GEOSMITHIA GEN-NOV FOR PENICILLIUM-LAVENDULUM AND RELATED SPECIES

GEOSMITHIA Pitt is erected to accommodate species previously placed in Penicillium with the following combination of characters: colonies with conidia in colors other than grey-blue or grey-green, penicilli with all elements roughened, and with both phialides and conidia cylindroidal. Geosmithia larendula comb. nov. [P. lavendulum Raper et Fennell], G. putterillii comb. nov. [P. putterillii Thom], G. namyslowskii comb. nov. [P. namyslowskii Zaleski], G. cylindrospora comb. nov. [P. cylind sporum G. Smith], G. argillacea comb. nov. [P. argillaceum Stolk, Evans et Nilsson] and G. emersonii comb. nov. [P. emersonii Stolk] are described. G. swiftii is a new species for the anamorphic state of Talaromyces bacillisporus (Swift) C.R. Benjamin. A key is provided.