Aeminium J. Trovao , I. Tiago & A. Portugal

Trovao, Joao, Tiago, Igor, Soares, Fabiana, Paiva, Diana Sofia, Mesquita, Nuno, Coelho, Catarina, Catarino, Lidia, Gil, Francisco & Portugal, Antonio, 2019, Description of Aeminiaceae fam. nov., Aeminium gen. nov. and Aeminiumludgeri sp. nov. (Capnodiales), isolated from a biodeteriorated art-piece in the Old Cathedral of Coimbra, Portugal, MycoKeys 45, pp. 57-73 : 62

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.45.31799

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C08AA2CC-C2E3-E648-83B6-07DD8658E49A

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scientific name

Aeminium J. Trovao , I. Tiago & A. Portugal
status

gen. nov.

Aeminium J. Trovao, I. Tiago & A. Portugal gen. nov.

Description.

Asexual morph: mycelium consisting of septate, smooth hyphae, gradually becoming widen, thick-walled, darker and developing into meristematic chains of conidia. Conidia dark brown, thick-walled, smooth, rugose, globose with single central septa resulting from the differentiation of toruloid-like hyphal cells. Chlamydospores not observed in culture. Sexual morph: unknown.

Etymology.

Named after the old Latin name of Coimbra ( Aeminium ), the city where the strains were isolated.

Type species.

Aeminium ludgeri J. Trovão, I. Tiago & A. Portugal.