Castañeda Ruíz, R. F., D. W. Minter, M. Camino-Vilaró, M. Saikawa, S. Velázquez-Noa & C. Decock. Arachnospora insolita, a new genus and species, and some other hyphomycetes from Banao, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba. Mycotaxon 87: 385 - 393. 2003.

ABSTRACT: Arachnospora insolita anam. gen. et sp. nov. found on rotten leaves of an unidentified plant in Banao, Cuba is described and illustrated. It is distinguished by solitary, spider-shaped, brown conidia, which are detached by rhexolytic conidial secession. Twenty-five other hyphomycetes collected in the same locality are recorded.

KEYWORDS: Systematics, tropical fungi, leaf litter