taxonID	type	description	language	source
2B96A38892655EF1960722237699B130.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The genus name refers to the host genus Cyathea, combined with “ myces ” for fungi.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
2B96A38892655EF1960722237699B130.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Cyatheomyces synnematosus J. Y. Zhang, Y. Z. Lu & K. D. Hyde.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
2B96A38892655EF1960722237699B130.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substrate effuse, scattered or aggregated, brown, with masses of conidia at the apex. Mycelium partly immersed, partly superficial, composed of branched, septate, hyaline to pale brown hyphae. Conidiophores macronematous, synnematous, erect, cylindrical, thick-walled, aseptate, brown to hyaline towards the apex. Conidiogenous cells monoblastic to polyblastic, integrated, terminal, hyaline or pale brown, sympodial, often with denticles. Conidia oblong to obovoid to clavate, septate, hyaline, rarely pale brown.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
568E1450BB665B859D3E9C78F7AEF7FC.taxon	description	Figs 2, 3	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
568E1450BB665B859D3E9C78F7AEF7FC.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to the synnematous conidiomata.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
568E1450BB665B859D3E9C78F7AEF7FC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Similar to Phaeoisaria and Rhamphoriopsis, but C. synnematosus differs from them by its various conidia.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
568E1450BB665B859D3E9C78F7AEF7FC.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substrate effuse, scattered or aggregated, brown, with white conidial masses at the apex. Mycelium partly immersed, partly superficial, composed of branched, thick-walled, septate, hyaline to pale brown hyphae. Synnemata up to 78 μm wide near the base, dark brown to hyaline towards the apex, with upper parts of conidiophores slightly splaying out as a flared head. Conidiophores macronematous, synnematous, erect, cylindrical, often flexuous at the conidiogenous region, thick-walled, aseptate, brown to hyaline towards the apex, 158 – 362 μm × 1.3 – 2.5 μm (x ̄ = 281 × 1.8, n = 20). Two modes of development during conidiogenesis; Conidiogenous cells type 1 (Figs 2 F – M, 3 F) monoblastic, integrated, terminal, hyaline or subhyaline, 1.3 – 2.5 μm wide; Conidiogenous cells type 2 (Figs 2 N, 3 D – F) polyblastic, integrated, terminal, sympodia, with inconspicuous denticles, hyaline or subhyaline, 1.5 – 2.8 μm wide near the conidiogenous loci. Conidia various, oblong to obovoid to clavate, aseptate when young, 1 (– 2) - septate when mature, sometime indistinct, not constricted at the septum, guttulate, hyaline, rarely pale brown, 11 – 15 × (2.5 –) 3.7 – 5 µm (x ̄ = 13 × 4.4 µm, n = 25).	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
568E1450BB665B859D3E9C78F7AEF7FC.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Conidia germinating on WA within 15 h and germ tube produced from conidia. Colonies growing on PDA, grown slowly, reaching 11 – 13 mm diameter after one month at room temperature (ca. 26 ° C), circular with entire margin, flat with a protuberance in the center, veined, from which several indentations extend outwards, and cut into fan shapes at the surface, white form above; brown form below, and not producing pigmentation in cultures.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
A6480669F5F9506396F24CDF9F3999B4.taxon	description	Fig. 7	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
A6480669F5F9506396F24CDF9F3999B4.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to the collecting site, Guizhou province, China.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
A6480669F5F9506396F24CDF9F3999B4.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from species in Angustimassarina and Neobambusicola in the shapes of hamathecium, asci and ascospores.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
A6480669F5F9506396F24CDF9F3999B4.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: Ascomata deeply immersed, solitary or scattered, visible as dark spots that are slightly raised, which ascocarp passes through the thin host epidermis, exposing the mostly whole ascomata from lower side of the hosts. Ascomatal wall coriaceous, thin-walled, composed of brown cells of textura angularis to textura prismatica in surface view. Hamathecium filiform, remotely separate, pseudoparaphyses, hyaline, 1.3 – 2.6 µm wide. Asci 8 - spored, bitunicate, cylindric-clavate, straight or slightly curved, with a short pedicel, apically rounded, with an ocular chamber, 68 – 85 (– 91) × 10.5 – 15.5 µm (x ̄ = 78 × 12.8 µm, n = 25). Ascospores overlapping, 2 – 3 - seriate, fusiform, straight or slightly curved, 1 - septate, not constricted at the septum, guttulate, 18.5 – 21.7 × 4 – 5.5 µm (x ̄ = 20 × 4.7 µm, n = 25), surrounded by a thin and inconspicuous mucilaginous sheath. Asexual morph: Undetermined.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
