Westerdykella Stolk, Trans. Br. Mycol. Soc. 38 (4): 422 (1955).

MycoBank number: MB 5772; Index Fungorum number: IF 5772; Facesoffungi number: FoF 06570; 13 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 7 species with molecular data.

Type speciesWesterdykella ornata Stolk, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 38(4): 422 (1955).

NotesWesterdykella was described as coprophilous producing cleistothecioid ascomata, small asci with short pedicel, encasing one-celled ascospores, verruculose but without germ slits (Kruys & Wedin 2009). Members of Westerdykella have been found in various environmental conditions such as dung, mud, plant material and soil (Clum 1955, Ito & Nakagiri 1995, Cain 1961, Malloch & Cain 1972). Asexual morph produced in culture has conidiomata with sub-cylindrical, aseptate and hyaline conidia (Sue et al. 2014, Crous et al. 2017a).

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