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B8C1FFC209C45AAD9B92CFAD670D68F8.text	B8C1FFC209C45AAD9B92CFAD670D68F8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apiospora hispanica (Larrondo & Calvo) Pintos & P. Alvarado	<div><p>Apiospora hispanica (Larrondo &amp; Calvo) Pintos &amp; P. Alvarado, Fungal Systematics and Evolution 7: 205. 2021.</p><p>Basionym.</p><p>Arthrinium hispanicum Larrondo &amp; Calvo, Mycologia 84 (3): 476. 1992.</p><p>Synonyms.</p><p>Arthrinium mediterranei Larrondo &amp; Calvo, Mycologia 84 (3): 476. 1992.</p><p>Apiospora mediterranea (Larrondo &amp; Calvo) Pintos &amp; P. Alvarado, Fungal Systematics and Evolution 7: 206. 2021. syn. nov.</p><p>Substrate and distribution.</p><p>Beach sand and air, Spain (Larrondo and Calvo 1992).</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Arthrinium hispanicum was originally described by Larrondo and Calvo (1992) from maritime sand in Spain, while Ar. mediterranei was isolated from the air in the same region (Larrondo and Calvo 1992). The two taxa were morphologically distinguished primarily by conidial dimensions (7.5–8.5 × 6.2–7.6 µm vs. 9–9.5 × 7.5–9 µm, respectively). Pintos and Alvarado (2021) later clarified the relationship between Apiospora and Arthrinium, transferring both Ar. hispanicum and Ar. mediterranei to Apiospora based on multilocus phylogenetic analyses. However, they did not explicitly evaluate whether the two taxa represent a single species. Our phylogenetic analyses reveal that strains of A. hispanica (IMI 326877) and A. mediterranea (IMI 326875) form a single clade without genetic distinction. Comparative analyses of ITS, LSU, and tub 2 sequences showed no nucleotide differences between the two species. Based on the congruence of morphological features and the molecular divergence, we accept A. hispanica as the correct name and regard A. mediterranea syn. nov. as its synonym.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B8C1FFC209C45AAD9B92CFAD670D68F8	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.		Plazi	Wang, Xing-Chang;Zhang, Rui-Nan;Norphanphoun, Chada;Wang, Si-Bo;Zou, Meng-Ting;Guo, Shi-Qi;Sun, Jing-E;Wang, Jia-Ping;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wang, Yong;Liu, Feng-Quan	Wang, Xing-Chang, Zhang, Rui-Nan, Norphanphoun, Chada, Wang, Si-Bo, Zou, Meng-Ting, Guo, Shi-Qi, Sun, Jing-E, Wang, Jia-Ping, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Hyde, Kevin D., Wang, Yong, Liu, Feng-Quan (2026): Novel species and new host records of Apiospora and Nigrospora (Amphisphaeriales, Apiosporaceae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China. IMA Fungus 17: e 177246, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.177246
1BB615FD02B85B358A55B8EBD48E2250.text	1BB615FD02B85B358A55B8EBD48E2250.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apiospora huaxiensis J. E. Sun, X. C. Wang, K. D. Hyde & Yong Wang bis 2026	<div><p>Apiospora huaxiensis J. E. Sun, X. C. Wang, K. D. Hyde &amp; Yong Wang bis sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 7</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species name refers to the collected location, Huaxi District, Guizhou Province.</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>China • Guizhou Province, Guiyang City, Huaxi District, Huaxi Park, on the leaf spots of bamboo, 23 November 2023. X. C. Wang, HGUP 25-0006 (holotype); ex-type GUCC 25-0068 .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Associated with the leaf spots of bamboo. Lesions are black and brown spots with yellow halos on leaves, subglobose and ellipsoidal in shape, measuring 250–700 μm in diam. Sexual morph: Not observed. Asexual morph: on PDA, Hyphae 2.4–4.1 μm wide, branched, septate, hyaline to pale green. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 3.6–6.5 × 2.3–5.8 μm (x ̄ = 5.2 × 3.2 μm, n = 30), cylindrical or round, monoblastic, pale green. Conidia 13.8–17.6 × 11.3–16.4 μm (x ̄ = 15.8 × 13.7 μm, n = 30), globose to ellipsoidal granules, pale green to dark brown, with longitudinal germ-slit.</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>After 7 days at 25 ° C, on PDA, colonies reach 70–74 mm in diam., with irregular margins, flat, cottony, dense aerial mycelia, pale red coloration, and a red reverse; they produce scarlet pigment. On MEA, colonies reach 88–90 mm diam., with regular margins, flat, dense, floccose, surface pale salmon and reverse salmon. On CMA, colonies reach 85–87 mm diam., cottony, flat, dense, irregular margins with aerial mycelia, surface straw, and reverse pale luteous. On SNA, colonies reach 55–59 mm diam., flat, spreading, with sparse aerial mycelia and regular margin, surface and reverse white. On WA, colonies reach 22–26 mm diam., flat, aerial mycelia scant, surface and reverse white. On OA, colonies reach 72–74 mm diam., flat, cottony, with regular floccose margin, surface pale ochreous and reverse umber middle area and pale-yellow outer area. Sporulation was abundant only on PDA after 14 days.