Victoriomyces D Davolos, B Pietrangeli, AM Persiani & O Maggi, Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 69(4):1099-1110 (2019)

MycoBank number: MB 823713; Index Fungorum number: IF 823713; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13021; 1 species with sequence data.

Type species – Victoriomyces antarcticus Maggi, Davolos & Persiani

Notes – The type species Victoriomyces antarcticus was isolated from soil and is characterized by metarhizium-like morphology, dark red-coloured disk-like structures, immature bodies and the production of an intense red pigment in the growth media. Its placement in Cephalothecaceae was confirmed by phylogenetic analysis of a combined LSU, SSU, rpb2 dataset.

Species

  • Victoriomyces antarcticus