Polyplosphaeria Kaz. Tanaka & K. Hirayama, Studies in Mycology 64: 192 (2009)

Tang, Xia, Jeewon, Rajesh, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Alrefaei, Abdulwahed Fahad, Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Xu, Rong-Ju, Ma, Jian, Chen, Xue-Mei & Kang, Ji-Chuan, 2023, Morphophylogenetic evidence reveals four new fungal species within Tetraplosphaeriaceae (Pleosporales, Ascomycota) from tropical and subtropical forest in China, MycoKeys 100, pp. 171-204 : 171

Polyplosphaeria Kaz. Tanaka & K. Hirayama, Studies in Mycology 64: 192 (2009)

Type species.

Polyplosphaeria fusca Kaz. Tanaka & K. Hirayama, Studies in Mycology 64: 193 (2009).

Description.

Teleomorph see Tanaka et al. (2009). Anamorph Conidiophores absent. Conidiogenous cells monoblastic. Conidia globose to subglobose, with thin peel-like outer wall of conidia, composed of numerous internal hyphae at the inside, brown, almost smooth, verrucose at the base. Appendages with 3 to 8 setose appendages, brown, straight ( Tanaka et al. 2009).

Notes.

Tanaka et al. (2009) established Polyplosphaeria and typified with Po. fusca based on a combined SSU and LSU DNA sequence data. All the members of Polyplosphaeria were reported as saprobes from various plant hosts, such as Pleioblastus chino , Phyllostachys bambusoides and Pandanaceae ( Tanaka et al. 2009; Li et al. 2016; Tibpromma et al. 2018). Polyplosphaeria is distributed in Japan, China and Thailand in terrestrial habitats ( Tanaka et al. 2009; Li et al. 2016; Tibpromma et al. 2018). Dong et al. (2020) transferred Po. xishuangbannaensis into Ernakulamia based on phylogenetic analyses and differences in morphology. In this study, two new Polyplosphaeria species are introduced from unidentified decaying wood from China. The genus contains six species viz. Polyplosphaeria guizhouensis , Po. hainanensis , Po. fusca , Po. nabanheensis , Po. pandanicola and Po. thailandica ( Tanaka et al 2009; Li et al. 2016; Tibpromma et al. 2018; This study; Table 2 ).