title: Octopodotus stupendus gen. & sp. nov. and Phyllachora paludicola sp. nov., two marine fungi from Spartina alterniflora.
abstract: The coelomycete Octopodotus stupendus and the ascomycete Phyllachora paludicola are described as obligate marine fungi from the decomposing salt-marsh plant, Spartina alterniflora. Both species fruit only on the leaf blades, not on the leaf sheaths. Whereas O. stupendus is known so far only from North Carolina, P. paludicola has been collected from Florida to Delaware. The total number of marine fungi reported from Spartina spp. is 41.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, North Carolina, USA 28557.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kohlmeyer
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Volkmann-Kohlmeyer