Three new species of Apiospora (Apiosporaceae, Amphisphaeriales) associated with diseased bamboo in China Author Chang, Xiaoyun 0000-0002-0093-9582 Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Green Control for Major Forestry Pests, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China Author Wang, Yuanyuan https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1801-3984 Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Green Control for Major Forestry Pests, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China Author Xu, Tao https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0028-6508 Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Green Control for Major Forestry Pests, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China Author Li, Guangshuo 0000-0002-7285-0712 Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Green Control for Major Forestry Pests, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China Author Yue, Xianghua 0000-0003-2165-7653 Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China Author Chen, MingJun 0000-0002-1439-7796 Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Green Control for Major Forestry Pests, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China text MycoKeys 2025 2025-04-23 116 205 226 journal article 309420 10.3897/mycokeys.116.142263 5a29817f-0ca8-4ffe-8f0c-4fb7d212b3b6

Table 4. Synopsis of morphological characteristics of A. xiangxiense and its closely related species.

Species	Isolation source	Country	Colony morphology (on PDA)	Conidia		References
				Shape	Diam (μm)
A. aseptata	Healthy leaf of Dicranopteris pedata	China	Grey-brown; 5 cm in 10 days	Globose or sub globose	7–9.5 (– 13)	Zhang et al. (2023)
A. machili	Diseased leaves of Machilus nanmu	China	Ivory; 69.7–78.8 mm cm in 7 days	Globose to subglobose	7.1–9.5 × 5.6–8.8	Liu et al. (2024)
A. olivata	Green belt soil	China	initially white, becoming curry on the surface; reverse pale green; more than 90 mm in 14 days	a. olivary; b. subglobose to globose	a. 8–12 × 5.5–8 μm; b. 8–11.5 μm	Zhang et al. (2024)
A. xiangxiense	Diseased culms of Bamboo	China	white to grey, sometimes with pale yellow; Reaching 9 cm in 8 days	globose to elongate ellipsoid	8.6–15.4 × 6.7–10.2	This study