Brachyconidiella monilispora
Brachyconidiella monilispora R.F. Castañeda & W.B. Kendr., Univ. Waterloo Biol. Ser. 33: 14 (1990).
Index Fungorum number: IF 361478; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12139, Fig. 1
Description: see Castañeda and Kendrick (1990).
Material examined: see Castañeda and Kendrick (1990).
Fig. 1 Conidiophores and conidia of Brachyconidiella monilispora (INIFAT C88/300, re-drawn from Fig. 5 in Castañeda and Kendrick 1990). Scale bar = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Brachyconidiella comprises only one saprobic species known on dead leaves of Hancornia speciosa (Apocynaceae) in South America (Brazil) and rotten leaves of Coccoloba uvifera (Polygonaceae) in Caribbean (Cuba). The diversity of Brachyconidiella is poorly documented.
References
Castañeda RF, Kendrick B. 1990 – Conidial fungi from Cuba I, 1–53, University of Waterloo Biology Series 32.
Seifert KA, Morgan-Jones G, Gams W, Kendrick B. 2011 – The Genera of Hyphomycetes. Biodiversity Series, 9, Utrecht. CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre.
Subramanian CV. 1978 [“1977”] – Revision of Hyphomycetes – I. Kavaka 5, 93–98
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