Description.

Taxon classification

Fungi

Pleosporales

Didymosphaeriaceae

Gonçalves

Micael F.M.

Vicente

Tânia F.L.

Esteves

Ana C.

Alves

Artur

Neptunomyces

aureus

gen. et sp. nov. (

Didymosphaeriaceae

Pleosporales

) isolated from algae in Ria de Aveiro, Portugal

MycoKeys31102019603144

10.3897/mycokeys.60.37931

90966B60-2CC7-53F6-AA0B-D9C495E39648

Neptunomyces

831436

M. Gonçalves, T. Vicente & A. Alves. Portugal

gen. nov.

Description.

Asexual morph: mycelium consisting of septate, smooth hyphae, thick-walled, hyaline and rarely with nucleus. Conidia aseptate, golden yellow, smooth, subcylindrical with rounded apices. Chlamydospores not observed. Sexual morph unknown.

Etymology.

Referring to Neptune (Latin: Neptūnus) the god of the seas in Roman mythology.

Type species.

Neptunomyces aureus M. Gonçalves, T. Vicente & A. Alves. Portugal