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D699A0FD6E0F5F268428DB951E54E725.text	D699A0FD6E0F5F268428DB951E54E725.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Halophilomyces Wijayaw. & P. M. Kirk	<div><p>Halophilomyces Xiao Wang, L. Pecoraro &amp; H. B. Liu ex Wijayaw. &amp; P. M. Kirk</p><p>= Halophilomyces Xiao Wang, L. Pecoraro &amp; H. B. Liu, J. Fungi 10 (7, no. 474): 10 (2024) (Nom. Inval. Art. 40.7); Index Fungorum Registration Identifier IF 854689.</p><p>Type species.</p><p>Halophilomyces zeylanica Wijayaw., Rajakaruna, D. J. Bhat, P. M. Kirk &amp; K. G. S. U. Ariyaw., sp. nov.</p><p>Endophytic on seagrass species Halophila ovalis and Enhalus acoroides . Hyphae with abundant loop-like structures. Chlamydospores in basipetal chains. Conidia generally increasing in size from base to apex. Solitary conidia present, 1–4 - septate, deeply constricted at septa, coiled to spiral, dark brown, smooth-walled (Wang et al. 2024; this study).</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Wang et al. (2024) introduced Halophilomyces (type species: H. hongkongensis) from the roots and rhizomes of Halophila ovalis ( Hydrocharitaceae), a seagrass species in Hong Kong, China. However, H. hongkongensis (the type species of Halophilomyces) is invalid (Art. 40.7 (Shenzhen)); thus, the genus is correspondingly invalid.</p><p>In this study, we isolated H. hongkongensis from healthy leaves of Enhalus acoroides . Morphologically, the new isolates resemble the original description (as in Wang et al. 2024) and phylogenetically reside in the same clade as H. hongkongensis (Fig. 4).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D699A0FD6E0F5F268428DB951E54E725	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	Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Rajakaruna, Oshadi;Han, Li-Su;Wimalasena, Madhara K.;Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C.;Bhat, Jayarama D.;Dawoud, Turki M.;Udagedara, Susantha;Watsuntorn, Wannapawn;Hongsanan, Sinang;Kirk, Paul M.;Yu, Fuqiang;Dai, Dong-Qin;Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U.	Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Rajakaruna, Oshadi, Han, Li-Su, Wimalasena, Madhara K., Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C., Bhat, Jayarama D., Dawoud, Turki M., Udagedara, Susantha, Watsuntorn, Wannapawn, Hongsanan, Sinang, Kirk, Paul M., Yu, Fuqiang, Dai, Dong-Qin, Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U. (2026): Fungi associated with seagrass Enhalus acoroides in Puttalam Lagoon, Sri Lanka: Discovery of two new species (Neodevriesia zeylanica and Neooccultibambusa zeylanica (Dothideomycetes )) and taxonomic validation of Halophilomyces (Sordariomycetes). MycoKeys 129: 267-297, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.129.184555
BF288BC9FB01596884E87F89D291FECB.text	BF288BC9FB01596884E87F89D291FECB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Halophilomyces zeylanica Wijayaw., Rajakaruna, D. J. Bhat, P. M. Kirk & K. G. S. U. Ariyaw. 2026	<div><p>Halophilomyces zeylanica Wijayaw., Rajakaruna, D. J. Bhat, P. M. Kirk &amp; K. G. S. U. Ariyaw. sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 9</p><p>= Halophilomyces hongkongensis Xiao Wang, L. Pecoraro &amp; H. B. Liu, J. Fungi 10 (7, no. 474): 10 (2024) (Nom. inval., Art. 40.7 (Shenzhen)); Index Fungorum Registration Identifier IF 854690.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species epithet ‘ zeylanica ’ refers to the old name of Sri Lanka, ‘ Ceylon. ’</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>Surface cottony, filamentous, round in shape with raised margin. Colonies cultured on PDA reaching 52–55 mm diam. at 25 ° C after 14 days, forming dense areal mycelium with partly submerged hyphae, white to olive at center; white at edges in forward view; reverse black with white margin.</p><p>Micromorphology.