Fungalpedia – Note 2828, Falholtia
Falholtia. . W.P. Wu & Y.Z. Diao
Citation when using this data: Wenping Wu et al. 2022 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Chaetosphaeriaceae, Chaetosphaeriales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Etymology: Named after the former senior R&D leader, Per Falholtia, from Novozymes.
Diagnosis: Similar to Stanjehughesia, but differs from it by producing septate conidiophores in clusters or synnemata. Phylogenetically they are also distinct.
Colonies effuse, hypophyllous, brown. Mycelium superficial, composed of septate, brown to dark brown hyphae. Teleomorph: Unknown. Anamorph: Conidiomata synnematous, cylindrical, dark brown to blackish, composed of closely compacted conidiophores, with a long fertile region; or composed of aggregated conidiophores in cluster. Conidiophores cylindrical, septate, dark brown. Conidiogenous cells integrated, monoblastic, determinate, cylindrical or lageniform, truncate at the apex. Conidial ontogeny holoblastic, 1 locus per conidiogenous cell, solitary conidia, delimitated by 1 septum, maturation by diffuse wall-building, secession schizolytic, no proliferation. Conidia holoblastic, straight or slightly curved, obclavate-rostrate, conical-truncate at the base, euseptate, pale brown to brown, smooth or verrucose, paler towards the apex.
Ecology/Substrate/Host: Saprobe on decaying branches.
Geographical distribution: China.
Notes: Falholtia is characterized by cylindrical and septate conidiophores in clusters or synnemata, integrated and determinate conidiogenous cells, and dark brown, obclavate-rostrate, euseptate conidia. The genus is monotypic.
Type species: Falholtia kaohsiungensis (S.Y. Hsieh, Goh & C.H. Kuo) W.P. Wu & Y.Z. Diao.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Falholtia.
Figure 1 – Falholtia kaohsiungensis (Wu8321). a, b Synnemata. c Hyphae in the synnemata. d Conidiophores with 1–2 septa and bearing terminal conidiogenous cells. e–k, r Conidia. l–q Development of conidia. Scale bar: a, b 100, c, e–k, r 20 μm, d, l–q 10 μm
Entry by
Wenping Wu, R&D Center, Novozymes China, No. 14 Xin Xi Lu, Shangdi Zone, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, P.R. China
Published online 22 July 2026