Hyphoconis sterilis Egidi & Quaedvl., Fungal Systematics and Evolution 3: 127 (2019)
Index Fungorum Number: IF 829399, MycoBank Number: MB 829399; Facesoffungi Number: FoF 15875
Synonym: Hyphoconis sterilis Egidi & Quaedvl., Fungal Diversity 65: 153. 2014. Nom. inval., Art. 40.7 (Shenzhen).
Etymology – Named after poor sporulation by hyphal fragments.
Asexual morph: Colonies attaining up to 35 mm in diam. in 12 weeks, black in reverse, velvety and green in obverse, becoming dark green or black near the periphery, compact, lobed, cerebriform, with regular margin. Hyphae septate, subhyaline to dark brown, branched, consisting of cylindroid cells, guttulate with a smooth, thick wall, constricted at the septa, sometimes developing transversal septa in a later stage. Conidia and chlamydospores absent; Sexual morph: unknown.
Notes – The type culture produced brown hyphae only. Conidia or chlamydospore-like cells were not observed even after prolonged incubation at different temperatures (6, 15, 24 °C).
Typus – Spain, Atazar, from rock (holotype CBS 118321, culture and specimen preserved as metabolically inactive).