Baudoinia compniacensis

Baudoinia compniacensis (Richon) J.A. Scott & Unter., in Scott et al., Mycologia 99(4): 595 (2007).

≡ Torula compniacensis Richon, Revue mycol. Toulouse 3(no. 11): 17 (1881).

Index Fungorum number: IF 510726; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11367, Fig. 1, 2

Description:

Extremophilic saprotroph on host substrate. Sexual morph: Unknown. Asexual morph: Mycelium dark brown to black, effused, velvety to crust-like, granulated. Vegetative hyphae dark brown, thick-walled, moniliform. Conidiophores lacking. Conidiogenous cells integrated within vegetative hyphae. Conidia 8−12 × 6−8 µm (x̄ = 9.7 × 7.1 µm, n = 10), dry, nonseptate oruniseptate at the median, deeply constricted at the septa, thick-walled, globose to barrel-shaped, brown to olivaceous brown to black, usually with verrucose ornamentation, dehiscencing by schizolysis. Ramoconidia absent.

Material examined: France, on walls, 1 July 1887, Roumeguère C (BR5020145673766).