Savoryella nypae
Savoryella nypae
(K.D. Hyde & Goh) S.N. Zhang, K.D. Hyde & J.K. Liu Phytotaxa 408(3): 200 (2019)
Classification: Ascomycota-Pezizomycotina-Sordariomycetes-Savoryellomycetidae-Savoryellales-Savoryellaceae-Savoryella
Host species: Nypa fruticans
Holotype: HKU (M) 8276
Known distribution: Brunei, Thailand (Ranong Province)
IF Number: IF556269 Mycobank Number: 556269 FOF Number: FoF05833
Description
Saprobic on submerged rachides of mangrove palm (Nypa fruticans). Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Colonies effuse, black, glistening, punctiform distributed on substrates. Mycelium 1.5–2.5 μm, subhyaline to pale brown, septate, branched. Conidiophores inconspicuous or micronematous, mononematous, hyaline to pale brown, smooth, thin-walled. Conidiogenous cells holoblastic, determinate, integrated, terminal becoming intercalary, cylindrical. Conidia 15–21(–25) × 9−13(–18) ( = 18.6 × 11.6 μm, n = 25), solitary or aggregated, rhexolytic, pyriform to obovoid, broadly rounded at the apex, straight or slight curved, thick-walled, 2(−3)-septate, septa thick and band like, dividing the conidium into unequal cells, the upper cell being largest and dark brown, 10–17 μm long and 10–15 μm wide, middle cells brown or paler, and the basal cell subhyaline or pale brown.
Culture conditions: Colonies growing well on PDA, and attaining a diameter of 12 mm after 21 days at 25ºC, obverse olive to grey-green or light grey-green, tufted colony center elevated, reverse dark green.