Sterila
Sterila Crous, M. Shen & Y. Zhang ter, in Shen et al., Stud. Mycol. 96: 212 (2020).
Index Fungorum number: IF 831516; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12049, 1 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2022), 1 species with molecular data.
Colonies spreading, erumpent, with sparse aerial mycelium and regular margins on OA, olivaceous brown (surface), margins dark olivaceous; reverse fuscous-black; on MEA pale grey (surface), margins brownish red; reverse fuscous black; on SNA olivaceous brown (surface), margins pale olivaceous; reverse olivaceous to dark olivaceous (adapted from Shen et al. 2020).
Type species: Sterila eucalypti Crous, M. Shen & Y. Zhang ter
Notes: Sterila is characterised by erumpent colonies, pale grey surface on MEA and olivaceous brown on SNA. Sterila forms sterile colonies in culture and lacks a complete morphology. Sterila is known only by hyphal morphology. Sterila is phylogenetically closely related to Fuscohilum rhodensis and F. siciliana but forms a completely different lineage from other genera of Sympoventuriaceae. Sterila is a distinct and well-defined genus in Sympoventuriaceae. Molecular markers available for Sterila include ITS, LSU, SSU, TEF-1 and RPB2.
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