Bulbocatenospora, a new hyphomycete genus from Venezuela

Ruiz, RFC;Iturriaga, T;Decock, Cony
(2000) International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing — Vol. 104, p. 107-109 (2000)

Files

No attached file found for this publication.

Details

Authors
  • Ruiz, RFC
    Author
  • Iturriaga, T
    Author
  • Decock, ConyUCLouvain
    Author
Abstract
Bulbocatenospora complanata gen, et sp, nov. is described and illustrated. The fungus is characterized by the production of inconspicuous, brown conidiophores, usually reduced to the conidiogenous cells, which are monotretic, ventricose, dark brown, with a well-defined pore. The conidia are muriform, broadly ovoid to irregular, complanate, brown, forming short, acropetal chains. The fungus was found on rotten leaves of Bactris setulosa in an undisturbed rainforest in Venezuela. Comparisons are made with some morphologically similar genera, Piricauda, Chuppia and Janetia.
Affiliations

Citations

Ruiz, R., Iturriaga, T., & Decock, C. (2000). Bulbocatenospora, a new hyphomycete genus from Venezuela. International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing, 104, 107-109. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095375629900101X (Original work published 2000)