</p><p>Mycelium partly superficial, partly immersed, composed of 3.3–3.9 μm wide, septate, branched, pale brown to olivaceous brown, smooth hyphae, with abundant hyphal loops. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells micronematous to semi-macronematous, holoblastic. Conidia acrogenous, solitary to catenate, 1–4 - septate, deeply constricted at septa, coiled to spiral when in chains, dark brown, smooth-walled, 24–54 μm diam. (x ̄ = 32.2 diam., n = 30), globose to subglobose, with apical cell 14–25 µm, basal cell 9–22 µm. Single-celled conidia 9–30 μm diam. (x ̄ = 22.1 μm diam., n = 30), present, rarely found; Chlamydospores in chains, 5–8 - celled, intercalary in hyphae, with cells ellipsoidal to globose, 14–21 μm diam., olivaceous brown, smooth.</p><p>Typification.</p><p>Sri Lanka • North Western Province, Puttalam District, Kalpitiya, Puttalam Lagoon, endophytic in healthy leaves of Enhalus acoroides, 23 August 2023, O. Rajakaruna &amp; S. Udagedara (holotype RUSLH / 249, dried culture; ex-type UOCCC 251203) .</p><p>Additional material examined.</p><p>Sri Lanka • North Western Province, Puttalam District, Kalpitiya, Puttalam Lagoon, endophytic in healthy leaves of Enhalus acoroides, 23 August 2023, O. Rajakaruna &amp; S. Udagedara, living culture EN 39 a = UOCCC 251211 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Phylogenetically, the new collections (UOCCC 251203 and UOCCC 251211) formed a sister clade with Halophilomyces hongkongensis (HOMAR 1, HOMAR 2, HOMAR 3, and HOMAR 4) with 100 % ML support. The new isolates have only four base pair differences in the ITS locus compared to the ex-type of H. hongkongensis and no differences in the LSU and SSU loci. Conidial dimensions of the new collections resemble those described in Wang et al. (2024). Hence, we confirm that our new strains belong to Halophilomyces hongkongensis (Fig. 4).</p><p>Wang et al. (2024), in the original publication that introduced Halophilomyces and H. hongkongensis, did not designate a holotype for the type species; thus, both the type species and the genus are invalid (Art. 40.1 (Index Fungorum 2025). Here, we designate our new collection (the dried culture) as the new holotype RUSLH / 249 and deposit a new living culture (UOCCC 251203) as the ex-type. Thus, we validate the genus with a new Index Fungorum Registration Identifier and provide a new name for Halophilomyces hongkongensis, namely Halophilomyces zeylanica, with a new Index Fungorum Registration Identifier.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF288BC9FB01596884E87F89D291FECB	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	Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Rajakaruna, Oshadi;Han, Li-Su;Wimalasena, Madhara K.;Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C.;Bhat, Jayarama D.;Dawoud, Turki M.;Udagedara, Susantha;Watsuntorn, Wannapawn;Hongsanan, Sinang;Kirk, Paul M.;Yu, Fuqiang;Dai, Dong-Qin;Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U.	Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Rajakaruna, Oshadi, Han, Li-Su, Wimalasena, Madhara K., Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C., Bhat, Jayarama D., Dawoud, Turki M., Udagedara, Susantha, Watsuntorn, Wannapawn, Hongsanan, Sinang, Kirk, Paul M., Yu, Fuqiang, Dai, Dong-Qin, Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U. (2026): Fungi associated with seagrass Enhalus acoroides in Puttalam Lagoon, Sri Lanka: Discovery of two new species (Neodevriesia zeylanica and Neooccultibambusa zeylanica (Dothideomycetes )) and taxonomic validation of Halophilomyces (Sordariomycetes). MycoKeys 129: 267-297, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.129.184555
717B61C9886C57918D249B10225D3F1C.text	717B61C9886C57918D249B10225D3F1C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neodevriesia Quaedvl. & Crous 2014	<div><p>Neodevriesia Quaedvl. &amp; Crous, Persoonia 33: 24 (2014)</p><p>Notes.</p><p>The genus Neodevriesia was introduced by Quaedvlieg et al. (2014) to accommodate devriesia-like species that are phylogenetically distinct from Devriesia s. str. Currently, the genus comprises 36 species (Species Fungorum 2025; accessed 6 December 2025) and is reported from a broad range of habitats under different ecological conditions (e. g., 1) N. cladophorae M. M. Wang &amp; W. Li from marine algae ( Cladophora sp.) fide Wang et al. 2017; 2) N. queenslandica (Crous, R. G. Shivas &amp; McTaggart) Crous from leaves of Scaevola taccada), worldwide.</p><p>In this study, four strains of Neodevriesia were collected from Enhalus acoroides . Multi-locus phylogenetic analyses confirmed that two strains (UOCCC 251201 and UOCCC 251209) belong to N. saximollicula (Fig. 2). The other two strains formed a distinct lineage within Neodevriesia s. str. in our phylogenetic analysis; thus, we introduce Neodevriesia zeylanica Wijayaw. et al.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/717B61C9886C57918D249B10225D3F1C	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	Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Rajakaruna, Oshadi;Han, Li-Su;Wimalasena, Madhara K.;Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C.;Bhat, Jayarama D.;Dawoud, Turki M.;Udagedara, Susantha;Watsuntorn, Wannapawn;Hongsanan, Sinang;Kirk, Paul M.;Yu, Fuqiang;Dai, Dong-Qin;Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U.	Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Rajakaruna, Oshadi, Han, Li-Su, Wimalasena, Madhara K., Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C., Bhat, Jayarama D., Dawoud, Turki M., Udagedara, Susantha, Watsuntorn, Wannapawn, Hongsanan, Sinang, Kirk, Paul M., Yu, Fuqiang, Dai, Dong-Qin, Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U. (2026): Fungi associated with seagrass Enhalus acoroides in Puttalam Lagoon, Sri Lanka: Discovery of two new species (Neodevriesia zeylanica and Neooccultibambusa zeylanica (Dothideomycetes )) and taxonomic validation of Halophilomyces (Sordariomycetes). MycoKeys 129: 267-297, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.129.184555
8D0FEFBEBC7D52CBBD4B7CF462E857B3.text	8D0FEFBEBC7D52CBBD4B7CF462E857B3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neodevriesia saximollicula D. S. Paiva	<div><p>Neodevriesia saximollicula D. S. Paiva, Fungal Systematics and Evolution 15: 66 (2024)</p><p>Fig. 6</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>Colonies on PDA velvety, irregular in shape, convex, reached 14–16 mm diam. after 14 days at 25 ° C; grayish black center with black margin in forward view; reverse black. Colonies on Enhalus acoroides - infused PDA looked identical to those observed on PDA, with a slightly decreased radial growth, reaching 11–13 mm at 25 ° C in 14 days of incubation.</p><p>Micromorphology.</p><p>Hyphae 1.5–4 μm wide, heavily branched, septate, smooth, hyaline to olivaceous brown; no sporulation observed. Occasionally, thick-walled hyphal knots observed.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>Sri Lanka • North Western Province, Puttalam District, Kalpitiya, Puttalam Lagoon, endophytic in healthy leaves of Enhalus acoroides, 23 August 2023, O. Rajakaruna &amp; S. Udagedara, living culture numbers, UOCCC 251201 = UOCCC 251209 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Paiva et al. (2025) introduced Neodevriesia saximollicula from stone artworks in Aveiro, Portugal. In their phylogenetic analyses (based on ITS and LSU), Neodevriesia saximollicula formed a separate, monophyletic clade within Neodevriesia s. str. In our phylogenetic analyses based on ITS, LSU, and rpb 2 sequence data (Fig. 2), new strains UOCCC 251201 = UOCCC 251209 grouped with MUM 23.48 (ex-type) and PL 127 of Neodevriesia saximollicula with high statistical support (100 % ML and 1.00 BYPP in BI analyses, respectively). Hence, we identified UOCCC 251201 and UOCCC 251209 as Neodevriesia saximollicula .