Lithophyllospora Selbmann, Coleine gen. nov.
Index Fungorum number: IF 902388; Mycobank number: MB 302388; Facesoffungi number: FoF 16042
Etimology – Lithophyllospora (from Greek lithos meaning rock, phyllo meaning leaf and spora meaning seed, spore). Named after the two different substrata where it has been isolated: Protea leaves (Crous et al. 1998, 2008) and rock (this contribution).
Colonies blackish to olivaceaous, aerial mycelium absent. Sterile hyphae branched, septate, smooth to finely verruculose. frequently constricted at septa, liberating conidia by arthric secession, brownish to olivaceous, 3–6 µm wide; hyphal cells 3–6 µm wide.
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