A6480669F5F9506396F24CDF9F3999B4.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Ascospores germinating on WA within 13 h at 26 ° C. Colonies on PDA, circular with entire margin, flat with raise in the center, dry, cotton, ashen in the center, khaki to grey towards the margin; light brown to brown-yellow from below, and not producing pigmentation in cultures.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
41BE720815F8572DB9C5C9B26FC37E57.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The genus name refers to the fungal host “ Microlepia marginata ”.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
41BE720815F8572DB9C5C9B26FC37E57.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Microlepicola guizhouensis J. Y. Zhang, K. D. Hyde & Y. Z. Lu.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
41BE720815F8572DB9C5C9B26FC37E57.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: Ascomata immersed, scattered, visible as dark spots that are slight raised. Ascomatal wall coriaceous, thin-walled, composed of brown cells of textura angularis to textura prismatica in surface view. Hamathecium filiform, pseudoparaphyses, hyaline. Asci 8 - spored, bitunicate, cylindric-clavate, straight or slightly curved, with a short pedicel, apically rounded, with an ocular chamber. Ascospores overlapping, 2 – 3 - seriate, fusiform, straight or slightly curved, 1 - septate, not constricted at the septum, guttulate, surrounded by a thin and inconspicuous mucilaginous sheath. Asexual morph: Undetermined.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
2424050E1772529CB83DA79EBCEFDBE7.taxon	type_taxon	Muyocopronaceae K. D. Hyde, Fungal Diversity 63: 164 (2013).	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
A94EF615FD325DC8806F24FD2FDBD7C9.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The genus name refers to the similar genus Berkleasmium.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
A94EF615FD325DC8806F24FD2FDBD7C9.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Neoberkleasmium nigroapicale (Bussaban, Lumyong, P. Lumyong, McKenzie & K. D. Hyde) J. Y. Zhang, K. D. Hyde & Y. Z. Lu.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
A94EF615FD325DC8806F24FD2FDBD7C9.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substrate superficial, effuse, scattered or aggregated, sporodochial, pulvinata, punctiform, black. Mycelium partly immersed, partly superficial, composed of branched, septate, subhyaline to brown hyphae. Conidiophores macronematous, septate, hyaline to pale brown. Conidiogenous cells blastic, integrated, terminal, hyaline. Conidia acrogenous, solitary, cylindrical to broadly clavate, thick-walled, muriform, constricted at septa, brown.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
97CE7BF2CE1F5F1DA8BC999599D1FF10.taxon	description	Description. see Matsushima (1981).	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
3BA74BBF940B5677A27211A74749879F.taxon	description	Description. see Bussaban et al. (2001).	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
821416EFE08F55298648911ECFCC5B12.taxon	type_taxon	Lentimurisporaceae N. G. Liu, Jian K. Liu & K. D. Hyde, Cryptog. Mycol. 39 (2): 270 (2018).	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
7CEB74DD5B425B8BB0CE1BE32C3C8CA3.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The genus name refers to the similarity to Pseudopalawania.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
7CEB74DD5B425B8BB0CE1BE32C3C8CA3.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Pseudopalawaniella woodwardiae J. Y. Zhang, K. D. Hyde & Y. Z. Lu.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
7CEB74DD5B425B8BB0CE1BE32C3C8CA3.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: Ascomata superficial, solitary or scattered, sub-carbonaceous to carbonaceous, flattened or raised, with a poorly developed basal layer and an irregular margin, dark brown to black. Peridium composed of dark brown or black cells of textura angularis. Hamathecium cylindrical to filiform, branched, septate, pseudoparaphyses, hyaline. Asci 8 - spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate, cylindric-clavate, apically rounded, straight or slightly curved, sessile or short pedicellate. Ascospores overlapping, irregularly arranged, ellipsoid to broadly fusiform, with rounded ends, straight or slightly curved, 1 - septate, constricted at the septum, guttulate, hyaline. Asexual morph: Undetermined.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
9AFA7F93602455D09DA9CF58584976AF.taxon	description	Fig. 4	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
