Flammocladiella – Facesoffungi number: FoF 09183

Flammocladiella Crous, L. Lombard & R.K. Schumach., Sydowia 67: 103 (2015)

MycoBank number: MB 812530; Index Fungorum number: IF 812530; Facesoffungi number: FoF 09183; 2 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 1 species with sequence data.

Type species – Flammocladiella decora (Wallr.) Lechat & J. Fourn.

Notes – Flammocladiella was introduced by Crous et al. (2015b) based on a single species F. aceris. Lechat & Fournier (2018b) proposed Flammocladiella decora to accommodate Nectria decora. Flammocladiella decora produces long, subcylindrical conidia and a sexual morph, which are indistinguishable from F. aceris (Lechat & Fournier 2018b). Considering morphological similarities and phylogenetic analyses Lechat & Fournier (2018b) regarded F. aceris as a synonym of F. decora. The genus is characterised by yellowish ascomata seated on ascomata of Massaria species, aggregate in clusters, covered by a crustose layer, having a papillate, periphysate ostiolar region, and a sporodochial asexual morph forming flame-like conidial masses, conidia subcylindrical (Crous et al. 2015b, Lechat & Fournier 2018b).

Figure 104 – Flammocladiella decora (CLL16020, holotype, redrawn from Lechat & Fournier 2018b). a Ascomata on bark. b Vertical section of peridium. c Ascospores. d, e Vertical sections of ascomata. f Ascus. g Germinating spore. h Conidiophores. i Conidia. Scale bars: a = 1000 µm, b =300 µm, c = 10 µm, d = 400 µm, e = 150 µm, f = 400 µm, g-i = 20 µm.

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