Nigelia Luangsa-ard, Tasan. & Thanakitp., i Mycol. Progr. 16(4): 378 (2017)

MycoBank number: MB 823565; Index Fungorum number: IF 823565; Facesofffungi number: FoF 13092; 2 species with sequence data

Type species – Nigelia aurantiaca Luangsa-ard, Thanakitp. & Tasan.

Notes – Nigelia was introduced as an invertebrate-pathogenic genus based on morphology and phylogenetic analyses. The genus is characterised by yellow to reddish brown, cylindrical, stipitate, stromata with a cylindrical, clavate to irregularly shapedfertile part, ovoid with curved, immersed perithecia and filiform, septate, whole ascospores or fragmenting into part spores (Luangsa-ard et al. 2017b). The asexual morph is characterised by verticillately or irregularly branched conidiophores and solitary conidiogenous cells or phialides with or without lateral necks (Luangsa-ard et al. 2017b).

Species

  • Nigelia aurantiaca