Hyaloguttulispora J. Ma, K.D. Hyde & YZ. Lu., gen. nov.

MycoBank number: MB; Index Fungorum number: IF; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11001;

Etymology: ‘Hyaloguttulispora’ referring to the ‘hyaline’ and ‘guttulate’ conidia.

Saprobic on decaying wood substrates. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Colonies on the natural substrate effuse, solitary, hairy, hyaline. Mycelium mostly superficial, consisting of branched, septate, smooth, pale brown to brown hyphae. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, solitary, erect, simple, straight or slightly flexuous, unbranched, smooth, cylindrical, septate, thick-walled, smooth-walled, brown at the base, paler towards apex. Conidiogenous cells holoblastic, monoblastic, terminal, smooth walled, subcylindrical or tapering towards tip, pale-brown to subhyaline near base, hyaline toward apex, forming conidia sympodially on conspicuous denticles, bearing tiny, protuberant, circular scars. Conidia acrogenous, solitary, clavate and suborbicular, fusiform, septate, hyaline, tapering and pointed at both ends, smooth‐walled, often with one guttule in each cell when young.

type species: Hyaloguttulispora hainanensis J. Ma, K.D. Hyde & YZ. Lu.