Phialocephala was established for species that produce their conidia from phialides at the apex of dark mononematous conidiophores. Phialocephala phycomyces (Auersw.) Kendrick was described more than a century ago as the only species of the genus Hantzschia. The phialides of P. phycomyces are not as deep-seated as those found in Phialocephala dimorphospora Kendrick, the type of Phialocephala, and conidium development occurs near the apex of the conidiogenous cell. Furthermore, P. phycomyces is characterized by reddish-brown conidiophores and is cycloheximide resistant. Based on morphological, as well as molecular comparisons, we concluded that P. phycomyces is a distinct genus, Kendrickiella gen.nov.Key words: Leptographium complex, morphology, phylogeny, Phialocephala, Kendrickiella.