Crous, Hernández-Restrepo & Groenewald & Crous, 2015
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.205.4.2 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D187C7-FFCA-9A5E-FF7C-FBB7CAAE3FA3 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Crous |
status |
ord. nov. |
Neocordana M. Hern. View in CoL View at ENA -Rest. & Crous , gen. nov. MycoBank MB811105
Etymology: Neo - new, Cordana - asexual genus, in reference to their similarity with the genus Cordana .
Colonies effuse, grey to brown, hairy. Mycelium superficial and immersed, on the agar and on the plant cuticle, hyphae, smooth, septate, hyaline becoming brown with age. Conidiophores differentiated, erect, straight to flexuous, brown at the base becoming paler toward the apex, smooth, swollen basal cell beneath the host epidermis. Conidiogenous cells holoblastic, sympodial, denticulate, cylindrical to obclavate, terminal and intercalary, smooth, pale brown to brown. Conidia dry, solitary, pale brown, 1-sepate, broadly ellipsoidal, oblong, obovoid, obclavate to pyriform, smooth, thick-walled, with a visible darker, thickened hilum. Appressoria present.
Type species:— Neocordana musae (Zimm.) M. Hern. -Rest. & Crous .
Sexual morph: Unknown.
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