Pseudoacrodictys aquatica R.F. Castañeda, R.M. Arias & Heredia, Mycotaxon

Cantillo, Taimy, Almeida, Davi Augusto Carneiro De, Monteiro, Josiane Santana & Gusmão, Luís F. P., 2019, Pararhexoacrodictys (Incertae sedis, Ascomycetes) gen. nov., new combinations and new records of hyphomycetes from Brazil, Phytotaxa 397 (2), pp. 199-209 : 205-206

Pseudoacrodictys aquatica R.F. Castañeda, R.M. Arias & Heredia, Mycotaxon 112: 71, 2010. Fig. 3A

Conidiophores mononematous, macronematous, erect, straight, arising singly or in small groups, septate, cylindrical, smooth, dark brown to blackish, 79–100 × 5–6(–8) μm. Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, integrated, terminal, slightly subulate with 4–9 percurrent extensions. Secession schizolytic. Conidia solitary, dry, acrogenous, holoblastic, subglobose to globose, septate, smooth, thick–walled, brown to dark brown, 35–41 × 30–31 μm.

Material examined:— BRAZIL. Bahia: Igrapiúna, Michelin Ecological Reserve, on submerged dead branch, 13°49’S 39°08’W, 22 November 2014, D.A.C. Almeida ( HUEFS 203037).

Notes: — The analyzed material is in agreement with the original description of Pseudoacrodictys aquatica ( Castañeda-Ruiz et al. 2010) . This is the first record for South America.

Geographical distribution:— MÉXICO (Castañeda et al. 2010); CHINA ( Zhang et al. 2011); BRAZIL (this paper).

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FIGURE 3. New records for Brazil: A Pseudoacrodictys aquatica HUEFS 203037. B, Pseudoacrodictys limoniaceae HUEFS 203038. C- E Shrungabeeja varijadencens HUEFS 216690: C, conidial bottom with striations from side and bottom view; hyaline septate hyphae observed in conidia initials (D) and in a fully development conidia (E). Scale bars: A–C, E, F= 20 μm; D= 30 μm.