Neoaraneomyces W.H. Chen, Y.F. Han, J.D. Liang & Z.Q. Liang, 2022
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.91.86812 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9A86501A-8F6C-59C1-A432-474489DCAE86 |
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scientific name |
Neoaraneomyces W.H. Chen, Y.F. Han, J.D. Liang & Z.Q. Liang |
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gen. nov. |
Neoaraneomyces W.H. Chen, Y.F. Han, J.D. Liang & Z.Q. Liang gen. nov.
Etymology.
Referring to a new genus parasitic on spiders
Type species.
Neoaraneomyces araneicola W.H. Chen, Y.F. Han, J.D. Liang & Z.Q. Liang.
Description.
Colonies on PDA, white to grey, reverse yellowish. Conidiophores mononematous, usually arising from aerial hyphae, phialides solitary or in groups of two to three. Phialides emerging laterally from hyphae, forming a compact hymenium, abruptly narrowing into a neck. Conidia in chains, one-celled, hyaline, fusiform or ellipsoidal.
Host.
Spider ( Araneidae )
Habitat.
Near roads and located on or under rocks.
Sexual morph.
Unknown.
Notes.
The genera Akanthomyces , Beauveria , Clonostachys , Cordyceps , Engyodontium de Hoog, Gibellula , Hevansia , Hirsutella , Hymenostilbe , Lecanicillium W. Gams & Zare, Ophiocordyceps Petch, Purpureocillium , and Torrubiella Boud. have been reported as spider-pathogenic fungi in Hypocreales ( Shrestha et al. 2019). Gibellula is only found on spiders. Neoaraneomyces differs from Gibellua by its paecilomyces-like conidiogenous structures, phialides which were solitary or in groups of two to four, with fusiform to ellipsoidal conidia.
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