Myrotheciomyces
Myrotheciomyces Crous, in Crous, Wingfield, Burgess, Hardy, Gené, Guarro, Baseia, García, Gusmão, Souza-Motta, Thangavel, Adamčík, Barili, Barnes, Bezerra, Bordallo, Cano-Lira, de Oliveira, Ercole & Hubka, Persoonia 40: 351 (2018)
Hypocreomycetidae, Hypocreales, Myrotheciomycetaceae, Myrotheciomyces
Index Fungorum number: IF825409; 1 morphological species; 1 species with sequence data
Associated with leaves. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Sporodochial (on media). Conidiomata (on media) superficial, round or irregular, white or orange mass of conidia, with a basal stroma. Conidiophores originating from basal stroma, hyaline, smooth to warty, branched extensively, subcylindrical, with laterally or terminally arising conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells hyaline, fusoid to ellipsoid, phialidic, bearing tiny collarettes, smooth. Conidia grouped in slimy mass, hyaline, fusoid-ellipsoid, aseptate, consisting of subobtuse apex and truncate base, granular, thick-walled (adapted from Crous et al. 2018).
Type species: Myrotheciomyces corymbiae Crous, in Crous, Wingfield, Burgess, Hardy, Gené, Guarro, Baseia, García, Gusmão, Souza-Motta, Thangavel, Adamčík, Barili, Barnes, Bezerra, Bordallo, Cano-Lira, de Oliveira, Ercole & Hubka, Persoonia 40: 351 (2018)
Notes: The genus was introduced from Corymbia based on morphology and an ITS megablast search (Crous et al. 2018).
Species illustrated in this entry:
Myrotheciomyces corymbiae Crous
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