Open AccessMirohelminthosporium gen. nov. for an atypical Helminthosporium species and H. matsushimae nom. nov.
Author(s) -
Kai Zhang,
He Zhang,
Dewei Li,
Rafael F. Castañeda-Ruíz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mycotaxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.366
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2154-8889
pISSN - 0093-4666
DOI - 10.5248/135.777
Subject(s) - homonym (biology) , biology , taxonomy (biology) , botany , genus , hyphomycetes , zoology
Mirohelminthosporium is proposed as a new genus for Helminthosporium bigenum , characterized by polytretic and blastic conidial ontogeny on the apical conidiogenous cells. A replacement name, Helminthosporium matsushimae , is proposed for the illegitimate later homonym H. cylindrosporum Matsush.