Samsoniella Mongkolsamrit, Noisripoom, Thanakitpipattana, Spatafora & Luangsa-ard, Mycologia 110(1): 230-257 (2018)

MycoBank number: MB 823784; Index Fungorum number: IF 823784; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13132; 3 species with sequence data.

Type species – Samsoniella inthanonensis Mongkolsamrit, Noisripoom, Thanakitpipattana, Spatafora & Luangsa-ard

Notes – The genus was erected by Mongkolsamrit et al. (2018) and segregated from Akanthomyces to accommodate species in a monophyletic clade that are easily recognized by their oval to fusiform conidia, and bright red-orange stromata of the sexual morphs and synnemata of the isaria-like asexual morphs.

Species

  • Samsoniella inthanonensis