Lectera P.F. Cannon, MycoKeys 3: 28 (2012)
MycoBank number: MB 550041; Index Fungorum number: IF 550041; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13534; 6 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 4 species with sequence data.
Type species – Lectera colletotrichoides (J.E. Chilton) P.F. Cannon
Notes – Lectera established by Cannon et al. (2012a) for the plant pathogen Lectera colletotrichoides and L. longa, based on the difference in ITS and gapdh sequences and the size of conidia. Lectera capsici, L. humicola, L. nordwiniana and L. phaseoli were introduced in the genus (Crous et al. 2017b, Giraldo & Crous 2019). This genus is characterized by sporodochial or acervular conidiomata, erumpent through host tissues and without a clear upper wall, globose to subglobose, pink or flesh coloured, with few marginal, erect setae. Setae are dark brown, septate, and taper towards the apex. Conidiophores are often reduced to the conidiogenous cell. Conidia are navicular or fusiform with pointed ends, and slightly curved (Cannon et al. 2012a).
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