</p><p>To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of Neodevriesia saximollicula from a marine or aquatic environment, specifically from the leaves of Enhalus acoroides . In addition, this is the first report of the genus Neodevriesia and N. saximollicula from Sri Lanka.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8D0FEFBEBC7D52CBBD4B7CF462E857B3	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	Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Rajakaruna, Oshadi;Han, Li-Su;Wimalasena, Madhara K.;Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C.;Bhat, Jayarama D.;Dawoud, Turki M.;Udagedara, Susantha;Watsuntorn, Wannapawn;Hongsanan, Sinang;Kirk, Paul M.;Yu, Fuqiang;Dai, Dong-Qin;Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U.	Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Rajakaruna, Oshadi, Han, Li-Su, Wimalasena, Madhara K., Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C., Bhat, Jayarama D., Dawoud, Turki M., Udagedara, Susantha, Watsuntorn, Wannapawn, Hongsanan, Sinang, Kirk, Paul M., Yu, Fuqiang, Dai, Dong-Qin, Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U. (2026): Fungi associated with seagrass Enhalus acoroides in Puttalam Lagoon, Sri Lanka: Discovery of two new species (Neodevriesia zeylanica and Neooccultibambusa zeylanica (Dothideomycetes )) and taxonomic validation of Halophilomyces (Sordariomycetes). MycoKeys 129: 267-297, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.129.184555
8FBD72D4B13C58F8A245CE8D657B9747.text	8FBD72D4B13C58F8A245CE8D657B9747.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neodevriesia zeylanica Wijayaw., Rajakaruna, L. S. Han & K. G. S. U. Ariyaw. 2026	<div><p>Neodevriesia zeylanica Wijayaw., Rajakaruna, L. S. Han &amp; K. G. S. U. Ariyaw. sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 7</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species epithet ‘ zeylanica ’ refers to the old name of Sri Lanka, ‘ Ceylon.’</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>Colonies on PDA reached 6 diam. after 14 days at 25 ° C, exhibiting extremely slow, uniform radial growth. Colonies were velvety with flat elevation, irregular outline, with undulate margin; grayish black in forward view, dark black in reverse. Colonies on Enhalus acoroides - infused PDA appeared identical to those on standard PDA.</p><p>Micromorphology.</p><p>Hyphae septate, branched, initially pale brown, differentiating into dark brown, thick-walled moniliform chains composed of globose to ellipsoidal cells constricted at the septa, eventually forming heavily melanized intercalary chlamydospore-like cells in chains, 100–500 μm long, 2–5 μm thick; no conidia observed.</p><p>Typification.</p><p>Sri Lanka • North Western Province, Puttalam District, Kalpitiya, Puttalam Lagoon, endophytic in healthy leaves of Enhalus acoroides, 23 August 2023, O. Rajakaruna &amp; S. Udagedara, En 71 (holotype RUSLH / 247, dried culture; ex-type UOCCC 251202) .</p><p>Additional material examined.</p><p>Sri Lanka • North Western Province, Puttalam District, Kalpitiya, Puttalam Lagoon, endophytic in healthy leaves of Enhalus acoroides, 23 August 2023, O. Rajakaruna &amp; S. Udagedara, En 71, living culture, En 71 a = UOCCC 251210 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>In the phylogenetic tree, the new isolates clustered with Neodevriesia shakazului (CPC 19782, ex-type) with high statistical support (92 % ML and 0.99 BYPP in Bayesian analyses, respectively). Based on pairwise nucleotide comparisons, UOCCC 251202 and UOCCC 251210 diverged from Neodevriesia shakazului (CPC 19782, ex-type) by 19 / 533 bp (3.5 %) in ITS and 15 / 827 bp (1.8 %) in LSU. Our isolates failed to sporulate, except for some chlamydospore-like cells in linear chains. Although different techniques were used (see Materials and methods), we were unable to compare the microscopic morphological characteristics. Hence, based on the phylogenetic analyses (Fig. 2) and base pair differences, we introduce our isolates as a new species in Neodevriesia s. str., namely N. zeylanica .