Open AccessTeratospermopsis gen. nov. for Chaetendophragmia protuberata, with a taxonomic review of Teratosperma
Author(s) -
Zhongfeng Xu,
Ling Qiu,
Xiuguo Zhang,
Rafael F. Castañeda-Ruíz,
Ji-Wen Xia,
Jian Ma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mycotaxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.366
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2154-8889
pISSN - 0093-4666
DOI - 10.5248/136.85
Subject(s) - biology , appendage , conidium , taxonomy (biology) , botany , zoology , genus , anatomy
Teratospermopsis is proposed as a new genus for Chaetendophragmia protuberata [= Teratosperma microsporum ]. The genus has acrogenous, solitary, euseptate conidia seceding schizolytically from monoblastic, integrated, terminal, annellidic conidiogenous cells. The conidia are obclavate, smooth, and with an apical cell with a filiform appendage and a basal cell with a lateral appendage. A key and a synoptic table to six accepted Teratosperma species accompany comments on four rejected or dubious species, including T. macrosporum [= Endophragmiella macrospora comb. nov.].