Proxipyricularia

Proxipyricularia zingiberis (Y. Nisik.) Klaubauf, M.-H. Lebrun & Crous, Stud. Mycol. 79: 109. 2014. (Type species).

Asexual state pyricularia-like. On SNA with sterile barley seeds, hyphae branched, septate, hyaline to brown, smooth. Conidiophores simple, unbranched, solitary to fasciculate, erect, subcylindrical, straight to curved, 2–4-septate, olivaceous to medium brown, smooth, 50–180 × 1.5–4 μm. Conidiogenous cells integrated, terminal to intercalary, light brown, smooth, with several protruding denticles. Conidia solitary, pyriform to obclavate, 2-septate, subhyaline to light brown, smooth, 14–20(–24) × (5–)6–8 μm, with a truncate hilum. Sexual state unknown (Description from Klaubauf et al., 2014).

Typification: Holotype CBSH-23356. Ex-holotype culture CBS133594.

Gene sequences: KM484988 (28S), AB274434 (ITS), AB274446 (ACT), KM485246 (CAL), KM485091 (RPB1).

Hosts/substrates: On Zingiber mioga and Z. officinale (Zingiberaceae).

Distribution: China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea.