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Conoideocrella

genus

Type: Conoideocrella_luteorostrata (Zimm.) D. Johnson, G.H. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora. Etymology: In reference to the conical shape of perithecium in the genus similar to Torrubiella. Description: Stromata pulvinate to planar, not stipitate, variously coloured. Hypothallus hyaline. Perithecia produced on the stroma or hypothallus, elongated flask-shaped to conical, yellow–brown to purple–red. Asci cylindrical with thickened ascus apex. Ascospores filiform, multiseptate, non-disarticulating into part-spores. Host: Scale insects or whiteflies.

Reference: Johnson D, Sung GH, Hywel-Jones NL, et al. (2009). Systematics and evolution of the genus Torrubiella (Hypocreales, Ascomycota). Mycological Research113: 289–296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mycres.2008.09.008