Quadricrura Kaz. Tanaka, K. Hirayama & Sat. Hatak., Studies in Mycology 64: 196 (2009).

MycoBank number: MB 515258; Index Fungorum number: IF 515258; Facesoffungi number: FoF 06670; 3 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 3 species with molecular data (Tanaka et al. 2009).

Type species – Quadricrura septentrionalis Kaz. Tanaka, K. Hirayama & Sat. Hatak., Studies in Mycology 64: 198 (2009).

Notes – Quadricrura was introduced to accommodate Q. bicornis, Q. meridionalis and Q. septentrionalis. It is characterized by micronematous conidiophores, globose to subglobose, brown to dark brown conidia with two forms of appendages. Quadricrura resembles some Polyplosphaeria species in forming two forms of appendages from both apical and basal part of conidia. Sexual morph of Quadricrura is unknown.

Species

  • Quadricrura septentrionalis