Chrysosporium hubeiense Y.W. Zhang, Y.F. Han & Z.Q. Liang, 2016

Zhang, Yan-Wei, Chen, Wan-Hao, Zeng, Gui-Ping, Wang, Yu-Rong, Zou, Xiao, Han, Yan-Feng, Qiu, Shu-Yi & Liang, Zong-Qi, 2016, Two new Chrysosporium (Onygenaceae, Onygenales) from China, Phytotaxa 270 (3), pp. 210-216 : 213-214

Chrysosporium hubeiense Y.W. Zhang, Y.F. Han & Z.Q. Liang sp. nov. ( Fig.3 )

GenBank: KJ849227 MycoBank: MB 814992

Type: — CHINA. Hubei Province: Songzi, N 30°10′22.11″, E111°46′13.49″. Holotype EM66601 was isolated from the soil under the feather collected in Guizhou Province by Y. R. Wang.

Colonies on Czapek agar, attaining 35–39 mm in 14 d at 25 °C, white, powdery, irregular at the margin. Colonies on PDA attaining 65–67 mm, gray white to white, flat, powdery, dense in the middle, sparse villiform near the margin. Reverse yellowish. Hyphae hyaline, septate, smooth, 1.1–2.2 μm wide. Racquet hyphae present, 5.4–7.6 × 2.2–3.2 µm. Terminal and lateral conidia on long or short protrusions perpendicular to hyphae, solitary, hyaline, smooth, obovate to ellipsoidal, 2.2–4.3 × 1.6–3.2 µm (x = 3.1 × 2.0, n= 60); basal scars 2.2–3.2 µm wide. Intercalary conidia and chlamydospores absent.

Etymology: —Refers to the region from which the fungus was isolated.

Distribution: — Hubei Province, China.

Material examined: — Dried culture EM66601 (holotype) and its isolate GZUIFR–EM66601 have been deposited at the Institute of Fungal Resource, Guizhou University ( GZAC) .

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FIGURE 3. Chrysosporium hubeiense (holotype). 1. Colony; 2. Conidiogenous structures; Bar1=10mm; Bar2=10µm.