Neodeightonia C. Booth, 1970

Rathnayaka, Achala R., Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Phillips, Alan J. L. & Jones, E. B. Gareth, 2022, Two new species of Botryosphaeriaceae (Botryosphaeriales) and new host / geographical records, Phytotaxa 564 (1), pp. 8-38 : 28

Neodeightonia C. Booth , in Punithalingam, Mycol. Pap. 119: 17 (1970) [1969]

Index Fungorum number: IF 3450; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07627

Neodeightonia was introduced by Booth ( Punithalingam 1969), with N. subglobosa as the type species.

However, Arx & Müller (1975) synonymized Neodeightonia under Botryosphaeria . Later, Phillips et al. (2008) distinguished this genus from Botryosphaeria based on morphological and phylogenetic data and accepted Neodeightonia as a separate genus in Botryosphaeriaceae . This genus is characterized by hyaline, aseptate ascospores with polar apiculi, surrounded by a mucilaginous sheath. In the asexual morph, initially hyaline conidia become brown and 1-septate at maturity with smooth to finely roughened walls or with fine striations and this is unique to the genus Neodeightonia ( Phillips et al. 2008, 2013, Konta et al. 2016, Liu et al. 2012). Eleven Neodeightonia species are listed in Index Fungorum (2022).