Table 3.
Overview of morphological characters of investigated asexual species in Montagnulaceae.
| Species | Conidiogenous cells | Conidial septa and sizes (in μm) | Average L/W ratio conidia | Conidium wall surface | Growth rate on OA (colony diam in mm after 10 d) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alloconiothyrium aptrootii | Annellidic, discrete | 0-septate, 3–4(–5) × 2.5–3(–3.5) Chlamydospores globose, 6–8.5 diam | 1.2 ± 0.2 | Verruculose | 37–40 | This study |
| Dendrothyrium longisporum | Phialidic, discrete or in simple, 1–2-septate conidiophores | 0-septate, (3.5–)4–5(–6) × 1.5–2 | 2.8 ± 0.4 | Smooth | 28–32 | This study |
| D. variisporum | Phialidic, integrated in 1–4-septate acropleurogenous conidiophores | 0-septate, 3–4(–4.5) × 1.5–2.5(–3) | 1.6 ± 0.3 | Smooth | 35–38 | This study |
| Paraconiothyrium africanum | Phialidic, also proliferating percurrently, discrete | (0–)1(–3)-septate, (4–)6.5–9.5(–12) × (2.5–)3–4(–5) | 2.3 | Verruculose | 44 (7 d) | Damm et al. (2008) |
| Parac. archidendri | Holoblastic, occasionally annellidic, discrete | 0-septate, 3.5–6 × 2.5–3.5(–4) | 1.5 ± 0.2 | Smooth, or very minutely verruculose | 50–55 | This study |
| Parac. babiogorense | Phialidic, discrete | 0(–1)-septate, (7–)8–9(–10) × 1–2(–3) | – | Smooth | 5 (on PDA after 7 d, darkness, 17 °C) | Budziszewska et al. (2011) |
| Parac. brasiliense | Phialidic, discrete | 0-septate, (3–)3.4–4.6(–5) × (1.8–)2–2.3(–2.5) | 1.9 ± 0.2 | Smooth | 60–68 | Verkley et al. (2004) |
| Parac. cyclothyrioides | Phialidic, occassionally with 1–2 percurrent proliferations, integrated in compact conidiophores, rarely discrete | 0-septate, (2.5–)3–4.2(–5) × (1–)1.2–1.5(–1.8) | 2.9 ± 0.3 | Smooth | 60–68 | Verkley et al. (2004) |
| Parac. estuarinum | Phialidic, occassionally with a percurrent proliferation, discrete, sometimes integrated in compact conidiophores | 0-septate, (3–)3.2–4(–6) × 1.4–1.7(–2) | 2.4 ± 0.4 | Smooth | 60–68 | Verkley et al. (2004) |
| Parac. flavescens | phialidic, discrete | 0-septate, | – | smooth | 15 (7 d), 25 (14 d) | Boerema et al. (2004) |
| Parac. fuckelii (syn. Coniothyrium fuckelii) | Annellidic, discrete or integrated in short, simple 1–2-septate conidiophores | 0-septate, 3–4 × 2–3(–3.5) | 1.4 ± 0.2 | Smooth | 70–75 | This study |
| Parac. fungicola | Phialidic, occassionally with 1–3 percurrent proliferations, discrete | 0–1-septate, (4.2–)4.4–6.2(–7) × (2.7–)3–3.4(–3.6) | 1.7 ± 0.2 | Smooth | 30–35 | Verkley et al. (2004) |
| Parac. hawaiiense | Phialidic, also proliferating percurrently several times near apex, ocassionally polyphialidic, discrete | 1(–2)-septate, (10–)12–13 × (4–)5(–5.5) | – | Verruculose | 45 (on PDA after 2 wk, 25 °C) | Crous & Groenewald (2006) |
| Parac. lini | phialidic, discrete | 0-septate, 3.5–5.5 × 1.5–2 | – | smooth | 65 (7 d) | Boerema et al. (2004) |
| Parac. maculicutis | Phialidic, discrete | 0-septate, 1.5–2.5 × 0.5–1.5 | 1.5–3.2 | Smooth | 50–52 (7 d) | Gruyter et al. (2012) |
| Parac. variabile | Phialidic, occassionally with 1–2 percurrent proliferations, integrated in 1–3-celled conidiophores | 0-septate, (2.5–)3–4(–5) × 1–2(–2.5) | 2.2 | Smooth to fine verruculose | 43 (7 d) | Damm et al. (2008) |
| Paraconiothyrium sp.1 Microsphaeropsis pseudaspera’) | Phialidic, discrete | 0-septate, 3–4.5(–5) × 2–3 | 1.3 ± 0.2 | Smooth | 41–46 | This study |
| Paraphaeosphaeria angularis | Phialidic, discrete | 0-septate, 4.5–7(–8) × 3–4, occasionally 1-septate, 8 × 5 | 1.9 ± 0.2 (0-septate conidia) | Smooth | 53–56 | This study |
| Paraph. arecacearum | Phialidic, discrete | 0-septate, (3–)3.5–6(–8.5) × 2–3 | 2.0 ± 0.4 | Smooth | 70–75 | This study |
| Paraph. michotii1 | Phialidic, discrete (?) | 0-septate, 4–8 × 2.4–4.4 | – | Smooth, with a wrinkled sheath on mature conidia | 28 (on CMA after 7 d) | Câmara et al. (2001) |
| Paraph. minitans (syn. Paraconiothyrium minitans) | Phialidic, discrete | 0-septate, 4.5–7 × 3.5–4.5(–5) | 1.4 ± 0.4 | Verrucose | 38–45 | This study |
| Paraph. neglecta | Phialidic, discrete | 0-septate, (3–)3.5–6(–8.5) × 2–3 | 1.7 ± 0.4 | Smooth to minutely verruculose | 45–50 | This study |
| Paraph. pilleata1 | Phialidic, discrete (?) | 0-septate, 3.5–7 × 2–4 | – | Smooth | 24 (on CMA after 7 d) | Câmara et al. (2001) |
| Paraph. sardoa | Phialidic, discrete or integrated in short, simple 1–2-septate conidiophores | 0-septate, (4.5–)5–6(–7) × (3–)3.5–4.5(–5) | 1.4 ± 0.2 | Verruculose | 40–44 | This study |
| Paraph. sporulosa | Phialidic, occassionally proliferating percurrently, discrete | 0-septate, 3.5–5(–6) × 3–4 | 1.5 ± 0.2 | Smooth | 42–50 | This study |
| Paraph. verruculosa | Phialidic, discrete | 0-septate, (3–)4–5(–6) × (2.5–)3–3.5(–5) | 1.3 ± 0.2 | Verruculose | 50–54 | This study |
| Paraph. viridescens | Phialidic, occassionally proliferating percurrently, discrete | 0-septate, (3–)4–4.5(–5) × 1.8–2.2 | 2.0 ± 0.2 | Smooth | 52–55 | This study |
1 For a description of the sexual morph see Câmara et al. (2001) .