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8FBD72D4B13C58F8A245CE8D657B9747	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	Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Rajakaruna, Oshadi;Han, Li-Su;Wimalasena, Madhara K.;Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C.;Bhat, Jayarama D.;Dawoud, Turki M.;Udagedara, Susantha;Watsuntorn, Wannapawn;Hongsanan, Sinang;Kirk, Paul M.;Yu, Fuqiang;Dai, Dong-Qin;Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U.	Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Rajakaruna, Oshadi, Han, Li-Su, Wimalasena, Madhara K., Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C., Bhat, Jayarama D., Dawoud, Turki M., Udagedara, Susantha, Watsuntorn, Wannapawn, Hongsanan, Sinang, Kirk, Paul M., Yu, Fuqiang, Dai, Dong-Qin, Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U. (2026): Fungi associated with seagrass Enhalus acoroides in Puttalam Lagoon, Sri Lanka: Discovery of two new species (Neodevriesia zeylanica and Neooccultibambusa zeylanica (Dothideomycetes )) and taxonomic validation of Halophilomyces (Sordariomycetes). MycoKeys 129: 267-297, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.129.184555
7CEF10EC2BFF5AE0B8D6946DC27BE6F0.text	7CEF10EC2BFF5AE0B8D6946DC27BE6F0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neooccultibambusa Doilom & K. D. Hyde 2016	<div><p>Neooccultibambusa Doilom &amp; K. D. Hyde, Fungal Diversity 82: 126 (2016) [2017]</p><p>Notes.</p><p>The genus Neooccultibambusa was introduced by Doilom et al. (2017) from dead culms of Bambusoideae in Thailand, with a sexual morph (cylindrical to subcylindrical unitunicate asci and fusiform ascospores with 1–3 transverse septa) and chlamydospores forming in culture. Later, the genus was reported with hyphomycetous asexual morphs (Hyde et al. 2018). Currently, the genus comprises seven species and has been reported from China (Guizhou and Yunnan Provinces), Italy, and Thailand (Jayasiri et al. 2016; Hyde et al. 2018; Yu et al. 2021; Lu et al. 2025). In this study, we collected two strains of Neooccultibambusa from Enhalus acoroides; multi-locus phylogenetic studies confirmed that these strains represent a novel species. Hence, we introduce Neooccultibambusa zeylanica .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7CEF10EC2BFF5AE0B8D6946DC27BE6F0	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	Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Rajakaruna, Oshadi;Han, Li-Su;Wimalasena, Madhara K.;Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C.;Bhat, Jayarama D.;Dawoud, Turki M.;Udagedara, Susantha;Watsuntorn, Wannapawn;Hongsanan, Sinang;Kirk, Paul M.;Yu, Fuqiang;Dai, Dong-Qin;Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U.	Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Rajakaruna, Oshadi, Han, Li-Su, Wimalasena, Madhara K., Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C., Bhat, Jayarama D., Dawoud, Turki M., Udagedara, Susantha, Watsuntorn, Wannapawn, Hongsanan, Sinang, Kirk, Paul M., Yu, Fuqiang, Dai, Dong-Qin, Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U. (2026): Fungi associated with seagrass Enhalus acoroides in Puttalam Lagoon, Sri Lanka: Discovery of two new species (Neodevriesia zeylanica and Neooccultibambusa zeylanica (Dothideomycetes )) and taxonomic validation of Halophilomyces (Sordariomycetes). MycoKeys 129: 267-297, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.129.184555
