Septonema Corda, Icon. fung. (Prague) 1: 9 (1837).

MycoBank number: MB 9888; Index Fungorum number: IF 9888; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08108; 39 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), molecular data unavailable.

Type species – Septonema secedens Corda, Icon. fung. (Prague) 1: 9 (1837).

Notes – This genus is characterized by hyphomycetous asexual morph. Morphological characters are monoblastic or sympodial conidiogenous cell and ramoconidia in branched chains. Boehm et al. (2009a), Hyde et al. (2013) and Wijayawardene et al. (2018) placed Septonema in Mytilinidiaceae. Fresh material and sequence data are required to confirm the placement of this genus.

Species

  • Septonema secedens