Chrysosporium Corda 1833

Key to the Chrysosporium species found in this study: 1. Racquet hyphae present......................................................................................................................................................................2 1. Racquet hyphae absent.......................................................................................................................................................................3 2. Arthroconidia present............................................................................................................................. Chrysosporium sichuanense 2. Arthroconidia absent..........................................................................................................................................................................4 3. Intercalary conidia present.................................................................................................................................................................5 3. Intercalary conidia absent...................................................................................................................................................................6 4. Chlamydospores present............................................................................................................................ Chrysosporium alvearium 4. Chlamydospores absent......................................................................................................................................................................7 5. Intercalary conidia ellipsoidal............................................................................................................................................................8 5. Intercalary conidia fusiform, pyriform or long oval...........................................................................................................................9 6. Conidia smooth.................................................................................................................................................................................10 6. Conidia rough, obovoid, ellipsoidal........................................................................................................ Chrysosporium jiangsuense 7. Intercalary conidia absent........................................................................................................................... Chrysosporium hubeiense 7. Intercalary conidia ellipsoidal................................................................................................................ Chrysosporium guangxiense 8. Conidia rough, pyriform or clavate, ellipsoidal......................................................................................... Chrysosporium gansuense 8. Conidia smooth.................................................................................................................................................................................11 9. Conidia hyaline.................................................................................................................................................................................12 9. Conidia hyaline, pale brown, moderate brown................................................................................... Chrysosporium keratinophilum 10. Lateral or terminal conidia ovoid, 2.0���3.5 �� 1.0���2.5 ��m....................................................................... Chrysosporium kaiyangense 10. Lateral or terminal conidia ovoid, 5���15 �� 2.5���7 ��m.............................................................................. Chrysosporium ovalisporum 11. Lateral or terminal conidia cylindrical, 3.5���9.5 �� 1.0���2.5 ��m................................................................ Chrysosporium irregularum 11. Lateral or terminal conidia ovoid, 4.0���7.5 �� 2.0���2.5 ��m........................................................................... Chrysosporium villiforme 12. Intercalary conidia fusiform, 6.5���9.0 �� 2.5���3.0 ��m.................................................................................... Chrysosporium fusiforme 12. Intercalary conidia long oval, 7.5���13.5 �� 4.0���8.0 ��m............................................................................. Chrysosporium multiforme
Published as part of Han, Yan-Feng, Ge, Wei, Zhang, Zhi-Yuan, Liang, Jian-Dong, Chen, Wan-Hao, Huang, Jian- Zhong & Liang, Zong-Qi, 2022, Morphological and phylogenetic characterisations reveal nine new species of Chrysosporium (Onygenaceae, Onygenales) in China, pp. 1-16 in Phytotaxa 539 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.539.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6345907