Saccharataceae A.J.L.Phillips, Slippers, Boissin & Crous
Saccharata epacridis Crous , legitimate, scientific
Crous, P.W., Wingfield, M.J., Burgess, T.I. et al. (20 December 2017), Fungal Planet description sheets: 625-715. Persoonia 39: 415 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Typus. Australia, Victoria, Mount Best Tin Mine Road, on Epacris sp. (Ericaceae), 28 Nov. 2016, P.W. Crous (holotype CBS H-23299, culture ex-type CPC 32594 = CBS 143408 ...)"
  • Text: identifier: MB 823408
  • Text: Fungal Planet description sheet 691, with authors indicated as “Crous, P.W., Groenewald, J.Z., Wingfield, M.J., Summerell, B.A. & Carnegie, A.J.”
  • Text: DNA sequences: from culture ex-type: GenBank MG386060 (ITS), MG386113 (LSU)
  • Etymology: "Name refers to Epacris, the host genus from which this fungus was collected."