Fungalpedia – Note 1421, Pararamichloridium
Pararamichloridium. Crous, in Crous et al., Persoonia 39: 357 (2017).
Diaporthomycetidae, Pararamichloridiales, Pararamichloridiaceae, Pararamichloridium
Index Fungorum number: IF823369; 3 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020); 3 species with sequence data.
Pathogenic on plant leaves. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Mycelium consisting of hyaline, smooth, septate, branched hyphae. Conidiophores erect, solitary, straight to flexuous, septate, branched at apex or not, subcylindrical, subhyaline to medium brown, smooth. Conidiogenous cells terminal and intercalary, subcylindrical, subhyaline to medium brown, smooth, polyblastic, denticulate. Conidia solitary, hyaline, smooth, aseptate, thin-walled, granular, clavate to ellipsoid (adapted from Crous et al. 2017).
Type species: Pararamichloridium livistonae Crous, in Crous et al., Persoonia 39: 357 (2017)
Notes: Currently, three species, Pararamichloridium caricicola, P. livistonae and P. verrucosum are accepted in this genus. The genus is characterised by branched or unbranched, medium brown, septate conidiophores, medium brown, denticulate conidiogenous cells and solitary, hyaline, smooth, granular, aseptate, and clavate conidia (Crous et al. 2017). Pararamichloridium livistonae was collected from the leaves of Livistona australis in Australia and it causes leaf spots of the host plant (Crous et al. 2017).