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Two striking fungi, isolated from soils from the island of Hachijo-jima in Japan, are described and illustrated. One of these represents a new species ofTalaromyces (Ascomycetes), for which the nameTalaromyces hachijoensis is proposed. The new species is distinctive among all other recognized species in its restricted growth on common media, yellow ascomata characterized by asci developing in chains, striate ascospores, and the absence of an anamorph. The other isHeterocephalum taiense, a rare hyphomycete which has only previously been recorded from lvory Coast soil and probably from Panama soil.
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Yaguchi, T., Someya, A. & Udagawa, Si. New and rare microfungi from the island of Hachijo-jima. Mycoscience 37, 157–162 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02461340
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