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New species, notes and key to the aeroaquatic genera Beverwykella and Ramicephala gen. nov.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2003

Hermann VOGLMAYR
Affiliation:
Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, A-1030 Vienna, Austria. E-mail: [email protected]
Gregorio DELGADO-RODRÍGUEZ
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Carretera de Varona, km 3.5, Capdevila, Boyeros, AP 8029, CP 10800, Habana 8, Cuba.
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Abstract

Two new aeroaquatic fungi, Ramicephala sphaerospora gen. sp. nov. and Beverwykella clathrata sp. nov., are described and illustrated from tropical and subtropical latitudes. B. clathrata, a species similar to B. cerebriformis, deviates from the latter in having a clathrate outermost cell layer instead of tightly appressed cells, a feature unique in Beverwykella. The second species, Ramicephala sphaerospora gen. sp. nov., has a unique combination of features concerning conidial ontogeny and morphology, and is therefore placed in a new genus. The genus most similar to Ramicephala is Beverwykella, from which it differs in having: (1) globose, non-flattened conidia; (2) a large central globose cell giving rise to centrifugally branching, tightly packed chains of cells; and (3) a compact peripheral cell layer, the cells of which are tightly interlocked in a zipper-like form. Similarities of R. sphaerospora to species of Pseudaegerita, Candelabrum and Cristulariella are discussed. Illustrations of and a key to all described species of Ramicephala and Beverwykella are provided.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© The British Mycological Society 2003

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