Chrysosporium laterisporum Z. Li, Y.W. Zhang, W.H. Chen & Y.F. Han, 2019

Li, Zhong, Zhang, Yan-Wei, Chen, Wan-Hao & Han, Yan-Feng, 2019, Morphological traits and molecular analysis for two new Chrysosporium species from Fujian Province, China, Phytotaxa 400 (5), pp. 257-264 : 260-261

Chrysosporium laterisporum Z. Li, Y.W. Zhang, W.H. Chen & Y.F. Han sp. nov. ( Fig. 2)

MycoBank No.: MB 819480, GenBank: KY350785, KY350786

Type: — CHINA. Fujian Province: Fuzhou City, 26°08´N, 119°28´E, GZUIFR-G 310 (dried culture) isolated from soil of forest park.

Colonies on PDA, attaining 32 mm in 7 d at 25 °C, white to yellowish, fluffy, ridges in the center, margin irregular; reverse yellowish. Hyphae hyaline, septate, smooth, 1.2–3.3 μm wide. Racquet hyphae absent. Terminal and lateral conidia sessile or on short protrusions or side branches, solitary, hyaline, smooth, single-celled, obpyriform to ellipsoidal, 5–12.5 × 2.5–10 μm (x =7.5 × 5.8, n= 60), basal scars 0.8–1.5 μm wide. Intercalary conidia and chlamydospores absent.

Etymology: – laterisporum (Latin) , referring to the abundant lateral conidia.

Material examined: —The ex-type G310.1 and ex-isotype G310.2 were isolated from the soils of the forest park in November 2014 by Y.F. Han. The ex-type G310.1 culture was dried as the type GZUIFR-G 310. They were deposited in the Institute of Fungus Resource, Guizhou University ( GZAC).

Distribution: —Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China.