Pyrispora C.M. Tian & N. Jiang, gen. nov.
MycoBank number: MB 838316; Index Fungorum number: IF 838316; Facesoffungi number: FoF14480;
Etymology:—named for the pyriform base of the conidiogenous cells.
Type species:—Pyrispora castaneae C.M. Tian & N. Jiang
Pathogenic or saprobic on Castanea mollissima leaves. Sexual morph: Ascomata semi-immersed, aggregated, globose to pulvinate, black, single ostiolate. Ostioles single, dark grey to black. Paraphyses deliquescent. Asci cylindrical to clavate, 8-spored, bi-seriate, with a distinct apical ring. Ascospores aseptate, hyaline, smooth, fusoid, multiguttulate, straight to slight curved. Asexual morph: Conidiomata pycnidial, aggregated, globose to subglobose, black, single ostiolate. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells pyriform base with long neck, hyaline, phiailidic, unbranched, straight. Conidia aseptate, hyaline, smooth, ellipsoidal, multiguttulate.
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