Helicogloea conidiata Z. W. Zheng, Q. X. Guan & F. Wu sp. nov.

Figs 4, 5

Holotype.

China • Yunnan Province, Yuxi, Xinping County, Gasa Town, Jinshan Forest Park, 23°56'32"N, 101°30'2"E, 2444 m a. s. l., 5 August 2024, on fallen angiosperm branch, F. Wu leg., Wu 2813 (BJFC 047123, holotype).

Etymology.

Conidiata (Lat.): refers to the new species having a sporodochial asexual morph.

Description.

Sporodochia soft-gelatinous, white to cream, pustulate, up to 3 mm diam. and 1 mm high when separate, sometimes coalescing when mature, turning yellowish and waxy when dry. Hyphae thin-walled, moderately branched, 2–5 µm in diam. Conidiophores irregularly branched, umbelliform. Conidiogenous cells cylindrical to slightly fusiform, straight or curved, tapering to the apex, 10–37 × 1.8–2.8 µm. Conidia subglobose to ellipsoid, hyaline, thin-walled, smooth, (3 –) 3.6–4.5 (– 4.8) × (2.8 –) 2.9–3.8 (– 4) µm, L = 4.07 μm, W = 3.23 μm, Q = 1.25–1.27 (n = 60 / 2).

Additional specimens examined (paratype).

China • Yunnan Province, Yuxi, Xinping County, Gasa Town, Jinshan Forest Park, 23°56'32"N, 101°30'2"E, 2444 m a. s. l., 5 August 2024, on fallen angiosperm branch, F. Wu leg., Wu 2814 (BJFC 047124).