Verruconis, Samerpitak, 2014

Shao, Qiu-Yu, Ren, Yu-Lian, Chen, Wan-Hao, Liang, Jian-Dong, Zhang, Yan-Wei, Liang, Zong- Qi & Han, Yan-Feng, 2022, Verruconis guizhouensis sp. nov. (Sympoventuriaceae, Venturiales) from soil in China, Phytotaxa 572 (3), pp. 259-267 : 265

Key to Verruconis species

1. Sexual morph known....................................................................................................................................................... V. mangrovei

1. Sexual morph unknown......................................................................................................................................................................2

2. Intercalary conidia present .......................................................................................................................................... V. guizhouensis

2. Intercalary conidia absent...................................................................................................................................................................3

3. Conidia 1-septate ................................................................................................................................................................................4

3. Conidia multi-septate..........................................................................................................................................................................8

4. Conidia> 9.5 μm long........................................................................................................................................................................5

4. Conidia <9.5 μm long........................................................................................................................................................................6

5. Conidia cylindrical to clavate, pale to medium brown............................................................................................ V. calidifluminalis

5. Conidia clavate, subhyaline to pale brown....................................................................................................................... V. gallopava

6. Conidia oblong, pale brown to olivaceous-brown......................................................................................................... V. verruculosa

6. Conidia broadly ellipsoidal, brown ....................................................................................................................................................7

7. Conidia with a protuberant hilum, sometimes with a wing-like gelatinous brown sheath............................................. V. thailandica

7. Conidia with the distal end obtuse and proximal end slightly tapered, often asymmetric with a smaller upper cell ........ V. terricola

8. Y or T shaped staurosporic branched conidia present .......................................................................................... V. pseudotricladiata

8. Y or T shaped staurosporic branched conidia absent .........................................................................................................................9

9. Conidia> 23 μm long.................................................................................................................................................... V. hainanensis

9. Conidia <23 μm long.......................................................................................................................................................................10

10. Conidia cylindrical, light brown, rounded at both ends ...................................................................................................... V. panacis

10. Conidia ellipsoidal to oblong, pale brown to dark brown, rounded at apex, sub-acute at base ............................................ V. heveae