Brykendrickia catenata gen. & sp. nov. from India

A new hyphomycete genus and species, Brykendrickia catenata, collected on decaying culms of bamboo species from Indian forests, is described and illustrated. Brykendrickia catenata is the type species for a new monotypic genus possessing sporodochial conidiomata. Conidiogenous cells are polyblastic, rarely monoblastic, cylindrical, and hyaline to subhyaline. Conidia are loosely cheiroid, blastocatenate, and produce branches of doliiform to oblong, botuliform, globose or subglobose, sub-hyaline to light grey cells.

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This study describes a new hyphomycete genus and species, Brykendrickia catenata, collected on decaying culms of bamboo species from Indian forests, which possesses sporodochial conidiomata. The species has polyblastic conidiogenous cells and conidia of various shapes.