Cladophialophora abundans, a novel species of Chaetothyriales isolated from the natural environment

A novel species of Cladophialophora is described from the natural environment of the mangrove land crab (Ucides cordatus) along the coast, and from plant sources in Brazil. It is morphologically very similar to Cladophialophora bantiana, though with moderately melanized conidia produced in strongly coherent and poorly branched chains which arise directly from undifferentiated hyphae, but deviates unambiguously on the basis of molecular phylogeny. The species has a maximum growth temperature of 36 A degrees C and seems to be a strict saprobe.