Chaetoconis Clem., Gen. fung. (Minneapolis): 125 (1909)

MycoBank number: MB 7566; Index Fungorum number: IF 7566; Facesoffungi number: FoF 06283; 2 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 1 species with sequence data.

Type species – Chaetoconis polygoni (Ellis & Everh.) Clem.

Notes – Chaetoconis comprises two species: C. polygoni and C. vaccinii (Index Fungorum 2020). De Gruyter et al. (2009) and Senanayake et al. (2017a) accommodated Chaetoconis in Diaporthales genera incertae sedis and Diaporthaceae respectively, based on sequence analysis. The genus is characterised by acropleurogenous conidia which form from the inner pycnidial wall cells.

Species

  • Chaetoconis polygoni