.campbell@usm.edu
authors.forename: Jinx
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Patrik
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Inderbitzin
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kohlmeyer
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Volkmann-Kohlmeyer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000382:microbiology; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics; D001444:Bahamas; D008386:Marine Biology; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D054658:Ribosome Subunits, Large / Q000235:genetics; D054679:Ribosome Subunits, Small / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal