A new genus and species of -like fungi with cordiform conidia in .

A -like hyphomycete was found on a dead petiole of the fern in Taiwan. It differs from all other known fungi by its pale brown cordiform conidia in brown masses on the top of penicillately branched dematiaceous conidiophores, and is described as new genus and species . By its pigmented conidia, this species differs from , which is transferred to another new genus, , . Phylogenetic analyses of ITS, LSU and sequences indicate particularly close relationship of to and in the . An almost identical environmental ITS2 sequence from the USA and a brief morphological characterization from a fungus-distribution database in Denmark indicate that the fungus is probably widespread but rarely encountered.