identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
08EB51073746537FB7581DF4DDCBA281.text	08EB51073746537FB7581DF4DDCBA281.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meliola fuscobrunnea Khan M. B. & T. C. Wen 2025	<div><p>Meliola fuscobrunnea Khan M. B. &amp; T. C. Wen sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 2</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>From Latin, “ fusco ” meaning “dark,” and “ brunnea ” meaning “brown,” referring ” to the distinct dark brown color of Ascospores.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>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.</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>China • Yunnan Province, Gaoligong Mountains, Muhammad Binyamin Khan, 27 July 2024, HKAS 146650, GenBank accession numbers PV 299283 (SSU) and PV 298265 (LSU).</p><p>Additional materials examined.</p><p>China • Yunnan Province, Gejia Mountain, Muhammad Binyamin Khan, 26 July 2024, HKAS 146649, GenBank accession numbers PV 298266 (SSU) and PV 298264 (LSU) .</p><p>Habitat.</p><p>On leaving leaves of Annona squamosa .</p><p>Description.</p><p>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.</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Meliola fuscobrunnea (HKAS 146649, HKAS 146650) forms a strongly supported clade with M. clerodendri-infortunati (MFLU 13-0624, MFLU 16-0069) with high statistical support (MLBS 99 %) (Fig. 1). Both species have similar orientation and arrangement of superficial hyphae, hyphal setae length, appressorium colour and position, ascomata shape, and peridium wall colour. Meliola clerodendri-infortunati is distinct from M. fuscobrunnea in hyphal setae apex and size of appressorium, ascomata, and ascospore. Additionally, the two species also differ in host association, with the former found on Clerodendrum infortunatum L. and the latter on A. squamosa (Hyde et al. 2017) . Hence, based on the differences in morphological characteristics, phylogenetic analyses, and host differences, we introduce M. fuscobrunnea as a new species of Meliola .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/08EB51073746537FB7581DF4DDCBA281	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Khan, Muhammad Binyamin;Zeng, Xiang-Yu;Tarafder, Entaj;Ali, Sardar;Wei, DE-Ping;Wen, Ting Chi	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.text	E062EE164EF9519482B1DC3877E54EC9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meliola fusconigra Khan M. B. & T. C. Wen 2025	<div><p>Meliola fusconigra Khan M. B. &amp; T. C. Wen sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 3</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>From Latin, “ fusco ” meaning dark and “ nigra ” meaning “ black, ” referring to the distinct dark black colonies of species on natural substrate.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>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.</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>China • Yunnan Province, Laifengshan National Forest Park, Muhammad Binyamin Khan, 26 July 2024, HKAS 146645, GenBank accession numbers PV 298261 (SSU) and PV 298245 (LSU).</p><p>Additional materials examined.</p><p>China • Yunnan Province, Gaoligongshan, Muhammad Binyamin Khan, 27 July 2024, HKAS 146646, HKAS 146647, and HKAS 146648, GenBank accession numbers PV 299282, PV 298262, and PV 298263 (SSU); PV 446596, PV 297977, and PV 454349 (LSU)</p><p>Habitat.</p><p>On leaving leaves of Xylopia aethiopica .</p><p>Description.</p><p>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.</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Phylogenetic analyses showed that M. fusconigra forms a sister clade to M. aristolochiae-tagalae with strong statistical support (MLBS = 90 %), confirming their close evolutionary relationship (Fig. 1). Both species share similarity in colony and peridium cell colour, orientation of appressoria, and shape of appressoria, ascomata, and ascospore (Zeng et al. 2022). However, notable differences can be observed between M. fusconigra and M. aristolochiae-tagalae in the colour of superficial hyphae and the size of individual cells of superficial hyphae, appressoria, ascomata, ascospores, and phialides, and host species (Zeng et al. 2022). This morpho-anatomical comparison with the phylogenetically allied species represents M. fusconigra as a distinct new species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E062EE164EF9519482B1DC3877E54EC9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Khan, Muhammad Binyamin;Zeng, Xiang-Yu;Tarafder, Entaj;Ali, Sardar;Wei, DE-Ping;Wen, Ting Chi	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