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Guizhou Province, Guiyang City, Huaxi District, Huaxi Park, on the leaf spots of bamboo, 23 November 2023, X. C. Wang, HGUP 25-0006 (holotype); GUCC 25-0068 (ex-type), GUCC 25-0069 and GUCC 25-0070 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Apiospora huaxiensis (GUCC 25-0068, GUCC 25-0069, and GUCC 25-0070) formed a sister clade to A. bambusirimae (GUCC 12.51) with strong statistical support (100 % ML / 1.0 BI) (Fig. 2). Morphologically, the conidia of A. huaxiensis are smaller than those of A. bambusirimae (x ̄ = 15.8 × 13.7 μm vs. x ̄ = 20.5 × 13 μm; Yu et al. 2025). In culture, A. huaxiensis produced reddish pigment on PDA after 3 days, whereas A. bambusirimae did not on the same cultivation conditions (Yu et al. 2025). Moreover, pairwise sequence comparisons between the two species revealed nucleotide differences of 2.34 % in ITS (11 / 469 bp, including six gaps) and 2.65 % in tef 1 - α (12 / 453 bp, including nine gaps).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1BB615FD02B85B358A55B8EBD48E2250	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.		Plazi	Wang, Xing-Chang;Zhang, Rui-Nan;Norphanphoun, Chada;Wang, Si-Bo;Zou, Meng-Ting;Guo, Shi-Qi;Sun, Jing-E;Wang, Jia-Ping;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wang, Yong;Liu, Feng-Quan	Wang, Xing-Chang, Zhang, Rui-Nan, Norphanphoun, Chada, Wang, Si-Bo, Zou, Meng-Ting, Guo, Shi-Qi, Sun, Jing-E, Wang, Jia-Ping, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Hyde, Kevin D., Wang, Yong, Liu, Feng-Quan (2026): Novel species and new host records of Apiospora and Nigrospora (Amphisphaeriales, Apiosporaceae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China. IMA Fungus 17: e 177246, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.177246
0A314D1F83655336894A8283350FD193.text	0A314D1F83655336894A8283350FD193.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apiospora locuta-pollinis (F. Liu & L. Cai) Pintos & P. Alvarado	<div><p>Apiospora locuta-pollinis (F. Liu &amp; L. Cai) Pintos &amp; P. Alvarado, Fungal Systematics and Evolution 7: 206. 2021.</p><p>Fig. 8</p><p>Basionym.</p><p>Arthrinium locutum-pollinis F. Liu &amp; L. Cai [as ‘ locuta-pollinis ’], in Zhao, Zhang et al., Mycosphere 9 (6): 1094. 2018.</p><p>Synonym.</p><p>Arthrinium pseudomarii T. Z. Chen, Yong Wang bis &amp; K. D. Hyde, in Chen, Zhang et al., Mycotaxon 136 (1): 191. 2021.</p><p>Substrate and distribution.</p><p>On hive-stored pollen, Hubei Province, China (Zhao et al. 2018); Aristolochia debilis, China (Chen et al. 2021); Bamboo, China (Monkai et al. 2022); Musa sp., Thailand (Samarakoon et al. 2024); grass, China (Gao et al. 2025).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Associated with the leaf spots of maize. Lesions are yellow spots with pale brown halos on leaves, subglobose and spindle-shaped in shape, measuring 300–1000 μm in diam. Sexual morph: Not observed. Asexual morph: on WA, Hyphae 2.1–4.1 μm wide, occasionally coiled, septate, branched hyphae, hyaline. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 3.9–5.1 × 1.9–3.2 μm (x ̄ = 4.2 × 2.1 μm, n = 30), subglobose to ampulliform, mostly polyblastic, hyaline to pale green. Conidia 4.2–10.1 × 3.9–8.7 μm (x ̄ = 7.7 × 5.9 μm, n = 30), globose to subglobose, smooth-walled, pale green when immature, brown when mature. On SNA, Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 3.5–8.2 × 2.1–4.2 μm (x ̄ = 4.9 × 2.7 μm, n = 30), subglobose to ampulliform, mostly polyblastic, pale green. Conidia 4.8–13.9 × 3.7–7.6 μm (x ̄ = 8.2 × 6.2 μm, n = 30), globose, subcylindrical to ovate, smooth, brown.</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>After 7 days at 25 ° C, on PDA, colonies reach 88–90 mm in diam., flat, cottony, with regular margins; surface pale straw, reverse salmon. On MEA, colonies reach 70–74 mm diam., flat, with regular margins, surface, and reverse white. On CMA, colonies reaching 56–58 mm in diam., flat, with regular margins, surface, and reverse white. On SNA, colonies reach 77–79 mm in diam., flat, spreading, with scant aerial mycelia, and a regular margin, surface, and reverse that are white. On WA, colonies reach 42–45 mm diam., flat, spreading, with irregular margins, aerial mycelia scant, surface and reverse white. On OA, colonies reach 81–84 mm diam., circular, flat, cottony, with regular margin, surface white and reverse pale saffron. Sporulation was abundant on WA and SNA after 14 days.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>• Guizhou Province, Liupanshui City, leaf spot on Zea mays, 16 September 2024, X. C. Wang, HGUP 25-0058; GUCC 25-0071 ; • ibid. GUCC 25-0072 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>GUCC 25-0071 and GUCC 25-0072 clustered with A. locuta-pollinis (LC 11683). Morphologically, the new collections also closely resemble A. locuta-pollinis (LC 11683), with globose to subglobose conidia (x ̄ = 7.7 × 5.9 μm vs. x ̄ = 7.1 × 6.4 μm) and subglobose to ampulliform conidiogenous cells (x ̄ = 4.2 × 2.1 μm vs. x ̄ = 4.9 × 3.8 μm) (Zhao et al. 2018). Nucleotide comparison with LC 11683 revealed that only tef 1 - α exhibited two nucleotide differences (2 / 430). Therefore, strains GUCC 25-0071 and GUCC 25-0072 are identified as A. locuta-pollinis . This is the first report of A. locuta-pollinis isolated from maize.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0A314D1F83655336894A8283350FD193	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.		Plazi	Wang, Xing-Chang;Zhang, Rui-Nan;Norphanphoun, Chada;Wang, Si-Bo;Zou, Meng-Ting;Guo, Shi-Qi;Sun, Jing-E;Wang, Jia-Ping;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wang, Yong;Liu, Feng-Quan	Wang, Xing-Chang, Zhang, Rui-Nan, Norphanphoun, Chada, Wang, Si-Bo, Zou, Meng-Ting, Guo, Shi-Qi, Sun, Jing-E, Wang, Jia-Ping, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Hyde, Kevin D., Wang, Yong, Liu, Feng-Quan (2026): Novel species and new host records of Apiospora and Nigrospora (Amphisphaeriales, Apiosporaceae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China. IMA Fungus 17: e 177246, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.177246
E32886034944526E8BF508EDF78B43F7.text	E32886034944526E8BF508EDF78B43F7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apiospora nanmingensis X. C. Wang, S. Q. Guo, K. D. Hyde & Yong Wang bis 2026	<div><p>Apiospora nanmingensis X. C. Wang, S. Q. Guo, K. D. Hyde &amp; Yong Wang bis sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 9</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>This species was named according to the location where the fungus was first collected, Nanming District, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province.</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>China • Guizhou Province, Guiyang City, Nanming District, Guiyang Forest Park, on the stem of bamboo, 1 April 2024. X. C. Wang, HGUP 25-0053 (holotype); ex-type GUCC 25-0087 .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Isolated from decaying stems of bamboo. On the host, Conidiomata punctiform, brown, 150–400 µm × 125–200 µm (n = 30). Conidia 9.2 × 15.2–7.4 × 13.2 μm (x ̄ = 13.2 × 11.4 μm, n = 30), globose to subglobose, brown. Sexual morph: Not observed. Asexual morph: on SNA, Hyphae 1.5–3.8 µm wide, branched, septate, smooth, hyaline. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 3.9–11.3 × 2.5–3.9 μm (x ̄ = 6.8 × 3.1 μm, n = 30), cylindrical to globose, monoblastic to mostly polyblastic, aggregated, hyaline to pale green. Conidia 7.6–10.4 × 6.9–10.1 μm (x ̄ = 8.9 × 7.5 μm, n = 30), globose, subglobose to lenticular, with longitudinal germ slit, pale green to brown.</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>Colonies for 7 days at 25 ° C: On PDA, colonies reach 88–90 mm diam., flat, spreading, with irregular margins, dense aerial mycelia, surface white and reverse pale salmon center and white margin. On MEA, colonies reach 57–60 mm diam., flat, floccose, cottony, with regular margins, surface and reverse white. On CMA, colonies reach 77–80 mm diam., flat, with regular margins, spreading, with moderate aerial mycelia, surface and reverse pale salmon. On SNA, colonies reach 87–90 mm diam., flat, aerial mycelia scant, with regular margins, surface and reverse white. On WA, colonies reach 63–65 mm diam., flat, aerial mycelia scant, with regular margins, surface and reverse white. On OA, colonies reach 70–72 mm diam., cottony, with dense aerial mycelia, regular margins, surface white and reverse pale straw. Sporulation was abundant only on SNA after 14 days.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Guizhou Province, Guiyang City, Nanming District, Guiyang Forest Park, on the stem of bamboo, 1 April 2024. X. C. Wang, HGUP 25-0053 (holotype); GUCC 25-0087 (ex-type), GUCC 25-0088 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Based on the phylogenetic analyses, the two strains obtained in this study, GUCC 25-0087 and GUCC 25-0088, formed a distinct, well-supported lineage (100 % ML / 1.0 BI) with A. hysterina, A. sasae, and A. yunnana (Fig. 2). Morphologically, our strains can be readily distinguished from these closely related taxa by their smaller conidia, which measure 7.6–10.4 × 6.9–10.1 µm (vs. 15–18 × 14–16.5 µm in A. hysterina; Kwon et al. 2022; Saccardo 1893; 17–18 × 16–17 µm in A. sasae; Crous et al. 2021; and 17.5–26.5 × 15.5–25 µm in A. yunnana; Dai et al. 2017). The conidiogenous cells are likewise smaller than those of A. yunnana (3.9–11.3 × 2.5–3.9 µm vs. 16.5–50 × 2–4 µm). Interestingly, in this clade, the shape and size of the conidia of A. hysterina, A. sasae, and A. yunnana are relatively similar, whereas the conidia of A. nanmingensis that we identified differ significantly in shape and size from those of the other species, whether observed on the host or on culture media. Apiospora species are variable in morphological characteristics depending on growth conditions, and molecular and phylogenetic analysis are the key to recognize species in this genus. Pairwise sequence comparisons revealed that strains GUCC 25-0087 and GUCC 25-0088 differ from A. hysterina (ICPM 6889) by 2.72 % in ITS (14 / 441 bp, including two gaps), 1.86 % in tef 1 - α (8 / 430 bp, four gaps), and 1.19 % in tub 2 (9 / 758 bp, one gap). Comparisons with A. sasae (CBS 146808) showed divergences of 2.02 % in ITS (10 / 496 bp, three gaps) and 1.55 % in tub 2 (12 / 773 bp). Comparisons with A. yunnana (MFLUCC 15-1002) showed divergences of 4.77 % in ITS (26 / 545 bp, seven gaps) and 0.34 % in LSU (3 / 875 bp, one gap).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E32886034944526E8BF508EDF78B43F7	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.		Plazi	Wang, Xing-Chang;Zhang, Rui-Nan;Norphanphoun, Chada;Wang, Si-Bo;Zou, Meng-Ting;Guo, Shi-Qi;Sun, Jing-E;Wang, Jia-Ping;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wang, Yong;Liu, Feng-Quan	Wang, Xing-Chang, Zhang, Rui-Nan, Norphanphoun, Chada, Wang, Si-Bo, Zou, Meng-Ting, Guo, Shi-Qi, Sun, Jing-E, Wang, Jia-Ping, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Hyde, Kevin D., Wang, Yong, Liu, Feng-Quan (2026): Novel species and new host records of Apiospora and Nigrospora (Amphisphaeriales, Apiosporaceae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China. IMA Fungus 17: e 177246, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.177246