9AFA7F93602455D09DA9CF58584976AF.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to this fungal host, “ Woodwardia japonica ”.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
9AFA7F93602455D09DA9CF58584976AF.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from Pseudopalawania species in its shapes of ascomata (Raised vs. Flattened), asci (asci without distinct ocular chambers vs. asci with distinct ocular chambers) and ascospores (ellipsoid to broadly fusiform ascospores with obtuse ends vs. fusiform to inequilateral ascospores with pointed ends).	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
9AFA7F93602455D09DA9CF58584976AF.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: Ascomata superficial, solitary or scattered, raised, rarely flattened, sub-carbonaceous to carbonaceous, appearing as circular, flattened, covering the host, with a poorly developed basal layer and an irregular margin, dark brown to black spots, 139 – 189 µm × (73 –) 85 – 111.5 µm high (x ̄ = 163 × 97 µm, n = 15). Ostioles central. Peridium comprising dark brown or black cells of textura angularis, 13 – 22.5 µm wide. Hamathecium cylindrical to filiform, septate, pseudoparaphyses, hyaline, 1 – 2 (– 2.6) µm wide. Asci 8 - spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate, cylindric-clavate, straight or slightly curved, sessile or inconspicuous pedicellate, apically rounded, with an inconspicuous ocular chamber, hyaline, 46 – 53 × 9.5 – 12 µm (x ̄ = 47.5 × 10.5 µm, n = 20). Ascospores overlapping, 2 – 3 - seriate, ellipsoid to broadly fusiform, inequilateral, with obtuse ends, straight or slightly curved, 1 - septate, 3.5 – 6.5 wide at septum, constricted at the septum, with a slightly small lower cell, hyaline or subhyaline, 14.6 – 19.7 × 4.7 – 6.5 µm (x ̄ = 17 × 5 µm, n = 20). Asexual morph: Undetermined.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
9AFA7F93602455D09DA9CF58584976AF.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Ascospores germinating on WA within 15 h at 26 ° C. Colonies on PDA, circular with slight wavy margin, flat with protuberance and wrinkle in the center, veined, yellowish white with ashen in the center from above; beige with dark brown in the middle from below, and not producing pigmentation in cultures.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
B8755F77EB26541BAAA2FC3D2C2072C6.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The genus name refers to the synnematous conidiophores.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
B8755F77EB26541BAAA2FC3D2C2072C6.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Synnematospora pronephrii J. Y. Zhang, Y. Z. Lu & K. D. Hyde.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
B8755F77EB26541BAAA2FC3D2C2072C6.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: undetermined. Asexual morph: hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substrate effuse, scattered, dark brown, with conidial masses at the upper part of conidiophores. Mycelium mostly immersed, composed of septate, hyaline to brown hyphae. Synnemata composed of compactly adpressed conidiophores, brown to dark brown. Conidiophores macronematous, synnematous, cylindrical, thick-walled, septate, brown. Conidiogenous cells blastic, discrete, terminal and lateral, ampulliform, flask-shaped, light brown. Conidia phragmosporous, solitary or catenate, cylindrical to oblong, straight or slightly curved, thick-walled, septate, constricted at septa, guttulate, brown. Conidial secession rhexolytic.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
EA026ACCE99D527B9C387A0935217AD6.taxon	description	Fig. 5	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
EA026ACCE99D527B9C387A0935217AD6.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to the fungal host, “ Pronephrium penangianum ”.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
EA026ACCE99D527B9C387A0935217AD6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from torula-like species in having macronematous, synnematous conidiophores.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
EA026ACCE99D527B9C387A0935217AD6.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: undetermined. Asexual morph: hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substrate effuse, scattered, dark brown, with conidial masses at the upper half of conidiophores. Mycelium mostly immersed, composed of septate, smooth, hyaline to brown hyphae. Synnemata composed of compact, parallel, adpressed conidiophores, brown to dark brown, 328 – 564 μm long and up to 35 μm wide at the base. Conidiophores macronematous, synnematous, cylindrical, unbranched, thick-walled, septate, pale brown to brown, 1.8 – 2.7 µm wide. Conidiogenous cells, blastic, discrete, ampulliform, flask-shaped, light brown, 2.5 – 5.3 × 2.8 – 4.2 µm (x ̄ = 4 × 3.4 µm, n = 20). Conidia phragmosporous, solitary or catenate, cylindrical to oblong with rounded or truncated ends, straight, thick-walled, (1 –) 3 - septate when mature, constricted at septa, always with a single guttule in each cell, brown, 9 – 15 × 3.7 – 5 µm (x ̄ = 12.5 × 4.4 µm, n = 25). Conidial secession rhexolytic.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
