Phaeoisaria clematidis

Species that appeared as a bonus find on a slender twig of Juniperus thurifera after several months in a moist chamber. Special thanks to Ángel Pintos Amengual for his assistance in identifying the species.

Colonies brown, velvety, covered with a dense mass of white conidia, formed by erect synnemata very dark brown to black, 1 to 1.5 mm high.

Conidiophores macronematous, septate, arranged in parallel bundles, up to 900 µm long and 2 to 3.5 µm wide.

Conidiogenous cells distinctly denticulate, hyaline, growing laterally from the conidiophore, 10 to 20 µm long and 2 to 3 µm wide.

Conidia cylindrical-ellipsoidal to fusiform, unicellular, hyaline, smooth, thin-walled, 5 to 8 µm long, 2 to 3 µm wide, with homogeneous contents.