Hymenostilbe Petch, Naturalist (Hull), ser. 3: 101 (1931)

MycoBank number: MB 8598; Index Fungorum number: IF 8598; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13477; 12 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 1 species with sequence data

Type species – Hymenostilbe muscaria Petch

Notes – This genus was considered as pathogenic on arthropods (Samson & Evans 1975). The sexual morph was linked to Ophiocordyceps (White et al. 2003). The genus is characterised by polyblastic, cylindrical to clavate conidiogenous cells, bearing multiple apical or subapical denticles (Samson & Evans 1975).

Species

  • Hymenostilbe muscaria