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Pseudoniveomyces

genus

Type:Pseudoniveomyces blattae Tasanathai, Noisripoom & Kobmoo Etymology:Referring to the phenotypic similarity of the asexual morph to Niveomyces. Description: Mycelium white to cream, covering the host. Vegetative hyphae septate and hyaline. Conidiogenous cells arising from undifferentiated hyphae, consisting of elongate or cylindrical cells, with characteristic denticles that are crowded at the apex and less frequent towards the base. Type I conidia (microconidia), hyaline, aseptate, smooth- and thin-walled, ovoid to ellipsoid, formed singly on the denticles, produced on specimen and solid media. Type II conidia (macroconidia) hyaline, aseptate, smooth, thin-walled, fusoid, produced on solid media. Colonies on PDA, OA produce a pale red diffusate in solid medium. Reference: N. Kobmoo, K. Tasanathai, J.P.M. Araújo, et al. (2023). New mycoparasitic species in the genera Niveomyces and Pseudoniveomyces gen. nov. (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae), with sporothrix-like asexual morphs, from Thailand . FUSE12: 91–110. http://doi.org/10.3114/fuse.2023.12.07