CALDUCH ET AL.irregularly folded, with a darkening brown(M6D86F8) reverse. Colonies on PCA were 2630mm diam, olive-brown (M4E44F5), flat, velvety,with an olive-brown (M4E44F5) reverse. Colonieson PDA were 3740 mm diam, greyish orange togreyish brown (M5B35F3), slightly fasciculate at thecentre, radially folded, with a brownish orange toyellowish brown (M5C55F5) reverse. The fungusshowed good sporulation on the three culture mediamentioned. Microscopic features under these conditionsdid not vary <strong>from</strong> those on the natural substrate.At 15 ºC the fungus grew more slowly than at 25 ºCon all media assayed, with colonies attaining 1826mm diam after 14 wk. A diffusible brownish orange tobrown (M6C76D8) pigment was produced only onOA. No growth was observed at 37 ºC.Specimen examined: <strong>Spain</strong>, Asturias, Muniellos IntegralNature Reserve, on adecaying basidiome, 26 June 1999,col. A.M. Stchigel & M. Calduch, holotype IMI 391998,ex-type culture <strong>CBS</strong> 113932 = FMR 6765.Figs 710. <strong>Oidiodendron</strong> muniellense (IMI 391998). 7.Habit sketch. 8. Conidiophore. 9. Fertile hyphae bearingarthroconidia. 10. Arthroconidia. Scale bars: 7 = 50 m, 8,9 = 10 m, 10 = 2.5 m.Hyphomycetes. Colonies on the natural substrateeffuse, hairy, greenish brown. Mycelium partly immersedin the substrate. Hyphae pale brown to brown,septate, 12 m wide. Conidiophores macronematous,mononematous, each composed <strong>of</strong> a long stipe and arepeatedly branched upper part <strong>from</strong> where fertilehyphae are borne; stipe straight, septate, brown,smooth- and thick-walled, up to 200 m long, 23.5m wide at the base; upper part with 46 verticillatebranches, each branch several times subdichotomouslyor trichotomously branched, seta-like, straight, septate,brown, paling distally, smooth- and thick-walled,becoming roughened and thin-walled towards theapex, pointed at the tip, up to 60 m long, 1.52.5 mwide near the base. Fertile hyphae terminal or lateralon the dark hyphae <strong>of</strong> the conidiophore upper part,branched, septate, subhyaline, smooth-walled, cylindrical,12.5 m wide, fragmenting to form arthroconidia.Conidia dry, catenate, one-celled, globose tosubglobose, ochraceous, roughened (echinulate underSEM), thin-walled, 1.52.5 m diam. Teleomorphunknown.Cultural characteristics: The optimal colony growthwas at 25 ºC. At this temperature and after 4 wk <strong>of</strong>incubation, colonies on OA were 3035 mm diam,brownish beige to brown (M6E36E8), flat, velvety,Notes: The present <strong>species</strong> is similar to O. hughesiiUdagawa & Uchiyama (Udagawa & Uchiyama 1998)and O. setiferum (Udagawa & Toyazaki 1987) in themorphology <strong>of</strong> the terminal part <strong>of</strong> the conidiophores.However, O. hughesii differs mainly by the development<strong>of</strong> a reticulum <strong>of</strong> dark olive-brown and conspicuouslyornamentated hyphae with spine-likeappendages at the periphery and by the production <strong>of</strong>only lateral fertile hyphae <strong>from</strong> the hyphal reticulum.The upper part <strong>of</strong> the conidiophore <strong>of</strong> O. setiferum ischaracterized by a subterminal whorl <strong>of</strong> dark brown,sterile setiform branches, which surrounds a terminalwhorl <strong>of</strong> subhyaline penicillate fertile hyphae. Moreover,conidia <strong>of</strong> O. muniellense are globose to subglobose,roughened and ochraceous, while those <strong>of</strong> O.setiferum and O. hughesii are ovoid to ellipsoidal, andsmooth-walled and brown, paler in the former, andasperate and hyaline in the latter.<strong>Oidiodendron</strong> ramosum Calduch, Stchigel, Gené& Guarro, sp. nov. MycoBank MB500041. Figs1122.Etymology: Referring to the branched conidiophores.Ad Hyphomycetes pertinens. Coloniae in basidiomateputrido, pilosae, olivaceo-brunneae coloratae. Hyphispallide brunneis vel brunneis, septatis, 1.52 m latis.Conidiophora macronematosa, mononematosa, cum stipitesimplici, recto, septato, brunneo, plerumque verrucoso,crassitunicato, usque ad 150 m longo, 23 m lato adbasim, rami sursum in hyphas fertiles terminantes; raminumero 26, subdichotomi, septati, longi recurvati, apicemversus attenuati, verruculosi vel verrucosi, pallidioresbrunnei ad basim, palliodore ad apicem, usque ad 130 m162
NEW SPECIES OF OIDIODENDRONlongi, 1.52.5 m lati ad basim. Hyphae fertiles terminalesvel laterales, ramosae, septatae, laeves, cylindricae, subhyalinae,11.5 m latae. Conidia sicca, catenata, unicellularia,subglobosa vel ellipsoidea, pallide brunnea, laevia velleniter rugosa, tenuitunicata, 1.53 12 m. Teleomorphosisignota.Hyphomycetes. Colonies on a decaying basidiome,hairy, greenish brown. Mycelium partly immersed inthe substrate. Hyphae pale brown to brown, septate,1.52 m wide. Conidiophores macronematous,mononematous, composed <strong>of</strong> a stipe bearing at theupper part a whorl <strong>of</strong> dematiaceous, fertile seta-likebranches which surrounds a dense head <strong>of</strong> fertilehyphae; stipe straight, septate, brown, verruculose,thick-walled, up to 150 m long, 23 m wide at thebase; upper part with 26 verticillate branches, eachbranch subdichotomously branched, seta-like, septate,broadly recurved, attenuate at the tip, verruculose toverrucose, pale brown and becoming subhyalinedistally, up to 130 m long, 1.52.5 m wide near thebase, <strong>from</strong> which fertile hyphae also develop. Fertilehyphae terminal or lateral on the dematiaceousbranches <strong>of</strong> the conidiophore upper part, but also onthe terminal portion <strong>of</strong> the conidiophore stipe, forminga dense whorl <strong>of</strong> penicillate hyphae, septate, smoothwalled,subhyaline, cylindrical, 11.5 m wide,fragmenting to form arthroconidia.Figs 1118. <strong>Oidiodendron</strong> ramosum (IMI 391997). 11, 12. Conidiophores on the natural substrate. 13. Detail <strong>of</strong> a conidiophoreapical part with fertile ramifications that surround arthroconidial masses. 14. Conidiophore in vitro. 15, 16. Penicillate fertilehyphae. 17, 18. Arthroconidia. Scale bars: 11, 12 = 100 m, 13 = 25 m, 14 = 50 m, 15, 17 =10 m, 16 = 5 m, 18 = 2.5 m.163