The genus Chalara was described by (Corda) Rabenh. in 1844 and it is compost through 147 species. The species Chalara alabamensis Morgan-Jones & E.G. Ingram features conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, solitary, erect, smooth, simple; phialides lageniform, smooth, base subcylindrical, cylindrical neck, pale brown; phialospore endogenous in chains of mature conidia at the apex, cylindrical, 1-sepate, smooth, hyaline (Morgan-Jones; Ingram, 1976).

The study of conidial fungi in diverse environments can help to expand knowledge of the existing fungi, as well as to improve preservation of these microorganisms.

Distribution: in tropical climate

Chalara alabamensis is widely distributed in Brazil, except in central-west region. There are records of this species in the Neotropics in plants in decomposing plants as Quercus germana, Quercus sartorii, Liquidambar styraciflua (Heredia, 1993) and in unknown plants of in Ivory Coast (Heredia-Abarca, 1994). Still, has been recorded several times on leaves or wood in terrestrial cases (Rambelli et al. 2004).

Saprobic on decaying plant debris

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There are no reports of these species in Europe, Asia and Oceania.

Chalara alabamensis was isolated from the host plant Asterogyne mariana (Arecaceae) collected in Costa Rica; dichloromethane extract of the fungus displayed effective antimalarial activity against an essential protein-folding chaperone from Plasmodium falciparum (Cao et al, 2010).