Dacrymyces pinacearum Shirouzu & Tokum., sp. nov. — MycoBank MB514038; Fig. 8f, g, 15d Conidiomata sparsa, pulvinata vel flabellata, sessilia, aurantiaca, fragilia, 1 mm alta, 1–2 mm lata. Hyphae interaneae ramosae, tenuitunicatae, flavidae, 2–3 μm latae. Cellulae conidiogenae micronematicae, cylindricae, flavidae. Conidia holoblastica, ramosa, dendroidea, cum ramis cylindricis 1–8-cellularibus 27–65 × 5–9 μm tenuitunicatis aurantiacis. Etymology. Named after the family name of its host. Conidiocarps scattered, pulvinate to flabellate, sessile, orange, sometimes white at the lower-side, fragile, 1 mm high, 1–2 mm diam. Internal hyphae branched, thin-walled, septate, pale yellow, 2–3 μm diam, without clamp connections. Hymenium limited to the orange part of the basidiocarp. Conidiogenous cells micronematous, cylindrical, pale yellow. Conidia holoblastic, branched, dendroid, composed of cylindrical, 1–8-celled branches of 27–65 × 5–9 μm, thin-walled, orange. Culture characteristics — Colonies attaining about 8 mm diam, velvety, white to pale yellow. Conidiogenesis not observed. Specimen examined. Japan, Nara, Oodaigahara, on a dead trunk of Abies sp., 4 July 2006, T. Shirouzu, holotype TNS-F-21056 (HNo.418), culture ex-type MAFF241182. Notes — Dacrymyces pinacearum is characterised by pulvinate to flabellate conidiocarps and holoblastic, dendroid conidia. Coelomycetous anamorphs of Dacrymycetales are usually linked with the genus Dacrymyces and have pulvinate fruit bodies and arthric conidia as represented by D. stillatus. An unusual coelomycetous anamorph of Dacrymycetales having holoblastic, 2–4-armed stauroconidia was described by Kirschner & Yang (2005) as Dacryoscyphus chrysochilus. Our fungus resembles the anamorphic species of Kirschner & Yang, but is different from D. chrysochilus in having dendroid conidia composed of branches without accurate tips. In molecular phylogenetic analyses, Dacrymyces pinacearum was clearly separate from Dacryoscyphus chrysochilus and formed a clade with Dacrymyces san-augustinii and D. novae-zelandiae (Fig. 16); therefore, we consider that this fungus is a new anamorphic species of Dacrymyces.
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