%A Dr Ananthapadmanaban %O Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science. %J Transactions of the British Mycological Society %T Cyptascoma, a new genus of the valsaceae. %X Cryptascoma bisetula gen. et sp.nov., collected on unidentified dead twigs from Kodaikanal, Pulney Hills, Southern India is described and illustrated. The fungus is classified in the Diaporthales. %N 3 %P 479-482 %V 90 %D 1988 %I Elsevier Science %L open651