Penidiellopsis radicularis
Penidiellopsis radicularis Sand. -Den., Gené, Deanna A. Sutton & Guarro, in Crous et al., Persoonia 36: 439 (2016).
Index Fungorum number: IF 500837; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11395, Fig. 1
Description: see Quaedvlieg et al. (2014); Crous et al. (2016).
Material examined: see Quaedvlieg et al. (2014); Crous et al. (2016).
Fig. 1 Penidiellopsis radicularis (CBS H-22389, holotype, re-drawn from Crous et al. 2016) a–d Conidiophores, conidiogenous cells bearing conidia in branched chains. Scale bars: a–d = 5 μm.
Importance and distribution
Penidiellopsis comprises two species. Penidiellopsis radicularis has been isolated from nail of a human in the United States (South Carolina). Penidiellopsis ramosus has been found on integument of Atta capiguara in South America (Brazil).
References
Crous P, Braun U, Bensch K, Groenewald JZ. 2007 – The genus Cladosporium and similar dematiaceous hyphomycetes. Studies in Mycology 58, 253.
Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Richardson DM, Le Roux JJ et al. 2016 – Fungal Planet description sheets: 400–468. Persoonia 36, 316–458.
Quaedvlieg W, Binder M, Groenewald JZ, Summerell BA et al. 2014 – Introducing the consolidated species concept to resolve species in the Teratosphaeriaceae. Persoonia 33, 1–40.
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