Pseudostracoderma terricola sp. nov., type of a new genus Pseudostraco
derma is described from soil from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. It is c
haracterized by smooth conidia, monoblastic conidiogenus cell, irregul
ar repeatedly branched conidiophores and conidial cells forming a comp
lex head.The generic characters are compared with the similar genus Os
tracoderma Fries (1825).