Neocirrenalia J. Yang & K.D. Hyde, gen. nov.
MycoBank number: MB 559652; Index Fungorum number: IF 559652; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12811;
Etymology: referring to the morphologically similar genus Cirrenalia.
Saprobic on decaying twig in a freshwater stream. Colonies effuse, scattered, dark brown, granular, glistening. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, erect or arising laterally on hyphae, simple, straight, or often flexuous, smooth, septate, unbranched, pale brown to dark brown. Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, integrated, terminal, determinate, subcylindrical, brown. Conidia acrogenous, solitary, regularly helicoid, mostly 1–1.5 times contorted, non-complanate, cells increasing in diameter from base to the terminal, pale brown when young with subglobose to ellipsoidal, paler and larger terminal cells, dark olivaceous green to black when mature with opaque septa and contractible terminal cells.
Type species: Neocirrenalia nigrospora (Somrith., Chatmala & E.B.G. Jones) J. Yang & K.D. Hyde
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