CONIDIUM DEVELOPMENT IN ANAMORPHS OF CERATOCYSTIS SENSE LATO - A REVIEW

The use of mode of conidium development as a characteristic in the tax onomy of the anamorphs of Ceratocystis sensu late led to a drastic inc rease in the number of anamorph genera. This excessive number of anamo rph names inspired reconsideration of these genera on the basis of mod e of conidium development. This review shows that anamorphs of Ophiost oma can be divided into two groups based on the mode of wall building during conidiogenesis. These include both those having apical and ring wall-building development. Patterns of development included in the ap ical wall-building group are phialidic, annellidic and sympodial devel opment. Following this restricted approach, the total number of anamor ph names for Ceratocystis s.l. can be considerably reduced. For exampl e, anamorphs of Ophiostoma could be Leptographium, Graphium, Hyalorhin ocladiella, Sporothrix and Knoxdaviesia.