Two new species and a new host record of Hyphomycetes associated with decaying wood in Yunnan Province, China Author Zhang, Qinfang https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9408-4988 State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, China Author Ren, Yulin https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9063-425X State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, China Author Habib, Kamran 0000-0003-2572-0306 State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, China & The High Efficacy Application of Natural Medicinal Resources Engineering Centre of Guizhou Province (The Key Laboratory of Optimal Utilization of Natural Medicine Resources), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Gui'an, Guizhou, 561113, China Author Lu, Changtao State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, China Author Liu, Lili State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, China Author Kang, Jichuan 0000-0002-6294-5793 Department of Botany, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak, KP, 27200 Pakistan Author Shen, Xiangchun 0000-0002-4333-9106 State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, China Author Lin, Chuangen 0000-0003-2750-8720 School of Biology and Engineering (School of Health Medicine and Modern Industry), Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, Guizhou 550025, China Author Wijayawardene, Nalin N. 0000-0003-0522-5498 Engineering and Research Centre for Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical, Resources of National Education Ministry of China, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China Author Al-Shwaiman, Hind A. School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, 550025, China Author Li, Qirui 0000-0001-8735-2890 State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, China Author Elgorban, Abdallah M. 0000-0003-3664-7853 School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, 550025, China text MycoKeys 2025 2025-09-02 121 311 328 journal article 312102 10.3897/mycokeys.121.162535 2280ffce-79f9-45af-a92c-a60bfb9930e2 PMC12421249 40936728

Table 2. Morphological comparison of Clade C (Fig. 1) and Ellisembia species.

Names	Strain	Conidiophores	Conidiogenous cells	Conidia	Reference
Ellisembia calyptrata	HKUCC 10821	verruculose. Brown to dark brown, 30–50 × 6.0–7.0 μm.	monoblastic, integrated, pale brown, terminal, cylindrical.	obclavate, truncate at the base, tapering to the apex, 6–17 - septate, pale brown to dark brown, 60–90 × 9.0–12.0 μm.	Wu and Zhuang 2005
E. coronata	CCF 6699	(1 –) 2–5 (– 6) - septate, 0–2 ampulliform, lageniform or subcylindrical percurrent extensions, Brown to dark reddish brown, 18–66 × 5–7 μm.	monoblastic, integrated, pale brown, terminal, cylindrical	narrowly obclavate, less often subcylindrical or subfusiform, sometimes short rostrate, pale brown, smooth, 7–14 - distoseptat, Brown to dark brown, (40 –) 52–89 (– 101) × 8–11 µm.	Delgado et al. 2024
E. cryptomeriae	UESTCC 23 0227	4–12 - septate, verruculose. Brown to dark brown, 45–140 × 5–10 μm.	monoblastic, integrated, pale brown, terminal, cylindrical, 4–15 × 3–5 μm.	obclavate, truncate at the base, tapering to the apex, 6–17 - septate, pale brown to dark brown, 20–85 × 7–14 μm.	Tian et al. 2024
E. melaleucae	CPC 32707	1-2 - septate, erect, subcylindrical, dark brown, 12–30 × 4–6 μm.	terminal, medium brown, smooth, subcylindrical, holoblastic, 5–20 × 4–5 μm.	medium brown, smooth, obclavate, straight to flexuous, apexobtuse, base obconically truncate, 5-21 - disto-septate, (45 –) 80–130 (– 170) × (8 –) 9–10 (– 11) μm.	Crous et al. 2018
E. spiraeae	CBS 148298	1-4 - septate, erect, dark brown, subcylindrical, unbranched, 15–40 × 5–7 μm.	terminal, integrated, subcylindrical, blastic, medium brown, smooth-walled, 10–20 × 5 - – 6 μm.	solitary, obclavate, straight to flexuous, apex subobtuse, base obconically truncate, (4 -) 6–10 - distoseptate, (45 –) 70–85 (– 100) × (8 –) 9 (– 10) μm.	Crous et al. 2021
E. yuxiense	GMB 5104, GMB 5108	7–12 - septate, verruculose. Brown to dark brown, 81–158 × 4–6 µm.	monoblastic, integrated, pale brown, terminal, cylindrical. 3–6 × 2–4 µm.	obclavate, truncate at the base, tapering to the apex, 5–9 - septate, pale brown to dark brown. 24–57 × 6–9 µm.	This study