TABLE 2 in Taxonomic novelty in Sichuan Province, China: Veronaea polyconidia sp. nov. (Herpotrichiellaceae), a new addition to hyphomycetous fungi

TABLE 2. Comparison of morphological features of Veronaea.
ConidiophoresConidiaSpecies NameReferencesMorphologyColorSize (µm)MorphologyColorSize (µm)Veronaea aquaticaErect, the lower part is usually straight, and the upper half is usually flexuose, usually loosely branched, sometimes geniculate, smooth-walledPale brown to dark brownUp to 280 × 2.4–4Solitary, smooth, cylindrical to subpyriform and some subclavate, most 1-septatePale brown6–11(–12) × 2.5–3.5(–4.0)Chandrasiri et al. (2021)Veronaea botryosaErect, straight or flexuose, unbranched or occasionally loosely branched, sometimes geniculate, smooth-walledPale to medium or olivaceous brownUp to 250 × 2–4Smooth-walled or slightly verrucose, sometimes cylindrical, rounded at the apex and truncate at the base, usually 1-septatePale brown5–12 × 3–4Ciferri & Montemartini (1957)Veronaea caricisErect, straight or flexuous, septate, with numerous scars towards the apex, smoothMid to dark brownUp to 550 × 4–6Straight, fusiform or obclavate, 1 septate, verruculoseHyaline or subhyaline20–25 × 6–7Ellis (1976)Veronaea carlinaeSimple or loosely branched, straight or flexuous, septate, smooth, with numerous scarsPale brownUp to 130 × 2–4Cylindrical, rounded at the apex and conico-truncate at the base, or fusiform, 1-3 septate, smoothPale brown9–17 × 2.5–4 µmEllis (1976)Veronaea compactaSimple or branched, one- to many-celled with the cells often inflated and flask-shaped or doliformPale to olivaceous brownUp to 50 × up to 4Solitary, dry, acropleurogenous, ellipsoidal to ovoid or oblong to subcylindrical, smooth, usually 1-septatePale brown(4) 5–9 × 2.5–3.5 (4)Papendorf (1976)Veronaea constrictaBranched, straight to flexuous, smooth, septate or aseptateOlivaceous brown120–240 × 1.5–2.5Solitary, ellipsoidal, smooth, prominently constricted, usually 1-septateSubhyaline to pale brown8–14 × 2.5–4.0Moustafa & Abdul- Wahid (1990)Veronaea coprophilaErect, simple or branched, sympodially proliferating in the upper fertile partBrown90–220 × 2.5–3.5Acropleurogenous, smooth, produced on minute pedicelsPale brown6–12.5 × 2.8–4.2Ellis (1976)Veronaea ficinaStraight to procumbent, geniculate, scars prominent, unbranched, 2–8 septate, thick- walled, smoothBrown to pale brown30–120 × 2.5–4.75Solitary, dry, simple, not catenate, obovoidal to obclavato cylindrical, finely verruculose, 0–3-septatePale brown4.5–18.5 × 5.5 μmKharwar & Singh (2004)Veronaea filicinaBase rarely swollen, rarely branched, sparsely septate, at first thin-walled, roughened wallsOlivaceous then 400–800 × 2–2.5 to brownElliptical or pyriform, not constricted at septa, 1-3- septateOlivaceous or fuscous6–13.5 × 3–4Dingley (1972)Veronaea gobicaStraight or flexuous, septate, smooth, with numerous minute scars towards the apexBrownUp to 350 × 1.5-2.5Ellipsoid, smoothSubhyaline or pale brown4–6.5 × 2–3.5 µmPan et al. (2009)Species NameReferencesMorphologyColorSize (µm)MorphologyColorSize (µm)Veronaea grewiicolaSometimes branched, thick-walled, smooth, slightly curved, 2–5 septaPale brown to brown42–104 × 2.5–6.3Solitary, simple, finely verruculose, somewhat constricted at the septa, usually 0–2-septateSubhyaline or pale brown7.3–19.5 × 2.6–7.5Kharwar & Singh (2004)Veronaea hedychiiStraight to slightly curved, unbranched, paler towards the apices, 1-6 septate, smoothGolden brown to brown19.5–86.5 × 2.5–3.5Ellipsoid, cylindrical or obovoid, base obconic truncate, apex rounded, 0-1 septateSubhyaline to Pale brown5–10 × 2–4Soares & Barreto (2008)Veronaea hippocrateaeBranched, 2–6-septate, smooth, and thin-walledBrown to dark brown27–123 × 2–4Solitary, non-catenate, smooth-walled, obconico base, apex rounded, 0–1-septate, cylindric to obclavate, slightly curvedsubhyaline to pale brown4–18.5 × 1.5–3.5Kharwar & Singh (2004)Veronaea japonicaSlightly differentiated from aerial vegetative hyphae, lateral or terminal, unbranched or occasionally branched, thin-walled, smoothPale brownUp to 65 × 2–3Solitary, smooth, thin-walled, ellipsoidal to ovoid, often constricted at the septum, with a round apex and truncate base, (0–)1-septatepale brown(6–)7–8(–10) x 2–2.5(–4)Arzanlou et al. (2007)Veronaea latisporaStraight or slightly curved, septate, smooth, with numerous minute scars at the upper partsBrownUp to 90 × 1.5-2.5Broadly obovoid, smoothsubhyaline to pale brown7.5-9.5 x 3-5Pan & Zhang (2010)Veronaea polyconidiaStraight or slightly flexuous, unbranched, solitary, cylindrical, rough-walled, thick- walledBrown to dark brown1125–1515 × 45–70Solitary and smooth, cylindrical to pyriform, rounded at apex and truncate at base, 1–3-septate (mostly 3), often constricted and medium brown at septapale brown11–16 × 3–5This studyVeronaea oblongisporaSolitary or sometimes in fascicles, smooth, bulbous towards the basePale brown to brownUp to 320 × 3–5Oblong, smooth, aseptate, rather thick-walled, obtuse at the apexsubhyaline to pale brown7–8 × 4–5Morgan-Jones (1982)Veronaea smilacisSolitary, thick-walled, smooth, up to 12-septaBrown70–165 (–90–125) × Solitary, cylindrical to slightly obclavate, smooth- 3.5–5.5 walled, 1-12 septatesubhyaline to pale olivaceous21.5–32.5 × 2–5Singh et al. (1981)Veronaea tectonaeSolitary smooth, up to 10-septaPale brownUp to 200 × 3.6Solitary, simple, smooth, prominent scars at the base, usually 1-septa–11 × 3.75Kamal & Kumar (1980)Veronaea thylacospermiSimple, smooth, fertile part taller than basal part, forming slightly flexuose rachis with scattered, hyaline and small, 1–3(–8) septateBrown35–100 × 3–4Hyaline, two-celled, lower cell longer and wider than upper one, wall slightly verruculoseHyaline to pale brown12–14 × 3–4Chlebicki (2009)
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