Neoarthrinium Ning Jiang, 2022

Jiang, Ning, Voglmayr, Hermann, Ma, Chun-Yan, Xue, Han, Piao, Chun-Gen & Li, Yong, 2022, A new Arthrinium - like genus of Amphisphaeriales in China, MycoKeys 92, pp. 27-43 : 27

Neoarthrinium Ning Jiang gen. nov.

Etymology.

Named after its morphological similarity to Arthrinium .

Type species.

Neoarthrinium lithocarpicola Ning Jiang

Description.

Hyphae formed on PDA hyaline, branched, septate. Asexual morph: Conidiophores cylindrical, septate, verrucose, flexuous, sometimes reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells erect, blastic, aggregated in clusters on hyphae, hyaline to pale brown, smooth, doliiform, subglobose to lageniform, branched. Conidia brown to dark brown, smooth to finely roughened, subglobose, ellipsoid to lenticular, with a longitudinal germ slit, occasionally elongated to ellipsoidal. Sexual morph: Undetermined.