Neodigitodesmium W. H. Tian & Maharachch., 2022

Tian, Wenhui, Chen, Yanpeng & Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa S. N., 2022, Neodigitodesmium, a novel genus of family Dictyosporiaceae from Sichuan Province, China, Phytotaxa 559 (2), pp. 176-184 : 179

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.559.2.6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7040819

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Neodigitodesmium W. H. Tian & Maharachch.
status

gen. nov.

Neodigitodesmium W. H. Tian & Maharachch. View in CoL 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. View in CoL sp. nov.

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