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Chlorocillium lepidopterorum W. H. Chen, Y. F. Han & J. D. Liang 2024, comb. nov.

  • 1. Center for Mycomedicine Research, Basic Medical School, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China & Institute of Fungus Resources, Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China & Key Laboratory of Microbio and Infectious Disease Prevention & Control in Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
  • 2. Center for Mycomedicine Research, Basic Medical School, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
  • 3. Center for Mycomedicine Research, Basic Medical School, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China & Key Laboratory of Microbio and Infectious Disease Prevention & Control in Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
  • 4. Institute of Fungus Resources, Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China

Description

Chlorocillium lepidopterorum (W. H. Chen, Y. F. Han, J. D. Liang & Z. Q. Liang) W. H. Chen, Y. F. Han & J. D. Liang comb. nov.

Pseudometarhizium lepidopterorum W. H. Chen, Y. F. Han, J. D. Liang & Z. Q. Liang, MycoKeys 91: 60 (2022) (Basionym).

Description.

Colonies on PDA, 1.4–2.0 cm diam. after 14 d at 25 ° C, white, consisting of a basal felt and cottony, floccose hyphal overgrowth, reverse yellowish to pale green. Prostrate hyphae smooth, septate, hyaline, 1.0–2.0 μm diam. Erect conidiophores usually arising from aerial hyphae. Phialides solitary or in groups of two to three, 21.2–33.7 × 1.1–1.4 μm, with a cylindrical basal portion, tapering into a short distinct neck. Conidia in chains, hyaline, fusiform, one-celled, 3.1–4.3 × 1.3–1.5 μm.

Material examined (type material).

China • Sandu County, Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province,. On a pupa (Lepidoptera), 1 May 2019, Wanhao Chen, GZAC SD 0536, living cultures, SD 05361, SD 05362.

Notes

Published as part of Chen, Wan-Hao, Li, Dan, Liang, Jian-Dong, Ren, Xiu-Xiu, Zhao, Jie-Hong & Han, Yan-Feng, 2024, Chlorocillium sinense sp. nov. (Clavicipitaceae) and Calcarisporium guizhouense sp. nov. (Calcarisporiaceae) in Hypocreales from China, pp. 91-107 in MycoKeys 109 on pages 91-107, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.109.128060

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
GZAC
Material sample ID
SD 0536, SD 05361, SD 05362
Event date
2019-05-01
Verbatim event date
2019-05-01
Scientific name authorship
W. H. Chen, Y. F. Han & J. D. Liang
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Order
Hypocreales
Family
Calcarisporiaceae
Genus
Chlorocillium
Species
lepidopterorum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.