EA026ACCE99D527B9C387A0935217AD6.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Conidia germinating on WA within 15 h and germ tube produced from the ends of conidia. Colonies growing on PDA, reaching ca. 36 mm diameter in 20 days at 26 ° C, circular, with entire margin, flat, with raise in the central part, dry, gray in the central part, brownness to pale brown towards the margin in front; dark brown in the center, paler to light brown towards the edge from below, and not producing pigmentation in cultures.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
BD9348A8A9CA5C31AB0E4C0C8EBD19AC.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The family name refers to the type genus.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
BD9348A8A9CA5C31AB0E4C0C8EBD19AC.taxon	type_taxon	Type genus. Xenoberkleasmium N. G. Liu, Jian K. Liu & K. D. Hyde.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
BD9348A8A9CA5C31AB0E4C0C8EBD19AC.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substratum effuse, scattered, punctiform or powdery, dark-brown to black, glistening. Mycelium partly immersed, partly superficial, composed of branched, septate, hyaline to pale brown hyphae. Conidiomata sporodochial. Conidiophores micronematous to macronematous, mononematous, sometime reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells blastic, integrated, terminal, determinate. Conidia acrogenous, broadly ellipsoidal to obovoid, thick-walled, muriform, brown to olivaceous green, with or without guttules, usually with basal cell attached.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
A619E0E9ED9E5EE7B6248D3ADD7D9C2B.taxon	description	Description. see Pinnoi et al. (2007).	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
BDCE9E3B172855EEA3665D332C603FC7.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Xenoberkleasmium chiangraiense N. G. Liu, Jian K. Liu & K. D. Hyde 2024.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
6BC8F5DAA4815239BDB2031AABEA5C2A.taxon	description	Fig. 6	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
6BC8F5DAA4815239BDB2031AABEA5C2A.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substrate effuse, superficial, scattered to gregarious, sporodochial, velvety, punctiform, brown to black. Mycelium mostly superficial, composed of branched, septate, hyaline to brown hyphae. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, cylindrical, hyaline to middle brown, up to 32 µm. Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, holoblastic, terminal, inverted lageniform, clavate, narrowed towards the base, truncate at apex after conidial secession, with dense cytoplasm, hyaline, 13 – 33 × (4 –) 8.5 – 12.8 µm (x ̄ = 23 × 10.5 µm, n = 20). Conidia 25 – 35 × 15 – 21 µm (x ̄ = 30 × 18 µm, n = 30), acrogenous, solitary, oval to ellipsoidal, usually broadly obtuse at apex and slightly truncate at base, thick-walled muriform, not constricted or slightly constricted at the septa, sometimes with a dark median septum, brown.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
6BC8F5DAA4815239BDB2031AABEA5C2A.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Conidia germinating on WA within 15 h and germ tube produced from the ends of conidia. Colonies growing on PDA, reaching about. 42 mm diameter in one month at 26 ° C, circular, with an indentation at the entire margin, flat, with a protuberance in the center, dry, celadon to gray from central part to margin from above; pale brown to celadon to brown from center towards the margin from below, and not producing pigmentation in cultures.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
EB2939D431815B3DB2A3B992E264E65E.taxon	description	Description. see Somrithipol and Jones (2003).	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
6EFA66957737585EBE59F78EE502B0E7.taxon	description	Fig. 8	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
6EFA66957737585EBE59F78EE502B0E7.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to its collecting site.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
6EFA66957737585EBE59F78EE502B0E7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from X. sporodochiale in having larger conidia (46.5 – 66.5 × 22 – 32.5 µm vs. 35 – 45 (– 47.8) × 18.3 – 25.5 µm) with diverse shapes.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
