Brachiampulla Réblová & Hern.-Restr., in Réblová, Kolařík, Nekvindová, Miller & Hernández-Restrepo, Microorganisms 9(4, no. 706): 45 (2021)

Index Fungorum number: IF 836364; MycoBank number: MB 836364; Facesoffungi number: FoF 15023;

Type speciesBrachiampulla verticillata (B. Sutton & Hodges) Réblová & Hern.-Restr.

Etymology Brachium (Latin) arm, branch, ampulla (Latin) bottle, referring to divergent lageniform conidiogenous cells with a long extension resembling branches.

Description – Colonies effuse, dark brown, whitish-brown when sporulating, hairy. Mycelium mostly superficial, hyphae branched, septate, pigmented. Asexual morph: Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, erect, setiform, unbranched, pigmented. Conidiogenous cells polyphialidic, indeterminate, ampulliform to lageniform, elongating percurrently and sympodially, discrete, lateral, arranged singly or in whorls, or terminal, integrated. Conidia hyaline, aseptate, aggregated in slimy heads. Sexual morph: Not observed.