Table 2 Morphological comparison of Emericellopsis spp.

E. atlantica sp. nov.

On PDA reaching 74 mm at 14 d; on OA reaching 56 mm at 14 d; on MEA reaching 58 mm at 14 d,

4.0–5.3

24.5–50(− 64) × 1.5–2.5 μm

obovoid or ellipsoidal with truncate base, 3–6(− 9) × 2–2.5 μm, with 1–2 irregular shaped guttules

This study

E. alkalina

On MEA (PH = 6.5) growing slower, reaching 32–38 mm diam in 10 d.

3.2–3.8

20–35 × 1.5–1.8 μm, sometimes lateral branches form

narrowly ellipsoidal, 3.5–6 × 1.8–2.2 μm

Grum-Grzhimaylo et al. (2013)

E. cladophorae

On OA reaching 36 mm in 21 d

1.7

21.0 ± 5.0 × 2.0 ± 0.5 μm, sometimes lateral branches form

circular to oblong-ellipsoidal, 5.5 ± 2.5 × 3.5 ± 1.5 μm

Gonçalves et al. (2020)

E. donezkii

On PDA reaching 30 mm in 9 d

3.3

(20–) 30–45 (−80) × 1.5–2 μm

ovoid-cylindical, ellipsoidal or sometimes inaequilateral subincurved, (2.5–) 4–5.2 (− 6.5) × 2–2.5 μm

Belyakova (1974)

E. enteromorphae

On OA reaching 42 mm in 21 d

2

19.0 ± 7.5 × 1.5 ± 0.5 μm, mostly simple orthotropic

cylindrical to narrowly ellipsoidal, 4.5 ± 1.0 × 2.0 ± 0.5 μm

Gonçalves et al. (2020)

E. humicola

–

–

20–45 × 1.5–2.5 μm, producing a succession of phiaIospores

ellipsoidal, 5–8 (− 10) × 2.0–3.5 μm

Cain (1956); Grosklags and Swift (1957)

E. koreana

On PDA reaching 15.5 mm in 7 d; on OA reaching 17 mm in 7 d; on MEA reaching 27.5 mm in 7 d

2.2–3.9

(15.5–)31.5–40(− 59) × 2(− 2.5) μm

ellipsoidal or oblong-ellipsoidal, 3–4(− 5) × 1.5–2(− 2.5) μm

Phookamsak et al. (2019)

E. maritima

On OA and MEA reaching 35–40 mm after 9–10 d.

3.5–4.5

(17–)20–26(−29) × 1–2 μm

ellipsoidal-piriform, 6.5–8.0(− 9.0) × (2.0–)2.5–3.3(− 4.0) μm

Belyakova (1970)

E. microspora

On Czapek Dox agar, reaching 40 mm after 14 d

2.9

25–60 × 2–3 μm (up to 95 μm long), mostly unbranched, usually septate near the base

ovoid to ellipsoidal, 3.0–10.0 × 1.5–4.0 μm

Backus and Orpurt (1961)

E. minima

On OA reaching 30 mm in 7 d

4.3

20–30 × 2–2.5 μm

ellipsoidal, 4–10 × 2–3.5 μm

Stolk (1955)

E. mirabilis

–

–

30–50 × 3 μm

oblong-ellipsoidal, or of cylindrical one-guttulate, 6–11 × 2.5–3 μm, usually 8 × 3 μm

Malan (1952); Stolk 1955

E. pallida

On OA reaching 35 mm in 9 d

3.9

25–45 × 1.5–2 μm

ovoid to ovoid-cylindrical, (3.2–) 4–5.2 (− 7.8) × 1.5–2.5 (− 3.3) μm

Belyakova (1974)

E. persica

On MEA growing slower, reaching 17–18 mm diam in 7 d

1.9–2.0

30–40 × 2–2.5 μm

narrowly ellipsoidal, 4.5–6.5 × 2 μm, adhering in slimy heads

Hyde et al. (2016)

E. phycophila

On OA reaching 36 mm in diam in 21 d

1.7

21.0 ± 5.0 × 2.0 ± 0.5 μm, lateral branches form

circular to oblong-ellipsoidal, mean ± SD = 5.5 ± 2.5 × 3.5 ± 1.5 μm

Gonçalves et al. (2020)

E. pusilla

–

–

33–79 × 1.5–2.5 μm, conidiophores developing as lateral branches on subaerial hyphae, long, erect, slender, spirally produced

oblong, ovoid to obpyriform, 4.5–10.5 × 2.25–4.5 μm

Mathur and Thirumalachar (1962)

E. robusta

Colonies 18–20 mm diam in 10 d

1.8–2.0

20–65 × 2.5–5.0 μm, phialides simple or with whorled branching, with a short apical wall thickening

cylindrical, slightly truncated at the base, 13–17.5 × 3.8–4.5 μm, L / W 3.5–3.9

Gams (1971)

E. salmosynnemata

–

–

14.0–38 × 0.75–1.5 μm, conidiophores arising along entire length of synnemata, septate only at base, unbranched

ellipsoidal or ovoid, 3.4–6.4 × 2.3–3.4 μm

Grosklags and Swift (1957)

E. sphaerospora

On OA agar reaching 55–60 mm in 2 wk

3.9–4.3

16–32 × 2–3 um, simple, discrete, awl-shaped, with no distinct coliarette

ellipsoidal to cylindrical or allantoid, 3–8 × 1.5–3 um, aggregating in slimy heads

Udagawa and Furuya (1988)

E. stolkiae

On CMA agar reaching 40–44 mm in 14 d

2.9–3.1

18–40 × 3–3 μm, mostly unbranched, rarely forked

ovoid, 3.5–8.4 × 2.2–5 μm, most often 4.3–5.7 × 3.3–3.8 μm

Davidson and Christensen (1971)

E. synnematicola

–

–

conidiophores arising from synnemata, 2–3 mm long

ovoid-ellipsoidal, 3.5–6.5 × 2–3 μm

Mathur and Thirumalachar (1960)

E. synnematicola var. mangus

Reaching 40 mm in 15 d

2.7

synnemata erect, distributed uniformly in the colony, up to 4 mm high, cream-coloured, bearing prominent slimy conidial heads; conidiophores simple or branched

globose to subglobose, 2.5–7.5 μm

Leelavathy (1966)

E. terricola

On OA reaching 5–6 cm after 2 mo

0.8–1.0

30–40 × 2–3 μm

ellipsoidal or ovoid, one or two oil droplets, 6–8 × 3.3–4 μm

Van Beyma Thoe Kingma (1939)