Zelodactylaria, an interesting new genus from semi-arid northeast Brazil

During investigation of microfungi on dead plant material in a semiarid region of northeast Brazil, an interesting fungus was collected that is described and illustrated here. Zelodactylaria verticillata anam.gen. & sp.nov. is distinguished by macronematous verticillate brown conidiophores with marked sympodially proliferating conidiogenous cells with long cylindrical denticles and solitary obovoid to clavate hyaline 0-1-septate conidia.