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Neohelicosporium parvisporum

Neohelicosporium parvisporum Y.Z. Lu, J.C. Kang & K.D. Hyde, in Lu et al., Mycol. Progr. 17 (5): 637 (2017).

 Index Fungorum number: IF 822056; Facesoffungi number: FoF 03571, Fig. 1

 Description: see Lu et al. (2017).

            Material considered: see Lu et al. (2017).

Fig. 1 Neohelicosporium parvisporum (HKAS 97445, holotype). a Colony on decaying wood. b, c Conidiophores with conidia. d, e Conidiogenous cells. f−i Conidia. Scale bars: a, f, i = 20 µm, b, c = 50 µm, d, e = 40 µm, g, h = 10 µm.

Importance and distribution

Neohelicosporium comprises twenty-two species known from decaying wood in freshwater streams and from Juglandaceae, Malvaceae and Myrtaceae. Neohelicosporium has been reported from Asia (China, India, Java, Thailand) and The United States (Ohio, South Carolina). More species can be discovered in the future.

 

Reference

Lu YZ, Boonmee S, Liu JK, Hyde KD, McKenzie EHC, Eungwanichayapant PD, Kang JC – 2017. Multi-gene phylogenetic analyses reveals Neohelicosporium gen. nov. and five new species of helicosporous hyphomycetes from aquatic habitats. Mycological Progress 17, 631–646. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-017-1366-1

 

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