7BDC355EC750531A99708B4A281D9290.text	7BDC355EC750531A99708B4A281D9290.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neooccultibambusa zeylanica Wijayaw., Rajakaruna, L. S. Han & K. G. S. U. Ariyaw. 2026	<div><p>Neooccultibambusa zeylanica Wijayaw., Rajakaruna, L. S. Han &amp; K. G. S. U. Ariyaw. sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 8</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species epithet ‘ zeylanica ’ refers to the old name of Sri Lanka, ‘ Ceylon.’</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>Colonies on PDA velvety, circular with an undulate margin, raised, umbonate, attaining 16 mm diam. after 14 days at 25 ° C; surface grey at center, white toward margin; reverse black. Colonies on Enhalus acoroides - infused PDA are similar.</p><p>Micromorphology.</p><p>Hyphae 1–2 μm wide, profusely branched, septate, smooth-walled, with globose to subglobose or irregular, intercalary, chlamydospore-like structures, 5–30 × 2–5 μm (x ̄ = 18 × 3.5 μm diam., n = 30), smooth-walled cells, hyaline to olivaceous.</p><p>Typification.</p><p>Sri Lanka • North Western Province, Puttalam District, Kalpitiya, Puttalam Lagoon, endophytic in healthy leaves of Enhalus acoroides, 23 August 2023, O. Rajakaruna &amp; S. Udagedara, En 42 (holotype RUSLH / 248, dried culture; ex-type UOCCC 251207) .</p><p>Additional material examined.</p><p>Sri Lanka • North Western Province, Puttalam District, Kalpitiya, Puttalam Lagoon, endophytic of healthy leaves of Enhalus acoroides, 23 August 2023, O. Rajakaruna &amp; S. Udagedara, En 42, living culture En 42 a = UOCCC 251213 ; Ibid., living culture En 54 a = En 54 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Our new strains of Neooccultibambusa are accommodated within Neooccultibambusa s. str. as a separate clade (Fig. 3), thus introducing Neooccultibambusa zeylanica sp. nov. here. Neooccultibambusa zeylanica cultures failed to produce any defined microscopic spore-like structures in culture, although different techniques were used for sporulation. Hence, we could not compare its morphological characteristics with those of other members of the genus. Therefore, the introduction of this novel taxon is based solely on molecular differences between the ex-type of the new species and its closely related species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7BDC355EC750531A99708B4A281D9290	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	Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Rajakaruna, Oshadi;Han, Li-Su;Wimalasena, Madhara K.;Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C.;Bhat, Jayarama D.;Dawoud, Turki M.;Udagedara, Susantha;Watsuntorn, Wannapawn;Hongsanan, Sinang;Kirk, Paul M.;Yu, Fuqiang;Dai, Dong-Qin;Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U.	Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Rajakaruna, Oshadi, Han, Li-Su, Wimalasena, Madhara K., Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C., Bhat, Jayarama D., Dawoud, Turki M., Udagedara, Susantha, Watsuntorn, Wannapawn, Hongsanan, Sinang, Kirk, Paul M., Yu, Fuqiang, Dai, Dong-Qin, Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U. (2026): Fungi associated with seagrass Enhalus acoroides in Puttalam Lagoon, Sri Lanka: Discovery of two new species (Neodevriesia zeylanica and Neooccultibambusa zeylanica (Dothideomycetes )) and taxonomic validation of Halophilomyces (Sordariomycetes). MycoKeys 129: 267-297, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.129.184555
ECF72D09F3565C06BD409B7964A8D972.text	ECF72D09F3565C06BD409B7964A8D972.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thalassodendromyces purpureus Vohnik & Reblova	<div><p>Thalassodendromyces purpureus Vohník &amp; Réblová, IMA Fungus 16 (e 157688): 22 (2025)</p><p>Fig. 10</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>Filamentous, flat, filiform in margin, with colonies on seawater-supplemented PDA attaining 60–63 mm diam. after 14 days at 25 ° C, with no growth observed on Enhalus acoroides extract-amended PDA or standard PDA after 30 days at 25 ° C (three replicates), partly superficial and partly submerged, olivaceous brown center, lighter at the edges in forward view; reverse olivaceous with lighter margin.</p><p>Micromorphology.</p><p>Hyphae 5–6 μm wide, septate, smooth, olivaceous to brown, chlamydospores in chains, cells ellipsoidal, brown in color. The length of the chlamydospores varies between 13–30 × 7–14 μm (x ̄ = 21.2 × 10.8 µm, n = 10).