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.