Phialosimplex salinarum, a new species of Eurotiomycetes from a hypersaline habitat

IMA Fungus

Table 3 Phenotypic characteristics of Phialosimplex spp. [data for P. caninus, P. chlamydosporus, and P. sclerotialis from Sigler et al. (2010), for Phialosimplex sp. by Ravindran et al. (2012).] Description of the synonymous taxa Scopulariopsis halophilica* and Oospora halophila included; lack of data in the compiled descriptions indicated as “n/a”.

Taxon	Phialides lenght [µm]	Conidia in heads presence	Chlamydospores presence	Sclerotia presence	Growth at 35°C	Conidial length [µm]	Conidial width [µm]	Conidial shape	Soluble pigment presence	Habitat and associations	Halotolerance
P. caninus	4.5–16	+	−	−	+	2.2–4.0	1.8–3.7	subglobose	+	Bone marrow aspirate, Canidae-associated (Canis lupus familiaris — zoopathogenous)	n/a
P. chlamydosporus	3–14	+	+	−	+	2.3–5.8	1.7–3.0	ovoid, pyriform	+	Canidae-associated (Canis lupus familiaris — zoopathogenous)	n/a
B. halophila*	3–20	−	n/a	−	n/a	3.5–9.0	3.5–8.0	spherical, pyriform, subglobose, ovoid	−	Phaeophyta-associated (Undaria pinatifida)	halophilic
P. salinarum	1.5–8.7	+	−	−	+	2.8–4.0	2.8–4.0	mainly globose, subglobose	−	Water in salt mine	halophilic
P. sclerotialis	5–15	−	−	+	+	3.0–4.5	1.5–2.0	ovoid, with truncate base	−	Poaceae-associated (Lolium perenne — as fodder)	n/a
P. sp.	n/a	n/a	+	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Deep sea water	halophilic

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