Neoaraneomyces W.H. Chen, Y.F. Han, J.D. Liang & Z.Q. Liang, 2022

Chen, Wan-Hao, Liang, Jian-Dong, Ren, Xiu-Xiu, Zhao, Jie-Hong, Han, Yan-Feng & Liang, Zong-Qi, 2022, Phylogenetic, ecological and morphological characteristics reveal two new spider-associated genera in Clavicipitaceae, MycoKeys 91, pp. 49-66 : 49

Neoaraneomyces W.H. Chen, Y.F. Han, J.D. Liang & Z.Q. Liang gen. nov.

Etymology.

Referring to a new genus parasitic on spiders

Type species.

Neoaraneomyces araneicola W.H. Chen, Y.F. Han, J.D. Liang & Z.Q. Liang.

Description.

Colonies on PDA, white to grey, reverse yellowish. Conidiophores mononematous, usually arising from aerial hyphae, phialides solitary or in groups of two to three. Phialides emerging laterally from hyphae, forming a compact hymenium, abruptly narrowing into a neck. Conidia in chains, one-celled, hyaline, fusiform or ellipsoidal.

Host.

Spider ( Araneidae )

Habitat.

Near roads and located on or under rocks.

Sexual morph.

Unknown.

Notes.

The genera Akanthomyces , Beauveria , Clonostachys , Cordyceps , Engyodontium de Hoog, Gibellula , Hevansia , Hirsutella , Hymenostilbe , Lecanicillium W. Gams & Zare, Ophiocordyceps Petch, Purpureocillium , and Torrubiella Boud. have been reported as spider-pathogenic fungi in Hypocreales ( Shrestha et al. 2019). Gibellula is only found on spiders. Neoaraneomyces differs from Gibellua by its paecilomyces-like conidiogenous structures, phialides which were solitary or in groups of two to four, with fusiform to ellipsoidal conidia.