Abstract

A new species ofCephalosporium is reported that is parasitic on the floating water fernSalvinia rotundifolia. In culture this fungus forms white, pulvinate colonies with a surface mat that may change to vinaceous-brown or violet with age. Small, ovate to spherical, hyaline conidia and spherical to elliptic chlamydospores are formed by this species. It represents a new member of theC. acremonium group. The pathogenic nature of the fungus has been confirmed.

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