Resumen de Genus Octospora (Ascomycota, Pezizomycetes) in Bulgaria

Melania Gyosheva, Rayna Natcheva, Dimitar Y. Stoykov

• Eight taxa from the pezizalean genus Octospora have been so far reported from Bulgaria. Data on the known distribution in the country are presented. Octospora gyalectoides and O. musci-muralis var. musci-muralis are recorded for the first time in Bulgaria. Concise descriptions and illustrations of the studied specimens are provided. New localities of O. leucoloma are also reported. These three Octospora taxa are bryoparasitic fungi growing on or among mosses. The associated bryophytes have been identified.