Type: Morakotia_fusca Mongkols., Noisrip., Khons., Thanakitp. & Luangsa-ard. Etymology: In honour of Prof. Dr. Morakot Tanticharoen, for her support of invertebrate-pathogenic fungi research in BIOTEC, Thailand. Description: Stromata solitary or multiple, unbranched, tough, arising from seed plant, cylindrical to clavate, moderate orange yellow to brown orange. Fertile part clavate. Perithecia crowded, densely packed, ovoid to long ovoid, ordinal in arrangement, completely immersed, with reddish brown ostioles. Asci cylindrical. Ascospores hyaline, whole, filiform, elongate clavate with septations. Host: On seed (Smilacaceae).

Reference: Mongkolsamrit S, Noisripoom W, Thanakitpipattana D, et al. (2021). New species in Aciculosporium, Shimizuomyces and a new genus Morakotia associated with plants in Clavicipitaceae from Thailand. Fungal Systematics and Evolution8: 27–37. https://doi.org/10.3114/fuse.2021.08.03