Seimatoantlerium nepalense, an endophytic taxol producing coelomycete fromHimalayan yew (Taxus wallachiana)

Seimatoantlerium nepalense, sp. nov. is described as a coelomycetous specie s. It was isolated as an endophyte of Taxus wallachiana in the Kaski distri ct of Western Nepal. The genus is characterized by the dehiscent apical app endage apparatus on its conidia, its unique method of acervular conidiogene sis, and its basal conidial appendage arising exogenously to a pedicel. Thi s species primarily differs from the only other known fungus in this genus, S, tepuiense, by virtue of its smaller conidial size, structural differenc es in the apical conidial appendage apparatus, a unique pigment deposition in the sub-apical cells, its endophytic nature, and its plant host. Most no tably, however, both species in this genus produce taxol in culture.