taxonID	type	description	language	source
08EB51073746537FB7581DF4DDCBA281.taxon	description	Fig. 2	en	Khan, Muhammad Binyamin, Zeng, Xiang-Yu, Tarafder, Entaj, Ali, Sardar, Wei, DE-Ping, Wen, Ting Chi (2025): Two new species of Meliola from Yunnan Province China. MycoKeys 121: 79-92, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.158055
08EB51073746537FB7581DF4DDCBA281.taxon	etymology	Etymology. From Latin, “ fusco ” meaning “ dark, ” and “ brunnea ” meaning “ brown, ” referring ” to the distinct dark brown color of Ascospores.	en	Khan, Muhammad Binyamin, Zeng, Xiang-Yu, Tarafder, Entaj, Ali, Sardar, Wei, DE-Ping, Wen, Ting Chi (2025): Two new species of Meliola from Yunnan Province China. MycoKeys 121: 79-92, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.158055
08EB51073746537FB7581DF4DDCBA281.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Appressoria small and variable in size and slightly thick; ascomata superficial and relatively small; setae moderately long, straight to slightly curved with well-developed, clearly visible phialides; ascospores cylindrical or oblong and comparatively large, and dark brown in color.	en	Khan, Muhammad Binyamin, Zeng, Xiang-Yu, Tarafder, Entaj, Ali, Sardar, Wei, DE-Ping, Wen, Ting Chi (2025): Two new species of Meliola from Yunnan Province China. MycoKeys 121: 79-92, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.158055
08EB51073746537FB7581DF4DDCBA281.taxon	description	Description. Biotrophic on the surface of living leaves of A. squamosa. Colonies 5 – 10 mm in diameter, epiphyllous, scattered, black. Hyphae superﬁcial, black, straight to substraight, branched, septate, each cell 19 – 21 μm long (x ̄ = 20 μm, n = 20), reticulate with dark brown setae. Hyphal setae up to 305 μm long, subdense, dark brown, straight to curved, 2 - dentate, obtuse. Appressoria 8 – 18 × 4 – 11 μm (x ̄ = 13 × 7 µm, n = 30), 2 - celled, brown, clavate, straight to curved, formed near the septa, unilateral, antrorse. Sexual morph: Ascomata up to 200 μm in diameter, superﬁcial, subdense, dark, globose to subglobose, with a central ostiole. Peridium comprises hyaline inner cell and dark brown outer wall with textura angularis. Hamathecium with evanescent paraphyses. Ascospores 46 – 52 × 14 – 18 μm (x ̄ = 49 × 16 µm, n = 20), 2 – 3 seriate, cylindrical or oblong, hyaline when young, becoming dark brown when mature, 4 - septate, constricted at the septa, rounded at both ends, smooth-walled. Asexual morph: Phialides 17 – 25 × 5 – 9 μm (x ̄ = 21 × 77 µm, n = 10), opposite to unilateral, flask-shaped, mixed with appressoria, ampulliform.	en	Khan, Muhammad Binyamin, Zeng, Xiang-Yu, Tarafder, Entaj, Ali, Sardar, Wei, DE-Ping, Wen, Ting Chi (2025): Two new species of Meliola from Yunnan Province China. MycoKeys 121: 79-92, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.158055
E062EE164EF9519482B1DC3877E54EC9.taxon	description	Fig. 3	en	Khan, Muhammad Binyamin, Zeng, Xiang-Yu, Tarafder, Entaj, Ali, Sardar, Wei, DE-Ping, Wen, Ting Chi (2025): Two new species of Meliola from Yunnan Province China. MycoKeys 121: 79-92, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.158055
E062EE164EF9519482B1DC3877E54EC9.taxon	etymology	Etymology. From Latin, “ fusco ” meaning dark and “ nigra ” meaning “ black, ” referring to the distinct dark black colonies of species on natural substrate.	en	Khan, Muhammad Binyamin, Zeng, Xiang-Yu, Tarafder, Entaj, Ali, Sardar, Wei, DE-Ping, Wen, Ting Chi (2025): Two new species of Meliola from Yunnan Province China. MycoKeys 121: 79-92, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.158055
E062EE164EF9519482B1DC3877E54EC9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Appressoria clavate, brown, unilateral, and antrorse; ascomata globose to subglobose with a central ostiole. Phialides flask-shaped, well-developed, and mixed with appressoria; ascospores cylindrical to oblong, large, smooth-walled, and dark brown at maturity.	en	Khan, Muhammad Binyamin, Zeng, Xiang-Yu, Tarafder, Entaj, Ali, Sardar, Wei, DE-Ping, Wen, Ting Chi (2025): Two new species of Meliola from Yunnan Province China. MycoKeys 121: 79-92, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.158055
E062EE164EF9519482B1DC3877E54EC9.taxon	description	Description. Biotrophic on the surface of living leaves of X. aethiopica. Colonies 4 – 8 mm in diameter, epiphyllous, dense to subdense, dark black. Hyphae superﬁcial, black, straight to substraight, branched, black dark at septa, each cell 18 – 88 μm long (x ̄ = 53 μm, n = 10), loosely reticulate, with dark black setae. Hyphal setae 291 – 306 × 2 – 6 μm (x ̄ = 298 × 4 μm, n = 10), narrowly cylindrical, rounded to acute at the apex. Appressoria 24 – 28 × 11 – 15 μm (x ̄ = 26 × 13 µm, n = 20), 2 - celled, brown, clavate, substraight, formed near the septa, unilateral, antrorse. Ascomata up to 250 μm in diameter, superﬁcial, subdense, dark brown, globose to subglobose, with a central ostiole. Peridium comprises hyaline inner cell and dark brown outer wall with textura angularis. Hamathecium with evanescent paraphyses. Ascospores 48 – 60 × 15 – 21 μm (x ̄ = 54 × 18 µm, n = 20), 3 – 4 seriate, cylindrical or oblong, hyaline when young, becoming dark brown when mature, 4 - septate, constricted at the septa, rounded at both ends, smooth-walled. Asexual morph: Phialides 40 – 30 × 5 – 9 μm (x ̄ = 35 × 7 µm, n = 10), opposite to unilateral, sometimes alternate, flask-shaped, few mixed with appressoria, ampulliform.	en	Khan, Muhammad Binyamin, Zeng, Xiang-Yu, Tarafder, Entaj, Ali, Sardar, Wei, DE-Ping, Wen, Ting Chi (2025): Two new species of Meliola from Yunnan Province China. MycoKeys 121: 79-92, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.158055
