Neodigitodesmium W. H. Tian & Maharachch. 2022, gen. nov

Authors :: Tian, Wenhui
Chen, Yanpeng
Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa S. N.
Publication Year :: 2022
Publisher :: Zenodo, 2022.
Abstract: Neodigitodesmium W. H. Tian & Maharachch. gen. nov. MycoBank: MB 844432 Etymology: Named after its morphological similarity to Digitodesmium Saprobic on submerged decayed wood in aquatic habitats. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Conidiomata sporodochial on natural substrate, superficial, compact, dark brown to black, with base attached on surface of substrate. Conidiophores semi-macronmatous, micronematous, reduced to conidiogenous cell. Conidiogenous cells holoblastic, pale hyaline to brown at the base of the spore. Conidia solitary, dictyosporous, conical shaped, cheiroid, not complanate, with a hyaline basal connecting cell, brown, subhyaline at the tip of peripheral rows. Type species: Neodigitodesmium cheirosporum W. H. Tian & Maharachch. sp. nov.<br />Published as part of Tian, Wenhui, Chen, Yanpeng & Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa S. N., 2022, Neodigitodesmium, a novel genus of family Dictyosporiaceae from Sichuan Province, China, pp. 176-184 in Phytotaxa 559 (2) on page 179, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.559.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/7021593