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. 2018 May 22;9(1):107–141. doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2018.09.01.08
1 Only lenticular conidia present .......................................................................................................................................2
Both lenticular and cylindrical conidia present .......................................................................................................................................5
2 (1) Lenticular conidia with transverse, longitudinal and oblique septa, verrucose when young .......................................................................................................................................H. reticulatus
Lenticular conidia without longitudinal and oblique septa, ellipsoidal or oblong in side view with two distinct adpressed halves .......................................................................................................................................3
3 (2) Conidial ornamentation distinctly verrucose .......................................................................................................................................H. verrucosus
Conidial ornamentation smooth or verruculose . .......................................................................................................................................4
4 (3) Conidia (15–)19–25 μm thick, L/T = 1.26 .......................................................................................................................................H. sphaericoides
Conidia 16–23.5(–28) μm thick, L/T = 1.22 .......................................................................................................................................H. sphaericus
5 (1) Cylindrical conidia two-celled or consisting of cells arranged in one column .......................................................................................................................................6
Cylindrical conidia multi-celled with cells usually not arranged in one column .......................................................................................................................................7
6 (5) Cylindrical conidia two-celled, constricted at the septa .......................................................................................................................................H. constrictus
Cylindrical conidia with cells arranged in one column, apical cell verrucose .......................................................................................................................................H. uniseriatus
7 (5) Cylindrical conidia with cells arranged in 1-2 columns .......................................................................................................................................8
Cylindrical conidia with cells arranged in 4 columns .......................................................................................................................................14
8 (7) Cylindrical conidia with apical cells verrucose, subhyaline or pale brown .......................................................................................................................................H. bifurcatus
Cylindrical conidia with apical cells smooth .......................................................................................................................................9
9 (8) Cylindrical conidia composed of 7 cells or less .......................................................................................................................................10
Cylindrical conidia composed of more than 7 cells .......................................................................................................................................15
10 (9) Lenticular conidia with peripheral cells constricted at the septa .......................................................................................................................................11
Lenticular conidia with peripheral cells not constricted at the septa .......................................................................................................................................12
11 (10) Lenticular conidia > 30 μm in length, cylindrical conidia without swollen lower cells .......................................................................................................................................H. iriomotensis
Lenticular conidia 24.5–32.5 μm in length, cylindrical conidia with swollen lower cells .......................................................................................................................................H. krabiensis
12 (10) Cylindrical conidia 9–12 μm wide at the broadest part .......................................................................................................................................H. pandanicola
Cylindrical conidia wider .......................................................................................................................................13
13 (12) Cylindrical conidia 22.5–35.5 μm in length .......................................................................................................................................H. indicus
Cylindrical conidia 15.5–27 μm in length .......................................................................................................................................H. nabanheensis
14 (7) Cylindrical conidia 30–38 × 20–26 μm, with bulbous, gray-brown apex .......................................................................................................................................H. amphisporus
Cylindrical conidia 15–40 × 10–15 μm, with pigmentation in vertical strands between two opposite columns .......................................................................................................................................H. dimorphus
15 (9) Cylindrical conidia with apical cells laterally or apically pigmented brown to blackish brown .......................................................................................................................................H. megasporus
Cylindrical conidia with dark brown pigmentation running from the top downwards and narrowing to a point close to the basal cell(s) .......................................................................................................................................H. tucumanensis