Volutella (fungus)

Volutella is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Nectriaceae.

[2] The fungal genus was established by Fries (1832) with Volutella ciliata (Alb.

Gräfenhan et al. (2011) then revised the genus and accepted three species viz.

[4][5][6][7][8][9] The genus is characterized by discoid sporodochia (or synnemata) with marginal setae, sparingly branched to verticillate conidiophores, compact and phialidic conidiogenous cells, and 1-celled, ovoid to oblong conidia.

asexond asexual morph is present in some species with two or more whorls of conidiogenous cells.