5122DDF4296D5F00971D5CA83CCB81FC.text	5122DDF4296D5F00971D5CA83CCB81FC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apiospora qingzhenensis X. C. Wang, K. D. Hyde & Yong Wang bis 2026	<div><p>Apiospora qingzhenensis X. C. Wang, K. D. Hyde &amp; Yong Wang bis sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 10</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The name refers to Qingzhen City in Guizhou Province, where the fungus was collected.</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>China • Guizhou Province, Qingzhen City, on the leaves of bamboo with spots, 18 January 2024, X. C. Wang, HGUP 25-0008 (holotype); ex-type GUCC 25-0077 .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Associated with bamboo leaf spots. Lesions are black spots on leaves, subglobose in shape, measuring 250–620 μm in diam. Sexual morph: Not observed. Asexual morph: On WA, Hyphae 2.1–5.9 μm in diam, branched, septate, hyaline. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 4.1–6.3 × 2.1–5.7 μm (x ̄ = 5.7 × 3.6 μm, n = 30), cylindrical, mostly polyblastic, aggregated, hyaline or pale green. Conidia 7.1–17.5 × 6.0–11.4 μm (x ̄ = 10.7 × 8.7 μm, n = 30), globose, subglobose to ovate with a straight germ-slit along spore length, green to dark brown. On SNA, Conidiogenous cells 5.2–8.3 × 2.7–6.1 μm (x ̄ = 6.1 × 3.9 μm, n = 30), cylindrical, mostly polyblastic, aggregated, hyaline or pale green. Conidia 6.5–14.3 × 6.0–12.4 μm (x ̄ = 11.8 × 9.3 μm, n = 30), globose to subglobose, pale green for immature and dark brown for mature. Sterile cells extremely rare, pale brown, rolled up, irregularly lobed.</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>Colonies for 7 days at 25 ° C: On PDA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., flat, spreading, cottony, dense aerial mycelia, with regular margins, surface, and reverse pale flesh. On MEA, colonies reach 77–80 mm diam., flat, with moderate aerial mycelia, irregular margins, surface white, and reverse center pale salmon, with margin white. On CMA, colonies reach mm 71–74 diam., flat, spreading, with moderate aerial mycelia, regular margins, surface and reverse pale salmon. On SNA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., flat, aerial mycelia scant, with regular margins, surface and reverse pale white. On WA, colonies reach 53–57 mm diam., flat, aerial mycelia scant, regular margins filamentous, surface and reverse white. On OA, colonies reach 81–84 mm diam., floccose, flat, spreading, with dense aerial mycelia, regular margins, surface white and reverse pale salmon. Sporulation was abundant on WA and SNA after 14 days.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Guizhou Province, Qingzhen City, on the leaves of bamboo with spots, 18 January 2024, X. C. Wang, HGUP 25-0008 (holotype); GUCC 25-0077 (ex-type), GUCC 25-0078, GUCC 25-0079, and GUCC 25-0080 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Based on phylogenetic analyses (Fig. 2), four strains (GUCC 25-0077, GUCC 25-0078, GUCC 25-0079, and GUCC 25-0080) formed a distinct and well-supported clade within Apiospora sensu stricto . The closest related species are A. zhaotongensis, A. zhenxiongensis, and A. bambusiparasitica . Since A. zhaotongensis and A. zhenxiongensis have been reported only from their sexual morphs (Han et al. 2024), morphological comparisons were made solely with A. bambusiparasitica . Morphologically, the new species differs from A. bambusiparasitica by having smaller conidiogenous cells (4.1–6.3 × 2.1–5.7 μm vs. 7–17 × 2.0–4.5 μm) and slightly larger conidia (x ̄ = 10.7 × 8.7 μm vs. x ̄ = 9.2 ± 0.9 × 8.1 ± 1.1 μm; Chang et al. 2025). Occasionally, pale brown, elongated sterile cells can be observed in our species. Furthermore, pairwise sequence comparisons across four gene regions revealed clear nucleotide differences between the new species and its closest relatives. The new strains differ from A. zhaotongensis (GMBCC 1015) by 4.34 % in tub 2 (21 / 484 bp, including seven gaps) and 5.66 % in tef 1 - α (25 / 442 bp, including five gaps); from A. zhenxiongensis (GMBCC 1017) by 5.15 % in tub 2 (25 / 485 bp, including eight gaps) and 5.67 % in tef 1 - α (25 / 441 bp, including five gaps); and from A. bambusiparasitica (RCEF 20003) by 4.72 % in tub 2 (23 / 487 bp, including ten gaps) and 6.39 % in tef 1 - α (28 / 438 bp, including six gaps).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5122DDF4296D5F00971D5CA83CCB81FC	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.		Plazi	Wang, Xing-Chang;Zhang, Rui-Nan;Norphanphoun, Chada;Wang, Si-Bo;Zou, Meng-Ting;Guo, Shi-Qi;Sun, Jing-E;Wang, Jia-Ping;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wang, Yong;Liu, Feng-Quan	Wang, Xing-Chang, Zhang, Rui-Nan, Norphanphoun, Chada, Wang, Si-Bo, Zou, Meng-Ting, Guo, Shi-Qi, Sun, Jing-E, Wang, Jia-Ping, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Hyde, Kevin D., Wang, Yong, Liu, Feng-Quan (2026): Novel species and new host records of Apiospora and Nigrospora (Amphisphaeriales, Apiosporaceae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China. IMA Fungus 17: e 177246, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.177246
