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Acumispora verruculosa, from holotype (XAL CB747). Fig. 1. Conidiogenous cell and conidium. Figs. 2-4. Conidia. Fig. 5. Acumispora biseptata, from INIFAT C97/113, conidiogenous cells with attached conidia. Scale is indicated by bars.

Acumispora verruculosa, from holotype (XAL CB747). Fig. 1. Conidiogenous cell and conidium. Figs. 2-4. Conidia. Fig. 5. Acumispora biseptata, from INIFAT C97/113, conidiogenous cells with attached conidia. Scale is indicated by bars.

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Acumispora verruculosa sp. nov. and Pleurophragmium aquaticum sp. nov. on decaying leaves of an unidentified plant and wood, respectively, submerged in a stream at the "Los Tuxtlas" rainforest, Veracruz, Mexico, are herein described and illustrated. The former is distinguished by obclavate, rostrate, 2-septate, verruculose, very pale brown conidia...

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