Muripulchra
Muripulchra Z.L. Luo, Hong Y. Su & K.D. Hyde, in Luo et al., Cryptog. Mycol. 38(1): 36 (2017).
Index Fungorum number: IF 818825; Facesoffungi number: FoF 02651, 1 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2022), 1 species with molecular data.
Saprobic on submerged decaying wood. Sexual morph: Unknown. Asexual morph: Colonies effuse, punctiform, superficial, sporodochial, dark brown, velvety. Mycelium composed of immersed or partly superficial, septate, branched, brown hyphae, forming sporodochia with a stromatic base. Conidiophores micronematous, arising from stroma. Conidiogenous cells holoblastic, erect, smooth, pale brown, narrow at the base, wide above, cylindrical, with narrow cell-lumen, arising directly on stroma. Conidia obpyriform, rounded at top, truncate at base, septate to muriform, longitudinally septate in above 2-4 cells, smooth, thick-walled, granulate, often carrying part of conidiogenous cell at the base as a broken frill (adapted from Luo et al. 2017).
Type species: Muripulchra aquatica Z.L. Luo, H.Y. Su & K.D. Hyde
Notes: Muripulchra is unique in having obpyriform conidia frequently carrying part of conidiogenous cells at the base as a broken frill. Muripulchra is morphologically and phylogenetically a distinct and well-defined genus in Tubeufiaceae. Molecular markers available for Muripulchra are ITS, LSU, RPB2 and TEF-1.
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