JUMILLERA AND WHALLEYA, NEW GENERA SEGREGATED FROM BISCOGNIAUXIA

Jumillera and Whalleya are new genera to encompass taxa removed from B iscogniauxia on anamorphic and structural features. Taxa of Jumillera that have been cultured feature Libertella-like anamorphs and, in seve ral cases, Geniculosporium synanamorphs. Jumillera mexicana and J. alb ida are described as new; the former is the type species for the genus . Jumillera cinerea, J. hypophlaea, J. punctatobrunnea, and J. viridis represent new combinations. Whalleya differs from Biscogniauxia and J umillera in having soft whitish tissue between perithecia and in havin g dry scolecosporous conidia. The new combinations, W. microplaca and W. maculata, are proposed, the former designated as the type of the ge nus.