Brunneosporopsis Maharachch. & Wanas., gen. nov.
MycoBank number: MB 843435; Index Fungorum number: IF 843435; Facesoffungi number: FoF;
Etymology: The generic epithet is from the word “brunius” (brown) for the color of the conidia.
Saprobic on dead branches of Pinus yunnanensis. Sexual morph: not observed. Asexual morph: colonies on natural substrate superficial, effuse, dark brown to black. Conidiophores micronematous, mononematous, erect, hyaline, smooth-walled often reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells enteroblastic. Conidia solitary, globose to subglobose, or ovoid, dry, guttulate, dark brown to black when mature, smooth- to verruculose-walled.
Type: Brunneosporopsis yunnanensis Maharachch. & Wanas., sp. nov.
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