2046CA965EC659E2AF869CF13455A6F2.text	2046CA965EC659E2AF869CF13455A6F2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apiospora setariae (C. M. Tian & N. Jiang) X. G. Tian & Tibpromma	<div><p>Apiospora setariae (C. M. Tian &amp; N. Jiang) X. G. Tian &amp; Tibpromma, Life 11 (no. 1071): 19. 2021.</p><p>Fig. 11</p><p>Basionym.</p><p>Arthrinium setariae C. M. Tian &amp; N. Jiang, in Jiang &amp; Tian, Phytotaxa 484 (2): 153. 2020.</p><p>Substrate and distribution.</p><p>Setaria viridis, China (Jiang and Tian 2021).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Associated with decaying stems of bamboo. Sexual morph: Stromata 400–1250 × 270–495 μm (n = 30), solitary to gregarious, partially immersed to erumpent, fusiform, raised on the host surface, with a slit-like opening, multi-loculate. Ascomata 70–240 μm (n = 30) diam., uniseriate or irregularly arranged beneath stromata, globose to subglobose. Peridium 5–20 μm (n = 30) thick, composed of 3–5 layers of brown to hyaline cells arranged in textura angularis. Hamathecium not observed. Asci 67.1–91.6 × 10.1–20.4 μm (x ̄ = 79.9 × 15 μm, n = 30), 8 - spored, broadly cylindrical, with an indistinct pedicel. Ascospores 22.9–29.4 × 6.9–10.9 μm (x ̄ = 25.9 × 9 μm, n = 30), broadly ellipsoidal, composed of a large upper cell and a small lower cell, hyaline to pale green, smooth-walled. Asexual morph: refer to (Jiang and Tian 2021).</p><p>Culture characteristics — Colonies for 7 days at 25 ° C: On PDA, colonies reaching 88–90 mm diam., flat, spreading, dense aerial mycelia, with regular margins, surface and reverse scarlet, produce scarlet pigment. On MEA, colonies reach 55–58 mm diam., flat, spreading, with irregular margins, surface and reverse center scarlet and margin white, produce reddish pigment. On CMA, colonies reach 31–33 mm diam., flat, aerial mycelia scant, regular margins, surface and reverse white. On SNA, colonies reach 41–43 mm diam., flat, aerial mycelia scant, regular margins, surface and reverse white. On WA, colonies reach 30–32 mm diam., flat, aerial mycelia scant, regular margins, surface and reverse white. On OA, colonies reach 44–47 mm diam., flat, cottony, dense aerial mycelia, with regular margins, surface white and reverse salmon. Sporulation was absent on any medium after 14 days.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Guizhou Province, Guiyang City, Huaxi District, Huaxi Park, on the decaying bamboo stems, 17 April 2024, X. C. Wang, HGUP 25-0059; GUCC 25-0081 and GUCC 25-0082 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>In phylogenetic analyses, the newly generated strains in this study, GUCC 25-0081 and GUCC 25-0082, clustered with A. setariae (strains CFCC 54041 and beilin 024) with ML / BI = 100 / 1 (Fig. 2). Morphologically, our new collections are very similar to A. setariae in the asci size (67.1–91.6 × 10.1–20.4 μm vs. 60–95 × 15–21 μm) and ascospores (22.9–29.4 × 6.9–10.9 μm vs. 18–23 × 8–11 μm, Jiang and Tian 2021). Therefore, both collections are identified as A. setariae . Previously, A. setariae was reported only from decaying culms of Setaria viridis (Jiang and Tian 2021) . The comparison of nucleotide differences between strain GUCC 25-0081 and the type strain of A. setariae (CFCC 54041 T) revealed clear sequence divergence: 0.69 % in ITS (4 / 583 bp, including one gap), 0.41 % in tub 2 (3 / 730 bp, including one gap), and 0.46 % in tef 1 - α (2 / 439 bp, no gaps). In this study, the species was isolated from bamboo stems, representing a new host record for A. setariae .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2046CA965EC659E2AF869CF13455A6F2	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.		Plazi	Wang, Xing-Chang;Zhang, Rui-Nan;Norphanphoun, Chada;Wang, Si-Bo;Zou, Meng-Ting;Guo, Shi-Qi;Sun, Jing-E;Wang, Jia-Ping;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wang, Yong;Liu, Feng-Quan	Wang, Xing-Chang, Zhang, Rui-Nan, Norphanphoun, Chada, Wang, Si-Bo, Zou, Meng-Ting, Guo, Shi-Qi, Sun, Jing-E, Wang, Jia-Ping, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Hyde, Kevin D., Wang, Yong, Liu, Feng-Quan (2026): Novel species and new host records of Apiospora and Nigrospora (Amphisphaeriales, Apiosporaceae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China. IMA Fungus 17: e 177246, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.177246
