Recent and fossil epiphyllous fungi of the Manginula-Shortensis group

Abstract

Attention is directed to Shortensis (Dilcher, 1965) described from fossils as the perfect state of Manginula. Manginula is a genus of epiphyllous fungus described in 1918, apparently not reported since, and in need of revision. A new species of Manginula has been detected from present day vegetation and the material used to reinterpret the original generic description of the perfect state. The distinction between Shortensis and Manginula is invalidated. Two new fossil species of Manginula are described from a lens in the Eocene South Maslin Sands, South Australia, and the implications of their occurrence are discussed.