Steirochaetomium Sastoque, Stchigel & Cano, 2025

Sastoque, A. P., Cano-Lira, J. F. & Stchigel, A. M., 2025, Soil ascomycetes from Spain. XIV. The Chaetomiaceae of La Palma (Canary Islands), Persoonia 54 (1), pp. 93-117 : 112

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.03

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16877761

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A05D87DA-FFE0-B96C-0824-FEE94A0AFCD6

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Steirochaetomium Sastoque, Stchigel & Cano
status

gen. nov.

Steirochaetomium Sastoque, Stchigel & Cano , gen. nov. MycoBank MB 849839.

Etymology: From Greek ΣΤείΡΟΣ - (steíros -), sterile, because the fungus does not produce fertile structures.

Type species: Steirochaetomium canariensis Sastoque, Stchigel & Cano

Mycelium mostly aerial, abundant, composed of septate, branching, smooth- and thin-walled, hyaline and pigmented hyphae. Chlamydospores, hyaline, vacuolated, smooth- and slightly thick-walled, globose, subglobose or barrel-shaped, in chains. Sexual morph not observed.

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