Paliphora Sivan. & B. Sutton, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 85(2): 249 (1985)

MycoBank number: MB 11148; Index Fungorum number: IF 11148; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12976;  7 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 1 species with sequence data.

Type species – Paliphora aurea Sivan. & B. Sutton

Notes – Sivanesan & Sutton (1985) introduced this genus based on P. aurea. Paliphora is characterised by setiform conidiophores, integrated, determinate, polytretic, intercalary or terminal conidiogenous cells and, unicellular or euseptate, cylindrical to subfusiform or subacerose, hyaline, conidia, accumulated in slimy masses (Sivanesan & Sutton 1985, Malosso et al. 2018).

Species

  • Paliphora aurea