Articulospora – Phylogeny vs morphology

The taxonomy of the aquatic hyphomycete genus Articulospora (Ascomycota, Pezizomycotima, Leotiales, Helotiaceae) is based on the morphology of the generative phase of its lifecycle. The type species is Articulospora tetracladia, which is distributed worldwide. Its most frequent populations in nature have dimorphic conidia, differing by the extent of conidial branching (i.e., one or two levels of branching). Some strains, stable in culture,...