Fungalpedia – Note 854, Neoeucasphaeria
Neoeucasphaeria. Crous.
Citation when using this data: Huang SK et al. 2021 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Niessliaceae, Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Parasitic on Eucalyptus. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Mycelium hyaline, septate, branched hyphae. Conidiophores mononematous, macronematous, densely gregarious, hyaline, straight to flexuous, branched. Conidiogenous cells terminal, hyaline, subcylindrical, phialidic, flexuous. Conidia solitary, ellipsoidal, aseptate, hyaline, smooth-walled, guttulate (adapted from Crous et al. 2018).
Notes – The monotypic Neoeucasphaeria was collected from Eucalyptus in Australia (Crous et al. 2018). In this study, Neoeucasphaeria is sister to Rosasphaeria in Niessliaceae (Fig. 1). Rosasphaeria has cylindrical, curved, 1-septate conidia different from Neoeucasphaeria (Jaklitsch & Voglmayr 2012).
Type species: Neoeucasphaeria eucalypti Crous, in Crous et al., Persoonia 41: 293 (2018).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Neoeucasphaeria.
References
Entry by
Shi-Ke Huang, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China, The Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou Province, China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, The Mushroom Research Centre, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Published online 14 September 2021