Cylindrohyalospora Tennakoon, C.H. Kuo, S. Hongsanan & K.D. Hyde, gen. nov.
Index Fungorum number: IF555436; Facesoffungi num- ber: FoF 09327
Etymology: Referring to the cylindrical, hyaline conidia. Saprobic on the upper surface decaying leaves, appearing as small dark brown to black dots. Hyphae superficial, straight to sub straight, dark brown, irregular, easily removed from the host, appressoria not observed.
Sexual morph: Undetermined.
Asexual morph: Pycnothyria superficial, scattered, rounded to oval, flattened, brown to black, open- ing by stellate fissures. Upper wall comprising an irregular arrangement of dark cells, cells at margin branching and forming superficial hyphae. Conidiogenous cells evanescent. Conidia unicellular, cylindrical with obtuse ends, hyaline, smooth-walled.
Type species: Cylindrohyalospora fici Tennakoon, C.H. Kuo & K.D. Hyde
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