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Two new anamorphic fungi and some microfungi recorded from 'El Avila,' Venezuela

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MYCOTAXON
Volume 107, Issue -, Pages 225-237

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MYCOTAXON LTD
DOI: 10.5248/107.225

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conidial fungi; leaf litter; systematics; tropical rainforest

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  1. Universidad Simon Bolivar's Decanato de Investigacion y Desarrollo
  2. UK Darwin Initiative

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Two interesting fungi collected during investigations of microfungi oil dead plant material in the mountains range 'Cerro El Avila, Caracas, Venezuela, are described and illustrated. Phaeodactylium biseptatum anam. sp. nov. is distinguished by clavate, fusiform to narrowly ellipsoid, ventricose, 2-septate conidia with central cell pale brown and subhyaline ends, A key to accepted Phaeodactylium species is provided. Polyschema amoenum is characterized by moniliform conidiophores and fusiform to navicular, 4-5-septate, smooth conidia, with two dark brown cells, the other conidial cells subhyaline.

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