</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>Sri Lanka • North Western Province, Puttalam District, Kalpitiya, Puttalam Lagoon, endophytic in healthy rhizomes of Enhalus acoroides, 23 August 2023, O. Rajakaruna &amp; S. Udagedara, living cultures, En 13 = UOCCC 251206, UOCCC 251212 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Our new strains (UOCCC 2512006 and UOCCC 251212) cluster with the ex-type of Thalassodendromyces purpureus (CBS 153577) and other putative strains with high statistical support (Fig. 5). In the original description, Réblová et al. (2025) did not observe chlamydospores or any other microscopic characteristics. However, our newly isolated strains produced chlamydospores in chains on seawater-supplemented PDA, but no growth was observed on standard PDA.</p><p>To our knowledge, this is the first report of Thalassodendromyces purpureus from Enhalus acoroides and the first record of both the genus and species from Sri Lanka.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/ECF72D09F3565C06BD409B7964A8D972	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	Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Rajakaruna, Oshadi;Han, Li-Su;Wimalasena, Madhara K.;Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C.;Bhat, Jayarama D.;Dawoud, Turki M.;Udagedara, Susantha;Watsuntorn, Wannapawn;Hongsanan, Sinang;Kirk, Paul M.;Yu, Fuqiang;Dai, Dong-Qin;Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U.	Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Rajakaruna, Oshadi, Han, Li-Su, Wimalasena, Madhara K., Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C., Bhat, Jayarama D., Dawoud, Turki M., Udagedara, Susantha, Watsuntorn, Wannapawn, Hongsanan, Sinang, Kirk, Paul M., Yu, Fuqiang, Dai, Dong-Qin, Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U. (2026): Fungi associated with seagrass Enhalus acoroides in Puttalam Lagoon, Sri Lanka: Discovery of two new species (Neodevriesia zeylanica and Neooccultibambusa zeylanica (Dothideomycetes )) and taxonomic validation of Halophilomyces (Sordariomycetes). MycoKeys 129: 267-297, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.129.184555
0D0E6369ECAF5D489602894CAC7BB9BF.text	0D0E6369ECAF5D489602894CAC7BB9BF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thalassodendromyces Vohnik & Reblova	<div><p>Thalassodendromyces Vohník &amp; Réblová, IMA Fungus 16 (e 157688): 22 (2025)</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Réblová et al. (2025) introduced Thalassodendromyces purpureus (the type species of Thalassodendromyces) from surface-sterilized roots of the seagrass Thalassodendron ciliatum from Mauritius.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0D0E6369ECAF5D489602894CAC7BB9BF	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	Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Rajakaruna, Oshadi;Han, Li-Su;Wimalasena, Madhara K.;Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C.;Bhat, Jayarama D.;Dawoud, Turki M.;Udagedara, Susantha;Watsuntorn, Wannapawn;Hongsanan, Sinang;Kirk, Paul M.;Yu, Fuqiang;Dai, Dong-Qin;Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U.	Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Rajakaruna, Oshadi, Han, Li-Su, Wimalasena, Madhara K., Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C., Bhat, Jayarama D., Dawoud, Turki M., Udagedara, Susantha, Watsuntorn, Wannapawn, Hongsanan, Sinang, Kirk, Paul M., Yu, Fuqiang, Dai, Dong-Qin, Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G. S. U. (2026): Fungi associated with seagrass Enhalus acoroides in Puttalam Lagoon, Sri Lanka: Discovery of two new species (Neodevriesia zeylanica and Neooccultibambusa zeylanica (Dothideomycetes )) and taxonomic validation of Halophilomyces (Sordariomycetes). MycoKeys 129: 267-297, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.129.184555
