Smaragdiniseta L. Lombard & Crous, Persoonia 36: 218 (2016)

MycoBank number: MB 816029; Index Fungorum number: IF 816029; Facesoffungi number: FoF 05578; 1 species with sequence data.

Type speciesSmaragdiniseta bisetosa (V.G. Rao & de Hoog) L. Lombard & Crous

NotesSmaragdiniseta was introduced by Lombard et al. (2016) to accommodate S. bisetosa (≡ Myrothecium bisetosum). The genus is characterised by sporodochial, stromatic conidiomata surrounded by two types of setae, verticillately or penicillately branched, hyaline conidiophores, phialidic, hyaline conidiogenous cells and aseptate, obclavate to narrowly ellipsoidal, hyaline conidia.

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