Corniculariella brasiliensis R.J.V.Oliveira, I.B. Cunha , J.L.Bezerra & M.A.Q.Cavalcanti

Corniculariella brasiliensis R.J.V.Oliveira, I.B. Cunha, J.L.Bezerra & M.A.Q.Cavalcanti View in CoL , sp. nov. ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 )

MycoBank 805590

Type: — Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata, 08°02′ S and 35°13′ W, in rhizospheric soil of Caesalpinia echinata , 09.2009, I.B. Cunha ( URM6964 ) GoogleMaps .

Colonies on malt agar, after seven days in petri dishes at room temperature (26 ± 2 °C), present slow growth and cottony, whitish aerial mycelium; reverse smooth, dark brown. Sexual state: Unknown. Asexual state: Conidiomata 250–700 µm diam., eustromatic, immersed to semi-immersed, subglobose to piriform, black, isolated to crowded; walls of textura angularis, 15–30 µm thick at the base, sides and above, composed of angular to elongate cells 5–15 µm diam. Conidiophores 15–20 × 2–3 µm, repeatedly branched hyaline, septate, with vertically-oriented conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 10–15 × 1–2 µm, integrated, subulate, wider at the base, hyaline, smooth-walled, collarete absent, channel and periclinal thickening inconspicuous. Conidia 13–17 × 1.5–2 µm, falcate, 1-septate, smooth-walled, eguttulate.

Etymology: Brasiliensis refers to the country in which the host species is found.

Habitat: Rhizosphere.

Distribution: Known only from type locality.

Material examined: BRAZIL, Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata, 08°02′ S and 35°13′ W, in rhizosphere of Caesalpinia echinata , 09. 2009, I.B. Cunha ( URM6964 , holotype!) GoogleMaps .

Holotype: URM6964