Pseudodeightoniella indica gen. and sp. nov., a hyphomycete from India

Abstract

An interesting new mitosporic foliicolous genus and species, Pseudodeightoniella indica, discovered on living leaves of Medicago polymorpha (Fabaceae) from Uttarakhand, India, is described and illustrated. Morphologically, Pseudodeightoniella differs from the closely similar Deightoniella and Neodeightoniella in producing well-developed erumpent stromata, highly undulate to spiral or helicoid and densely fasciculate conidiophores with enlarged basal cells, and conidia lacking mucoid caps. Recently published illustrations of conidia and conidiophores characterizing the Deightoniella and Neodeightoniella type species are also provided.