A new host record of Diaporthe rosae on Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum L.) Author Huanraluek, Naruemon 0000-0003-4814-4735 Center of Excellence in fungal research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand & naruemon _ huanraluek @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4814 - 4735 naruemon_huanraluek@hotmail.com Author Phunyaboon, Wilawan Center of Excellence in fungal research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand & wilawan. pun @ mfu. ac. th Author Jayawardena, Ruvishika S. 0000-0001-7702-4885 Center of Excellence in fungal research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand & School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand & ruvi. jaya @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7702 - 4885 ruvi.jaya@yahoo.com text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-10-04 567 2 162 172 journal article 157776 10.11646/phytotaxa.567.2.4 4ea4a359-f7bd-4769-b69d-11507cbd03cb 1179-3163 7141732

TABLE 2. Comparison of our new collection with Diaporthe rosae recorded from Thailand.

Characters	Diaporthe rosae Samarakoon & Diaporthe rosae Samarakoon & Diaporthe rosae Samarakoon & K.D. Hyde K.D. Hyde K.D. Hyde
	Wanasinghe et al. 2018	Perera et al. 2018	This study
Lifestyle and host	Saprobic on dead pedicel of	Saprobic on dried fruits of	Saprobic on branches of
	Rosae sp./ Thailand	Magnolica champaca and Senna siameal / Thailand	Nephelium lappaceum / Thailand
Conidiomata	Multioculate, scattered on PDA	Multiloculate or pycnidial, scattered on PDA	Pycnidial, scatted on PDA
Conidiophore dimension (µm)	10–19 × 1.9–3.3	10–63 × 1.4–2.7	7–8 × 3–4
Conidiogenous cells dimension (µm)	10–13 × 1–2.5 (Alpha) 7.7–15 × 1.2–2.5 (Beta)	8–23 × 0.7–3 (Alpha) 4.1–22.6 × 1.3–4.2 (Beta)	14–17 × 2–5
Alpha-conidia	Ovate to ellipsoidal, base	Ovate to ellipsoidal, base obtuse	Unicellular, ovoid, hyaline,
	subtruncate, bi- biguttulate, aseptate, hyaline, smooth walled	to subtruncate, bi- guttulate, hyaline, smooth, smooth-walled	biguttulate, conidiogenous scar sometimes visible
Alpha-conidia dimension (µm)	5.5–7.5 × 2–3	5–7 × 2–3.1	(5–)6–7(–9) × (1–)2–3(–4)
Beta-conidia	Fusiform to hooked	Fusiform to hooked	hyaline, aseptate, filiform, bent, eguttulate, wider at the center and thinner towards the ends, similar to a hook
Beta-conidia dimension (µm)	12.5–18 × 1–2 (on natural substrate), 12.6–21.1 × 0.7–1.2 (on PDA)	9–23 × 0.5–0.8 (on natural substrate), 18–28 × 0.9–1.3 (on PDA)	(8–)11–14(–16) × (1–)2(3)