12F85AAE322C53449B79DFBFD131F025.text	12F85AAE322C53449B79DFBFD131F025.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apiospora sinense K. D. Hyde, J. Frohl. & Joanne E. Taylor	<div><p>Apiospora sinense K. D. Hyde, J. Fröhl. &amp; Joanne E. Taylor, Sydowia 50 (1): 27. 1998 syn. nov.</p><p>Synonym.</p><p>Arthrinium sinense (K. D. Hyde, J. Fröhl. &amp; Joanne E. Taylor) Crous &amp; J. Z. Groenew., in Réblová et al., IMA Fungus 7 (1): 140. 2016.</p><p>Substrate and distribution.</p><p>On dead petiole of Trachycarpus fortunei, Hubei Province, China (Hyde 1998).</p><p>Morphological description.</p><p>refer to Hyde et al. (1998).</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Apiospora sinensis was described initially from dead petiole of Trachycarpus fortunei by Hyde et al. (1998). Due to uncertainty regarding the taxonomic boundaries between Apiospora and Arthrinium, Crous and Groenewald in 2016 subsequently transferred this species to Arthrinium based on phylogenetic analysis (Réblová et al. 2016). Pintos and Alvarado (2021) clarified the generic delimitation between Apiospora and Arthrinium, and reassigned most species previously placed in Arthrinium to Apiospora . Currently, only LSU sequence data (AY 083831) is available for this species in GenBank. In our phylogenetic analyses, Ar. sinensis (HKUCC 3143) clustered within Apiospora sensu stricto and formed an independent branch distinct from other taxa. Compared to the reported morphology of this species, its asexual form, the conidia, exhibit the following characteristics: 9–12 × 6–8 μm, mainly rounded in face view, mainly lenticular, brown, with an equatorial germ slit, smooth (Hyde et al. 1998), which shares the same conidial characteristics as those reported for Apiospora (Pintos and Alvarado 2021) . Therefore, Ar. sinense is reinstated in Apiospora to accommodate this taxon.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/12F85AAE322C53449B79DFBFD131F025	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.		Plazi	Wang, Xing-Chang;Zhang, Rui-Nan;Norphanphoun, Chada;Wang, Si-Bo;Zou, Meng-Ting;Guo, Shi-Qi;Sun, Jing-E;Wang, Jia-Ping;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wang, Yong;Liu, Feng-Quan	Wang, Xing-Chang, Zhang, Rui-Nan, Norphanphoun, Chada, Wang, Si-Bo, Zou, Meng-Ting, Guo, Shi-Qi, Sun, Jing-E, Wang, Jia-Ping, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Hyde, Kevin D., Wang, Yong, Liu, Feng-Quan (2026): Novel species and new host records of Apiospora and Nigrospora (Amphisphaeriales, Apiosporaceae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China. IMA Fungus 17: e 177246, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.177246
4FF98D5AA06B55ABBA61F8085117334B.text	4FF98D5AA06B55ABBA61F8085117334B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apiospora tongrenensis S. Q. Guo, X. C. Wang, K. D. Hyde & Yong Wang bis 2026	<div><p>Apiospora tongrenensis S. Q. Guo, X. C. Wang, K. D. Hyde &amp; Yong Wang bis sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 12</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Named according to Tongren, Guizhou Province, China, where the species was collected.</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>China • Guizhou Province, Tongren City, Foding Mountain, leaf spots on bamboo, 10 July 2024, S. Q. Guo, HGUP 25-0009 (holotype), ex-type living culture GUCC 25-0083 .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Associated with leaf spots on bamboo. Lesions as pale-yellow spots on leaves, subglobose and ellipsoidal in shape, measuring 500–2000 × 240–1200 μm. Sexual morph: Not observed. Asexual morph: On SNA, Hyphae 1.9–3.6 μm wide, branched, coiled hyphae, septate, hyaline to pale green. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 6–18.4 × 3.1–6.6 μm (x ̄ = 12.4 × 4.2 μm, n = 30), cylindrical, aggregated, monoblastic to polyblastic, smooth, hyaline or brown. Conidia immature pale green, mature brownish, smooth-walled, globose or subglobose, 10–14.9 × 8.5–11.4 μm (x ̄ = 13 × 9.7 μm, n = 30), sometimes with longitudinal germ slit. Elongated conidia (sterile cells) pale brown, elongate, 17.6–32.5 × 4.5–8.8 μm (x ̄ = 22.3 × 6.9 μm, n = 30).</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>Colonies after 7 days at 25 ° C: On PDA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., flat, spreading, dense aerial mycelia, with regular margins, surface white and reverse pale salmon. On MEA, colonies reach 80–82 mm diam., flat, cottony, dense aerial mycelia, with regular margins, surface white and reverse pale salmon. On CMA, colonies reach 77–80 mm diam., flat, spreading, with regular margins, surface white, and reverse pale salmon. On SNA, colonies reach 83–85 mm diam., flat, aerial mycelia scant, regular margins filamentous, surface and reverse white. On WA, colonies reach 47–50 mm diam., flat, center dense aerial mycelia, and margin scant, surface and reverse white. On OA, colonies reach 64–67 mm diam., flat, cottony, dense aerial mycelia, with regular margins, surface white and reverse salmon. Sporulation was abundant only on SNA after 14 days.