Phylogeny and phenotype of Filobasidium revealing three new species (Filobasidiaceae, Filobasidiales) from China Author Chai, Chun-Yue 0000-0003-0284-5560 School of Life Science, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China Author Xi, Zhi-Wen 0000-0002-5814-5283 School of Life Science, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China Author Niu, Qiu-Hong 0000-0003-1695-7117 School of Life Science, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China Author Hui, Feng-Li 0000-0001-7928-3055 School of Life Science, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China text MycoKeys 2025 2025-02-24 114 49 65 journal article 308246 10.3897/mycokeys.114.142438 44f059e0-9276-44a3-8f62-bf097a5e2499

Table 3. Physiological and biochemical features differing between the new species and closely related species.

Characteristics	1	2 *	3 *	4	5	6 *
1, F. pseudomali sp. nov.; 2, F. mali; 3, F. globosum; 4, F. castaneae sp. nov.; 5, F. qingyuanense sp. nov.; 6, F. dingjieense; +, positive reaction; –, negative reaction; d, delayed positive; w, weakly positive; n, data not available. All data from this study, except * which were obtained from the original description (Li et al. 2020).
Carbon assimilation
Inulin	+	–	+	+	+	–
Salicin	–	+ / w	–	+	+	–
L-Sorbose	+	+	–	+	–	–
L-Rhamnose	+	+ / d / w	d / w	+	+	–
D-Arabinose	+	v	–	-	+	–
D-Ribose	–	–	–	+	–	–
Glycerol	–	–	–	+	w	d / w
Ethanol	+	+ / w	–	–	–	d / w
Ribitol	+	+	–	+	+	–
Galactitol	+	+	–	+	–	–
D-Mannitol	+	+	+	+	+	–
D-Glucitol	+	v	–	+	+	–
Citrate	+	–	–	+	+	+
Nitrogen assimilation
Nitrite	+	–	–	+	+	+
Cadaverine	–	+	+	–	–	d / w
L-Lysine	d	–	+	n	n	n
Growth tests
Growth in vitamin-free medium	+	–	+	+	+	n
Growth at 25 ° C	+	+	+	+	+	–
Growth at 30 ° C	+	+	–	–	+	–