Named after the Taiwanese mycologist, Shean-Shong Tzean, in recognition of his extensive contributions towards the taxonomy of entomopathogenic fungi.

Tzeananiataiwanensis Ariyawansa, A.J.L. Phillips & Chuang.

Sexual morph: undermined. Asexual morph: Conidiomata pycnidial, partially or entirely immersed in the agar, solitary or aggregated, erumpent, globose. Conidiomatal wall of textura angularis. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells phialidic, hyaline, smooth-walled, ampulliform. Conidia hyaline, smooth- and thin-walled, cylindrical, guttulate. Chlamydospores not observed in culture.