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Guizhou Province, Tongren City, Foding Mountain, leaf spots on bamboo, 10 July 2024, S. Q. Guo, HGUP 25-0009 (holotype); GUCC 25-0083 (ex-type), GUCC 25-0083 and GUCC 25-0084 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Phylogenetic analyses (Fig. 2) revealed that the new species, A. tongrenensis (GUCC 25-0083 and GUCC 25-0084) formed a distinct and well-supported branch with A. saccharicola (99 % ML / 1.0 BI). Morphologically, the two species are clearly different, with A. tongrenensis possessing larger conidiogenous cells (6–18.4 × 3.1–6.6 μm vs. 5–12 × 2.5–4 μm; Crous and Groenewald 2013). The conidia of A. tongrenensis are also larger than those of A. saccharicola (Crous and Groenewald 2013) . Pairwise sequence comparisons between A. tongrenensis (GUCC 25-0083) and A. saccharicola (CBS 191.73) revealed nucleotide differences of 1 % in ITS (6 / 600, no gaps), 0.82 % in LSU (10 / 1225, no gaps), 3.47 % in tub 2 (28 / 806, including six gaps), and 0.92 % in tef 1 - α (4 / 435 bp, no gaps).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4FF98D5AA06B55ABBA61F8085117334B	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.		Plazi	Wang, Xing-Chang;Zhang, Rui-Nan;Norphanphoun, Chada;Wang, Si-Bo;Zou, Meng-Ting;Guo, Shi-Qi;Sun, Jing-E;Wang, Jia-Ping;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wang, Yong;Liu, Feng-Quan	Wang, Xing-Chang, Zhang, Rui-Nan, Norphanphoun, Chada, Wang, Si-Bo, Zou, Meng-Ting, Guo, Shi-Qi, Sun, Jing-E, Wang, Jia-Ping, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Hyde, Kevin D., Wang, Yong, Liu, Feng-Quan (2026): Novel species and new host records of Apiospora and Nigrospora (Amphisphaeriales, Apiosporaceae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China. IMA Fungus 17: e 177246, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.177246
7D2B2152B4C657DE87D34FC1C946A6D4.text	7D2B2152B4C657DE87D34FC1C946A6D4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apiospora vietnamensis (Hol. - Jech.) Pintos & P. Alvarado	<div><p>Apiospora vietnamensis (Hol. - Jech.) Pintos &amp; P. Alvarado, Fungal Syst. Evol. 7: 207. 2021.</p><p>Basionym.</p><p>Nigrospora vietnamensis Hol. - Jech., Česká Mykol. 17 (1): 19. 1963.</p><p>Synonyms.</p><p>Arthrinium euphorbiae M. B. Ellis, Mycol. Pap. 103: 6. 1965.</p><p>Arthrinium malaysianum Crous, in Crous &amp; Groenewald, IMA Fungus 4 (1): 144. 2013. syn. nov.</p><p>Arthrinium vietnamense (Hol. - Jech.) Mei Wang &amp; L. Cai [as ‘ vietnamensis’], in Wang, Liu, et al., Persoonia 39: 139. 2017. syn. nov.</p><p>Apiospora euphorbiae (M. B. Ellis) X. G. Tian &amp; Tibpromma, in Tian, Karunarathna, et al., Life 11 (no. 1071): 17. 2021. syn. nov.</p><p>Apiospora malaysiana (Crous) Pintos &amp; P. Alvarado, Fungal Syst. Evol. 7: 206. 2021. syn. nov.</p><p>Apiospora magnispora H. J. Zhao, Manawas. &amp; W. Dong, in Zhao, Dong, et al., Curr. Res. Envir. &amp; App. Myc. 13 (1): 9. 2023. syn. nov.</p><p>Substrate and distribution.</p><p>On decayed fruit of Citrus sinensis, Czech Republic (Holubová-Jechová 1963); On dead stems of Euphorbia, Zambia (Ellis 1965); Macaranga hullettii, Malaysia (Crous and Groenewald 2013); Cinnamomum camphora (Crous and Groenewald 2013); Ficus septica, Taiwan (China) (Tennakoon et al. 2021); Bambusa textilis, China (Zhao et al. 2023); Bats, China (Liu et al. 2023 b). Other distributions such as Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, Portugal, India, United Kingdom, and The United Republic of Tanzania record in GBIF.</p><p>Notes.</p><p>The species A. vietnamensis was originally described as N. vietnamensis from decayed fruit of Citrus sinensis (Jechová 1963) and later transferred to Arthrinium by Wang et al. (2017) before being reclassified under Apiospora based on DNA sequence data (Pintos and Alvarado 2021). Our phylogenetic analyses indicate that A. vietnamensis, A. euphorbiae, A. malaysiana, and A. magnispora form a single clade without evident genetic divergence (Fig. 2). Pairwise sequence comparisons further reveal negligible nucleotide differences among the type strains of these species. Morphologically, A. euphorbiae (Ellis 1965; Tian et al. 2021), A. malaysiana (Crous &amp; Groenewald, 2013), and A. vietnamensis (Wang et al. 2017) share nearly identical conidial dimensions (4–5.5 × 3–4 µm, 5–6 × 3–4 µm, and 5–6 × 3–4 µm, respectively). In contrast, A. magnispora produces distinctly larger conidia (20–35 × 15–25 µm; Zhao et al. 2023), which may represent host-associated morphological plasticity rather than a taxonomically meaningful difference. Pairwise sequence comparisons revealed that type strain IMI 99670 T of A. vietnamensis differs from A. malaysiana (CBS 102053 T) by 0.18 % in ITS (1 / 570 bp, no gaps), 0.12 % in LSU (1 / 812 bp, one gap), and no differences in tub 2. Comparisons with A. euphorbiae (IMI 285638 b) showed divergences of 0.18 % in ITS (1 / 520 bp, no gaps), 0.31 % in LSU (1 / 318 bp), and no difference in tub 2. Comparisons with A. magnispora (ZHKUCC 22-0001 T) showed divergences of 0.18 % in ITS (1 / 570 bp, no gaps), 0.12 % in LSU (1 / 812 bp, one gap), and no differences in tub 2. Given the absence of genetic differentiation and the strong morphological congruence among these taxa, we consider A. euphorbiae, A. malaysiana, and A. magnispora to be conspecific with A. vietnamensis, and thus propose them as its synonyms.