taxonID	type	description	language	source
03D0FE7C046DA5584199FD3D31922796.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — Named after Safaga city, where the holotype was collected.	en	Bakhit, Mahmoud S., Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A. (2022): Safagamyces marinus gen. et sp. nov. (Halosphaeriaceae, Sordariomycetes) from Red Sea mangroves, Egypt. Phytotaxa 568 (2): 221-229, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.568.2.7
03D0FE7C046DA5584199FD3D31922796.taxon	description	Asexual morph: Hyphae septate, rarely branched, smooth, hyaline to light-brown, superficial and immersed. Conidiophores micronematous, smooth, hyaline, simple, cylindrical, present or obsolete. Conidiogenesis is holoblastic with sympodial conidial proliferation. Conidia straight or slightly curved, branched, smooth, variable in shape, septate, strongly constricted at the septa, cells increase in size and pigmentation from the base to the apex; apical cells globose to subglobose, brown to dark-brown, thick walled, smooth; basal cells, cylindrical to clavate, hyaline. Sexual morph: Undetermined.	en	Bakhit, Mahmoud S., Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A. (2022): Safagamyces marinus gen. et sp. nov. (Halosphaeriaceae, Sordariomycetes) from Red Sea mangroves, Egypt. Phytotaxa 568 (2): 221-229, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.568.2.7
03D0FE7C046DA5584199FD3D31922796.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: — Safagamyces marinus Bakhit & Abdel-Wahab	en	Bakhit, Mahmoud S., Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A. (2022): Safagamyces marinus gen. et sp. nov. (Halosphaeriaceae, Sordariomycetes) from Red Sea mangroves, Egypt. Phytotaxa 568 (2): 221-229, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.568.2.7
03D0FE7C046DA5584199FD3D31922796.taxon	discussion	Notes: — Molecular phylogenetic analyses of SSU and LSU rDNA placed Safagamyces as a basal branch to a node that contains the three asexual marine genera: Cirrenalia, Cucurbitinus and Pseudolignincola. However, its molecular position along with its morphology warrant a generic separation. Morphologically, Safagamyces shares common characters with Cirrenalia and Cucurbitinus in having conidial cells constricted at the septa and increasing in size and pigmentation from the base to the apex (Meyers & Moore 1960, Liu et al. 2020). However, Safagamyces differs from the two genera by having branched conidia with sympodial conidial proliferation. Pseudolignincola is different from Safagamyces in having unicellular, dark-brown conidia and its teleomorphic stage have clavate asci with truncate, thickened apex, a pore and plasmalemma retraction and cylindrical ascospores without appendages (Jones et al. 2006).	en	Bakhit, Mahmoud S., Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A. (2022): Safagamyces marinus gen. et sp. nov. (Halosphaeriaceae, Sordariomycetes) from Red Sea mangroves, Egypt. Phytotaxa 568 (2): 221-229, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.568.2.7
03D0FE7C046BA5584199FD8F35F923CE.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — In reference to the marine habitat of the fungus.	en	Bakhit, Mahmoud S., Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A. (2022): Safagamyces marinus gen. et sp. nov. (Halosphaeriaceae, Sordariomycetes) from Red Sea mangroves, Egypt. Phytotaxa 568 (2): 221-229, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.568.2.7
03D0FE7C046BA5584199FD8F35F923CE.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — EGYPT. Safaga, Red Sea (26 ° 23 ’ 58 ″ N, 34 ° 06 ’ 54 ″ E), decaying stems of Phragmites australis (Poaceae) inside mangrove site, 3 November 2020, Coll. M. A. Abdel-Wahab, holotype (SUMCC H- 20001, holotype).	en	Bakhit, Mahmoud S., Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A. (2022): Safagamyces marinus gen. et sp. nov. (Halosphaeriaceae, Sordariomycetes) from Red Sea mangroves, Egypt. Phytotaxa 568 (2): 221-229, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.568.2.7
03D0FE7C046BA5584199FD8F35F923CE.taxon	description	Saprobic on decaying stem of Phragmites australis inside mangrove site. Asexual morph: Hyphae 2 – 3 μm diam., septate, rarely branched, smooth, hyaline to light-brown, superficial and immersed. Conidiophores 8 – 15 μm long, 3 – 4.5 μm in diam., 0 - to 1 - septate, micronematous, smooth, hyaline, simple, cylindrical, present or obsolete. Conidiogenesis is holoblastic with sympodial conidial proliferation. Conidia 16 – 30 μm long, 10 – 29 μm wide (x = 24.5 × 18.5 μm, n = 30), straight or slightly curved, branched, smooth, variable in shape, 2 – 6 septate, strongly constricted at the septa, cells increase in size and pigmentation from the base to the apex; apical cells globose to subglobose, 8 – 11.5 μm wide (x = 9, n = 34), brown to dark-brown, thick walled, smooth; basal cells 3 – 6.5 μm long × 2.5 – 5.5 μm wide (x = 5 × 4, n = 19), cylindrical to clavate, hyaline. Sexual morph: Undetermined.	en	Bakhit, Mahmoud S., Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A. (2022): Safagamyces marinus gen. et sp. nov. (Halosphaeriaceae, Sordariomycetes) from Red Sea mangroves, Egypt. Phytotaxa 568 (2): 221-229, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.568.2.7
03D0FE7C046BA5584199FD8F35F923CE.taxon	discussion	Notes: — Safagamyces marinus differs from Cirrenalia macrocephala by having straight or slightly curved, branched conidia that are brown in color with sympodial conidial proliferation. Conidia in C. macrocephala are helicoid, reddish fuscous with determinate conidiogenesis (Meyers & Moore 1960, Zhao et al. 2007). Safagamyces marinus and the two species of Cucurbitinus have straight or slightly curved conidia with constricted septa, however, S. marinus is phylogenetically distant from Cucurbitinus and has different conidial morphology. Cucurbitinus constrictus has much longer conidia than S. marinus (25 – 43 μm vs. 16 – 30 μm in C. constrictus and S. marinus respectively) and larger apical cells (13 – 20 μm vs. 8 – 11.5 μm in C. constrictus and S. marinus respectively). Conidia in S. marinus are branched and brown in color, while conidia in C. constrictus are unbranched and reddish-brown in color (Schmidt 1985, Kohlmeyer & Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991, Liu et al. 2020). Cucurbitinus ibericus has unbranched, longer conidia than S. marinus (19 – 41 μm vs. 16 – 30 μm in C. ibericus and S. marinus respectively) and wider apical cells (10 – 15 μm vs. 8 – 11.5 μm in C. ibericus and S. marinus respectively) (Hernández-Restrepo et al. 2017, Liu et al. 2020).	en	Bakhit, Mahmoud S., Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A. (2022): Safagamyces marinus gen. et sp. nov. (Halosphaeriaceae, Sordariomycetes) from Red Sea mangroves, Egypt. Phytotaxa 568 (2): 221-229, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.568.2.7
