Cryptosporella Sacc., Michelia 1(no. 1): 30 (1877)

MycoBank number: MB 1333; Index Fungorum number: IF 1333; Facesoffungi number: FoF 06309; 33 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 20 species with sequence data and molecular data available for an unnamed species.

Type speciesCryptosporella hypodermia (Fr.) Sacc.

NotesCryptosporella species are from temperate regions and are saprobic, endophytic and occasionally pathogenic on hardwood trees (Mejia et al. 2011). Cryptosporella hypodermia is illustrated.

Figure 109 Cryptosporella hypodermia (Material examined – CZECH REPUBLIC, Moravia, Hranice city, Canyon mountain, Ulmus sp., October 1925, F. Petrak, F48426, holotype). a, b Conidiomata on substrate. c Vertical cross section of conidioma. d-e Conidiogenous cells and conidia. f Conidia. Scale bars: a, b = 200 μm, c = 100 μm, d = 20 μm, e, f = 10 μm.

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