Phialolunulospora Z. F. Yu & R. F. Castaneda, 2020

Zheng, Hua, Wan *, Yake, Li, Jie, Castaneda-Ruiz, Rafael F. & Yu, Zefen, 2020, Phialolunulospora vermispora (Chaetosphaeriaceae, Sordariomycetes), a novel asexual genus and species from freshwater in southern China, MycoKeys 76, pp. 17-30 : 17

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.76.57410

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C8C22876-17B4-5984-B075-7703241266A8

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scientific name

Phialolunulospora Z. F. Yu & R. F. Castaneda
status

gen. nov.

Phialolunulospora Z. F. Yu & R. F. Castaneda gen. nov.

Type species.

Phialolunulospora vermispora Z. F, Yu & R. F. Castañeda

Etymology.

Phialo -Prefix, Phia. lis N.L fem. S. Phialide referring to the phialidic conidiogenous cells, and Phialo lunulospora , (lu.nu.la.tus N.L. adj. mean crescent-shaped + spo.ra N.L. fem. S. spora, referred to the conidia), referring to the genus Lunulospora .

Description.

Asexual fungus. Conidiophores macronematous, semimacronematous, mononematous, septate, prostrate or erect, straight or flexuous, pigmented. Conidiogenous cells integrated, terminal, cylindrical to subulate, pale brown to brown, monophialidic or polyphialidic, enteroblastic. Conidial secession schizolytic. Conidia solitary, acrogenous, long lunate, vermiform to sigmoid, unicellular, hyaline, truncate at the conspicuous or inconspicuous basal frill, with a cellular, unbranched, eccentric basal appendage.