Abstract
Syspastospora tropicalis sp. nov. isolated from soil samples from different tropical regions is described and illustrated. The fungus can be easily separated from the other species of the genus by its setose perithecial ascomata with a short papillate neck.
This work was supported by Fundació Ciència i Salut (Reus). The first author is grateful for the fellowship grant from Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain).