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Neohelicomyces aquaticus

Neohelicomyces aquaticus Z.L. Luo, Bhat & K.D. Hyde, in Luo et al., Cryptog. Mycol. 38(1): 40 (2017).

Index Fungorum number: IF 818822; Facesoffungi number: FoF 02644       Fig. 1

Description: see Luo et al. (2018).

Material considered: see Luo et al. (2018).

            Fig. 1 Neohelicomyces aquaticus (MFLU 16-2543, holotype). a–d Colonies on the substratum. g–k Conidiophores with attached conidium, conidiogenous cells, conidia. l–v Conidia. w Germinating conidia. Scale bars: e = 50 µm, f, u, v = 40 µm, g, k = 100 µm, h, q–t = 20 µm, i, j, l–p, w = 10 µm.

Importance and distribution

Neohelicomyces comprises eight species on three hosts in Myrtaceae, Pandanaceae and Poaceae. Neohelicomyces is recorded in Asia (China, Japan), Europe (Czech Republic, Germany, Italy) and The United States (Massachusetts).

 

References

Lu YZ, Liu JKJ, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Kang JC, Fan C, Boonmee S, Bhat DJ, Luo ZL, Lin CG, Eungwanichayapant PD. 2018 – A taxonomic reassessment of Tubeufiales based on multi-locus phylogeny and morphology. Fungal Diversity 92, 131–344.

Luo ZL, Bhat DJ, Jeewon R, Boonmee S et al. 2017 – Molecular phylogeny and morphological characterization of asexual fungi (Tubeufiaceae) from freshwater habitats in Yunnan, China. Cryptogamie Mycologie 38, 27–53.

Dong W, Wang B, Hyde KD, McKenzie EHC et al. 2020 – Freshwater Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 105, 319–575.

 

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