Neodevriesia hilliana (Crous & U. Braun) Quaedvl. & Crous, in Quaedvlieg et al., Persoonia 33: 24 (2014). Fig. 18

Devriesia hilliana Crous & U. Braun, in Crous et al., Stud. Mycol. 64: 37 (2009).

MycoBank number: MB 807771; Index Fungorum number: IF 807771; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07638.

Description – see Crous et al. (2009c).

Material examined – New Zealand, Auckland, Auckland University Campus, Princes Street, on Macrozamia communis, 20 April 2008, C.F. Hill (CBS H-20340, holotype), culture ex-type CPC 15382 = CBS 123187.

NotesNeodevriesia hilliana has medium brown, unbranched conidiophores, thick-walled, medium brown, rarely septate conidia, short and mostly unbrached conidial chains and lacks chlamydospores (Crous et al. 2009c). We were unable to obtain fresh collection; thus, a re-drawing is provided in Fig. 18.

Figure 18 Neodevriesia hilliana (redrawn from Crous et al. 2009c). a–c Conidiophores giving rise to catenulate conidia. d–f Fragmenting conidial segments from aerial hyphae. Scale bars: a–f = 10 μm.