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A re-appraisal of the relationships betweenArthrinium and other hyphomycetes

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Conidial development inArthrinium and similar genera with basauxic conidiophores is reviewed and compared with that ofNigrospora. A hypothesis is erected to explain the nature of the basauxic conidiophore type of development. Predictions are made from the hypothesis, and are tested using species ofChalara, Mammaria, Wardomyces and selected other hyphomycete genera as examples. It is concluded that, to classify these hyphomycetes, a system is required which would completely cross the boundaries of the traditional classifications of Saccardo and Hughes.

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Minter, D.W. A re-appraisal of the relationships betweenArthrinium and other hyphomycetes. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 94, 281–308 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03053145

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