Dothiorina: taxonomic concepts and comments on its conidiogenesis

Abstract

Dothiorina tulasnei was collected on bark of Nothofagus pumilio. It is cited and described for the first time in Argentina. This coelomycete was considered a peculiar species because of its unusual conidiogenesis; but reports on the process are contradictory and still under discussion. Here, the present circumscription of the genus and the status of all Dothiorina species are discussed. Also, its Chalara-like conidiogenesis is fully described and documented.