Fungalpedia – Note 2111, Aeminium

 

Aeminium J. Trovão, I. Tiago & A. Portuga

Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: AeminiaceaePleosporalesPleosporomycetidaeDothideomycetesPezizomycotinaAscomycota, Fungi

The monotypic genus was established by Trovão et al. (2019), who also provided its description and illustration

Type species: Aeminium ludgeri J. Trovão, I. Tiago & A. Portugal.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Aeminium.

 

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Figure 1 – Aeminium ludgeri (redrawn from Trovão et al. 2019). a Intercalary and terminal conidial chains. b Initial hyphae becoming toruloid-like. c Arthroconidia. d Toruloid-like hyphae and mature chains of arthroconidia. Scale bars: a–c = 20 μm, d = 50 μm.

 

References

Trovão J, Tiago I, Soares F, Paiva DS et al. 2019 – Description of Aeminiaceae fam. nov., Aeminium gen. nov. and Aeminium ludgeri sp. nov. (Capnodiales), isolated from a biodeteriorated art-piece in the Old Cathedral of Coimbra, Portugal. MycoKeys 28, 57–73.

 

Entry by

Sinang Hongsanan, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50002, Thailand 

 

Published online 25 March 2026