frondicola

Nypaella K.D. Hyde & B. Sutton, Mycological Research 96: 210 (1992)

Type and marine species:

Nypaella frondicola K.D. Hyde & B. Sutton, Mycological Research 96: 210 (1992)

Index Fungorum Number: 358903                         Faceoffungi Number: N/A

Saprobic on Nypa frond, asexual morph: Conidiomata formed on a subiculum, pycnidial, superficial, separate or aggregated, globose or pyriform, apricot or brown, 52–124 µm high, 75–91 µm wide, wall of textura oblita, 3–5 cells thick, with a central ostiole 47–62 µm diam. Conidiophores hyaline, branched, septate, up to 60 µm long, formed at the base of the conidiomata. Conidiogenous cells 'phialidic', determinate, integrated, cylindrical, tapered towards the apices, hyaline, smooth, channel and collarette minute but apical periclinal wall thickened. Conidia holoblastic, hyaline, smooth, aseptate, ellipsoid, 2.4–4.0 X 1.8–2.4 µm. Sexual morph: Undermined.

Description from Hyde & Sutton (1992)

Key references:

Hyde KD, Sutton BC (1992). Nypaella frondicola gen. et sp. nov., Plectophomella nypae sp. nov. and Pleurophomopsis nypae sp. nov. (Coelomycetes) from intertidal fronds of Nypa fruticans. Mycological Research. 96: 210–214.

Jones EBG, Suetrong S, Sakayaroj J, Bahkali AH, Abdel–Wahab MA, Boekhout T, Pang KL (2015). Classification of marine Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Blastocladiomycota and Chytridiomycota. Fungal Diversity 73: 1–72.

Sutton BC (1980). The Coelomyceles. CAB International: Kew, U.K.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Rajeshkumar KC, Hawksowrth DL, Madrid H et al. (2017). Notes for genera: Ascomycota. Fungal Diversity 86: 1–594.