Discovery of two new Cystobasidiaceae species (Cystobasidiales, Cystobasidiomycetes) on phylloplane from western China Author Wang, Peng https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8289-9640 School of Life Science, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China Author Song, Bing-Yan https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6802-5077 School of Life Science, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China Author Chai, Chun-Yue 0000-0001-7753-6223 School of Life Science, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China & Research Center of Henan Provincial Agricultural Biomass Resource Engineering and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China Author Niu, Qiu-Hong 0000-0003-1695-7117 School of Life Science, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China & Research Center of Henan Provincial Agricultural Biomass Resource Engineering and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China Author Hui, Feng-Li 0000-0001-7928-3055 School of Life Science, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China & Research Center of Henan Provincial Agricultural Biomass Resource Engineering and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China text MycoKeys 2026 2026-04-29 131 287 303 journal article 315058 10.3897/mycokeys.131.185583 3a13c8e0-3479-4d85-8c39-ae1ff3b5e3da

Table 2. Physiological and biochemical characteristics of the new species and their closely related taxa.

Characteristic	Q. pini	Q. brasiliensis *	R. xinjiangensis	R. ningxiaensis *
* Data for reference species were taken from Crous et al. (2018) and Li et al. (2020). +, positive; –, negative; d, delayed positive; v, variable; w, weakly positive; n, not available.
Assimilation
Inulin	d, w	s	d	–
Raffinose	+	+	–	–
Melibiose	d	s	–	–
Galactose	+	+	–	d, w
Raffinose	+	+	–	–
Salicin	+	–	d, w	d, w
L-Sorbose	–	+	–	–
D-Xylose	+	–	–	–
L-Arabinose	w	–	–	–
Ribitol	+	n	+	–
Galactitol	+	–	–	–
Succinate	+	–	+	+
D-Gluconate	d	v	d, w	–
Growth tests
Growth at 25 ° C	+	+	+	–
Growth at 30 ° C	–	+	–	–