Original paper
Three new conidial fungi (hyphomycetes) from Cuba
Castañeda Ruiz, R.F.; Gams, W.; Saikawa, M.
Nova Hedwigia Band 64 Heft 3-4 (1997), p. 473 - 483
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published: Sep 22, 1997
DOI: 10.1127/nova.hedwigia/64/1997/473
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Abstract
Three new hyphomycetes, Scolecobasidium excentricum, Soloacrospora microverrucosa, and Arachnophora uberisporoides, found on leaf litter in Cuba, are described and illustrated. The first species is characterized by cylindrical to worm-like, 3-5-septate, pale brown, eccentrically inflated conidia; the second species has fusiform, 0-1-septate, minutely verrucose conidia and lacks sterile setae. A. uberisporoides has conidia with two dark brown, globose central cells, from which several hemispherical, obtuse, subhyaline, unbranched, one-celled arms arise. A new combination, Arachnophora polyradiata, is proposed for Cacahualia polyradiata Mercado & Castañeda and the six species recognized in Arachnophora are keyed out.
Keywords
Scolecobasidium • Soloacrospora • Arachnophora • Uberispora • tropical fungi • systematics • leaf litter