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Medicopsis

Medicopsis Gruyter, Verkley & Crous., in Gruyter et al., Stud. Mycol. 75: 28 (2013).

Index Fungorum number: IF 564791; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08313, 2 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2022), 2 species with molecular data.

Human pathogen. Sexual morph: Unknown. Asexual morph: Pycnidia solitary or confluent, on upper surface of the agar, globose to pyriform with elongated neck, setose, ostiolate, olivaceous to olivaceous-black, the wall with pseudoparenchymatal cells. Conidiogenous cells hyaline, phialidic, ampulliform to doliiform, to elongated. Conidia sub-hyaline to yellowish, ellipsoid, aseptate, catenate (de Gruyter et al. 2013).

 Type species: Medicopsis romeroi (Borelli) Gruyter, Verkley & Crous

Notes: Medicopsis is characterised by solitary or confluent pycnidia, hyaline, phialidic, ampulliform to doliiform conidiogenous cells and sub-hyaline to yellowish, ellipsoid, aseptate, catenate conidia. Tanaka et al. (2017) referred Medicopsis to Neohendersoniaceae based on phylogenetic analysis of SSU, LSU and RPB2 sequence data. Medicopsis is a distinct and well-defined genus in Neohendersoniaceae. Molecular markers available for Medicopsis are ITS, LSU, SSU, BTUB, RPB2 and TEF-1.

 

 

 

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