6EFA66957737585EBE59F78EE502B0E7.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substrate superficial, effuse, scattered to gregarious, sporodochial, punctiform, brown to black. Mycelium mostly superficial, composed of branched, septate, hyaline to brown hyphae. Conidiophores micro- to macronematous, mononematous, cylindrical, brown, often reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, integrated, terminal, cylindrical, thick-walled, brown, 4 – 6.5 µm (x ̄ = 5.1 µm, n = 20) wide. Conidia acrogenous, cylindrical to oval to irregular ellipsoidal, muriform, constricted at septa, brown to dark brown, sometime slightly darked at the upper part, 46.5 – 66.5 × 22 – 32.5 µm (x ̄ = 53.5 × 26.3 µm, n = 30), often with a cylindrical to subglobose, hyaline or subhyaline to pale brown basal cell, 8.5 – 14 × 6 – 15 µm.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
6EFA66957737585EBE59F78EE502B0E7.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Conidia germinating on WA within 15 h and germ tube produced from the base of conidia. Colonies growing on PDA under natural light, reaching ca. 36 mm diameter after one month at 26 ° C, circular with entire margin, flat with a protuberance in the center, dry, velvety, white to taupe brown in concentric circles from center towards margin in the front; pale brown in the center, followed by brown to pale brown in concentric circles towards the edge, not producing pigmentation in culture.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
D76F2FC84543581EA2657E3CA48805E2.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The genus name refers to the similar genus Pleopunctum.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
D76F2FC84543581EA2657E3CA48805E2.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Xenopleopunctum guizhouense J. Y. Zhang, Y. Z. Lu & K. D. Hyde.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
D76F2FC84543581EA2657E3CA48805E2.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substrate effuse, superficial, scattered to gregarious, sporodochial, punctiform, brown to black. Mycelium partly immersed, partly superficial, composed of branched, septate, hyaline to brown hyphae. Conidiophores micro- to macronematous, mononematous, cylindrical, brown, often reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, integrated, terminal, cylindrical, thick-walled, brown. Conidia acrogenous, mostly oval to ellipsoidal, muriform, constricted at septa, brown to dark brown, sometime slightly darked at the upper part, clearly darked at the septum, paler at the base, often with a cylindrical to subglobose, hyaline basal cell.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
89D34332ED8B557899741EFE25CC4495.taxon	description	Fig. 9	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
89D34332ED8B557899741EFE25CC4495.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to its sporodochial conidiomata.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
89D34332ED8B557899741EFE25CC4495.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from Xenopleopunctum guizhouense in having small conidia (35 – 45 (– 47.8) × 18.3 – 25.5 µm vs. 46.5 – 66.5 × 22 – 32.5 µm).	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
89D34332ED8B557899741EFE25CC4495.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substrate effuse, superficial, scattered to gregarious, sporodochial, punctiform, brown to black. Mycelium partly superficial, partly immersed, composed of branched, septate, hyaline to brown hyphae. Conidiophores micronematous, mononematous, reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, integrated, terminal, cylindrical, thick-walled, brown, 3 – 6.2 × 2.5 – 3.1 µm (x ̄ = 4.6 × 2.8 µm, n = 15). Conidia acrogenous, oval to ellipsoidal, muriform, slightly constricted at septa, hyaline or subhyaline when immature, hyaline to brown from base to upper part during maturation, brown when mature, darked at the septum, 35 – 45 (– 47.8) × 18.3 – 25.5 µm (x ̄ = 40.7 × 21.5 µm, n = 30), often with a cylindrical to subglobose, hyaline or subhyaline to pale brown basal cell, 7.5 – 12 × 7.3 – 12 µm (x ̄ = 9.8 × 10.9 µm, n = 20).	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
89D34332ED8B557899741EFE25CC4495.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Conidia germinating on WA within 13 h and germ tube produced from the base of conidia. Colonies growing on PDA under natural light, reaching ca. 26 mm diameter after one month at 26 ° C, irregular or subrotund in shape with lobate edge, raised with convex in the center, dry, fluff, white to pale brown towards the edge from the front; middle brown to dark brown to white from the center to margin from below, and not producing pigmentation in culture.	en	Zhang, Jing-Yi, Hyde, Kevin D., Yang, Ming-Fei, Sun, Ya-Ru, Xiao, Xing-Juan, Meng, Ze-Bin, Bao, Dan-Feng, Lu, Yong-Zhong (2025): Discoveries of Dothideomycetes (Fungi) associated with pteridophytes in China. IMA Fungus 16: e 167717, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.167717
