Achroiostachys L. Lombard & Crous, Persoonia 36: 172 (2016)

MycoBank number: MB 815916; Index Fungorum number: IF 815916; Facesoffungi number: FoF 05529; 6 species with sequence data.

Type species – Achroiostachys humicola L. Lombard & Crous

Notes – Achroiostachys was introduced by Lombard et al. (2016) to accommodate A. aurantispora, A. betulicola, A. humicola, A. levigata, A. phyllophila and A. saccharicola. The genus is characterised by hyaline, mostly smooth, thin-walled conidiophores, phialidic conidiogenous cells and hyaline, aseptate, smooth-walled, ellipsoidal to limoniform conidia (Lombard et al. 2016).

Species

  • Achroiostachys humicola