Morphological and multi-gene phylogenetic analyses of two new species of Phyllosticta (Phyllostictaceae, Botryosphaeriales) from Southwestern China Author Gong, Cui-Ling 0009-0005-9282-0974 International Fungal Research and Development Centre, Institute of Highland Forest Science, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming 650224, Yunnan, P. R. of China. & Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, P. R. of China. gcl020829@163.com Author Wu, Hai-Xia 0000-0002-7169-6717 International Fungal Research and Development Centre, Institute of Highland Forest Science, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming 650224, Yunnan, P. R. of China. aileen2008haixia@gmail.com Author Li, Jin-Chen 0000-0001-8977-1829 International Fungal Research and Development Centre, Institute of Highland Forest Science, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming 650224, Yunnan, P. R. of China. jinchenlii@163.com Author Song, Jia-Yu 0000-0002-0884-7594 International Fungal Research and Development Centre, Institute of Highland Forest Science, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming 650224, Yunnan, P. R. of China. ldsat-f@outlook.com text Phytotaxa 2024 2024-06-13 653 1 20 36 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.653.1.2 journal article 301810 10.11646/phytotaxa.653.1.2 e14a9ca9-5e91-48c2-80ad-30b1112bd12c 1179-3163 13216863

TABLE 2. Morphological characteristics comparison of Phyllosticta species related to this study. L to W = length/width ratio

Species	Ascomata	Asci size			Ascospores	Reference
	size (μm)	(μm)	Size (μm)	L to W	Shape and features
G. arengae	NA	40–100 ×	18–26 ×	2.00:1	Ovoid, no sheath, roughened wall	Hyde 1995
		20–28	8–13
G. bispora	NA	36–48 ×	10–16 ×	3.20:1,	Two types, ellipsoid, wider in the middle	Wulandari et
		11–12	3–5,	3.50:1	and cylindrical, polar appendage	al. 2011
			13–14 ×
			3–4
G. calami	NA	42–72 ×	15–19 ×	2.38:1	Irregularly ellipsoid, with apical button-like	Hyde 1995
		14–18	7–8		germ pores and remnants of sheath
G. candeloflamma	NA	91–140 ×	17.5–22 ×	2.00:1	Ellipsoid, pad candle-flame shaped	Hyde 1995
		17.5–25	7.5–11		appendage
G. cocoёs	NA	75–125 ×	23–27 ×	2.70:1	Broad cylindrical to ellipsoid, obclavate,	Hyde 1995
		20–25	9–10		with germ pore
G. cocogena	NA	62–100 ×	13–20 ×	2.86:1	Ellipsoid, wider in the mid region and	Hyde 1995
		10–12	5–7		rounded, with appendage
G. ellipsoide	NA	33–60 ×	10–14 ×	2.33:1	Fusiform, ellipsoid to oblong, with polar	Wulandari et
		11–14	4–6		appendage	al. 2011
G. manokwaria	NA	70–100 ×	22–30 ×	2.31:1	Fusoid to rhomboid, irregular sheath, with	Hyde 1995
		20–24	8–13		germ pore
G. migrans	NA	54–82 ×	19–24 ×	2.00:1	Ellipsoid, no sheath	Hyde 1995
		22–38	9–12
G. ryukyu-ensis	NA	70–85 ×	23–28 ×	4.00:1	Fusoid, oblong ends rounded or obtuse, no	Hyde 1995
		18–23	6.5–7		sheath
P. abieticola	<250	65–120 ×	15–20 ×	2.86:1	Biseriate to multiseriate, hyaline, smooth,	Wikee et al.
		12–15	6–7		granular to guttulate, straight, rarely curved, 2013b
					widest in the middle, limoniform with
					obtuse ends
P. capitalensis	<250	58–80 ×	11–13 ×	3.25:1	Uniseriate to biseriate, ellipsoid, wide in	Wulandari et
		11–15	3–4		the middle, obtrullate, hyaline to greenish,	al. 2013
					coarse-guttulate, smooth-walled, with or
					without mucilaginous pads at the ends
P. cavendishii	<129	45–77 ×	12–18 ×	1.80:1	Biseriate, oblong, ends obtuse, hyaline,	Wong et al.
		19–27	7–10		overlapping, guttulate, mucilaginous caps	2012
					not present once released, but visible in
					asci, up to 4 μm diam., rather inconspicuous
P. citrichinensis	<201	42–81 ×	13−21 ×	2.33:1	Biseriate, hyaline, unicellular,	Wang et al.
		10–14	6−9		multiguttulate, fusiform to ellipsoid, wider	2012
					at the mid region, both ends rounded with
					gelatinous caps
P. dendrobii	<280	54–95 ×	12–18 ×	3.00:1	Biseriate to multi-seriate, hyaline, smooth,	Lin et al. 2017
		8–13	3–6		granular to guttulate, straight and slightly
					curved, widest in the middle, limoniform
					with obtuse ends, distinct hyaline gelatinous
					caps at both ends, mostly less than 10 µm
P. maculata	<187	47–85 ×	17–24 ×	1.85:1	Biseriate, oblong or ovoid, with obtuse	Wong et al.
		18–31	8–13		ends, hyaline, biseriate, overlapping,	2012
					guttulate, mucilaginous caps mostly absent,
					inconspicuous
P. musarum	<118	51–78 ×	14–21 ×	2.33:1	Biseriate, oblong with obtuse ends, hyaline,	Wong et al.
		20–30	7–9		biseriate, overlapping, guttulate, with	2012
					prominent flame-like mucilaginous caps at
					both ends
P. paracapitalensis <300		40–75 ×	15–18 ×	2.57:1	Biseriate to multiseriate, hyaline, smooth,	Guarnaccia et
		10–12	6–7		granular with large central guttule, straight,	al. 2017
					rarely curved, widest in middle, limoniform
					with mucoid caps at obtuse ends
P. philoprina	NA	NA	16–20 ×	2.22:1	NA	van der Aa
			6–9			1973