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D2B2152B4C657DE87D34FC1C946A6D4	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.		Plazi	Wang, Xing-Chang;Zhang, Rui-Nan;Norphanphoun, Chada;Wang, Si-Bo;Zou, Meng-Ting;Guo, Shi-Qi;Sun, Jing-E;Wang, Jia-Ping;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wang, Yong;Liu, Feng-Quan	Wang, Xing-Chang, Zhang, Rui-Nan, Norphanphoun, Chada, Wang, Si-Bo, Zou, Meng-Ting, Guo, Shi-Qi, Sun, Jing-E, Wang, Jia-Ping, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Hyde, Kevin D., Wang, Yong, Liu, Feng-Quan (2026): Novel species and new host records of Apiospora and Nigrospora (Amphisphaeriales, Apiosporaceae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China. IMA Fungus 17: e 177246, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.177246
57ED8FD092F958B086A4EB51185AA911.text	57ED8FD092F958B086A4EB51185AA911.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Nigrospora chinensis Mei Wang & L. Cai	<div><p>Nigrospora chinensis Mei Wang &amp; L. Cai, in Wang, Liu, et al., Persoonia 39: 129. 2017.</p><p>Fig. 13</p><p>Substrate and distribution.</p><p>Found mostly in China on Zanthoxylum bungeanum (Cheng et al. 2025); dragon fruit (Guo et al. 2024); Camellia oleifera (Qin et al. 2021); rice, (Liu et al. 2024 c); Camellia sinensis, Musa paradisiaca, Lindera aggregate, Aucuba japonica, Machilus duthiei, Osmanthus sp., Quercus sp., Smilax ocreata, (Wang et al. 2017) . And on Eleiodoxa conferta, Thailand (Karimi et al. 2025).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Associated with leaf spots on Juglans regia . Circular or irregular lesions, ranging from yellowish-brown to dark brown, primarily concentrated along the leaf margins. Sexual morph: Not observed. Asexual morph: On SNA, Hyphae 2.5–5.1 µm wide, hyphae, branched, septate, hyaline to pale green, smooth. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 5.4–9.5 × 4.8–6.1 µm (x ̄ = 7.4 × 5.3 μm, n = 30), ampulliform to subglobose, monoblastic, hyaline. Conidia 10.3–13.5 × 8.5–12.8 µm (x ̄ = 11.9 × 10.3 μm, n = 30), globose to subglobose, solitary, aseptate, black, smooth-walled, rarely longitudinal germ-slit.</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>Colonies after 7 days at 25 ° C: On PDA, colonies reach mm 90 diam., flat, spreading, with regular margins, surface white and reverse pale salmon. On MEA, colonies reach 88–90 mm diam., flat, spreading, with regular margins, surface and reverse white. On CMA, colonies reach 70–72 mm diam., floccose, spreading, with regular margins, surface and reverse white. On SNA, colonies reach 85–87 mm diam., flat, spreading, with regular margins, surface and reverse white. On WA, colonies reach 53–57 mm diam., flat, spreading, with erose margin, surface and reverse white. On OA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., flat, cottony, with regular margins, surface pale mouse grey and reverse pale salmon. Sporulation was abundant only on SNA after 14 days.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Guizhou Province, Tongren City, Dejiang County, on the diseased leaves of Juglans regia with spots, 5 May 2024, M. T. Zou, HGUP 25-0060; living cultures GUCC 25-0120 and GUCC 25-0121 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Our phylogenetic analysis revealed that the two strains GUCC 25-0120 and GUCC 25-0121 clustered together with N. chinensis, showing no significant genetic distance and high support rates (100 % ML / 1.0 BI; Fig. 3). Morphological comparison indicated that the characteristics of our strains are consistent with those reported for N. chinensis with the size of conidia and conidiogenous cells (Wang et al. 2017). This species is reported for the first time on the leaves of Juglans regia .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/57ED8FD092F958B086A4EB51185AA911	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.		Plazi	Wang, Xing-Chang;Zhang, Rui-Nan;Norphanphoun, Chada;Wang, Si-Bo;Zou, Meng-Ting;Guo, Shi-Qi;Sun, Jing-E;Wang, Jia-Ping;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wang, Yong;Liu, Feng-Quan	Wang, Xing-Chang, Zhang, Rui-Nan, Norphanphoun, Chada, Wang, Si-Bo, Zou, Meng-Ting, Guo, Shi-Qi, Sun, Jing-E, Wang, Jia-Ping, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Hyde, Kevin D., Wang, Yong, Liu, Feng-Quan (2026): Novel species and new host records of Apiospora and Nigrospora (Amphisphaeriales, Apiosporaceae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China. IMA Fungus 17: e 177246, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.177246
B5809F7E410E5E2B933DEE12653B7682.text	B5809F7E410E5E2B933DEE12653B7682.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Nigrospora endophytica A. C. Q. Brito & A. R. Machado	<div><p>Nigrospora endophytica A. C. Q. Brito &amp; A. R. Machado, in Brito, Mello, et al., Mycological Progress 22 (6, no. 37): 5. 2023.</p><p>Fig. 14</p><p>Substrate and distribution.</p><p>Manihot esculenta, Brazil (de Queiroz Brito et al. 2023).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Associated with leaf spots on Juglans regia . Circular or irregular lesions, ranging from yellowish-brown to dark brown. Sexual morph: Not observed. Asexual morph: On SNA, Hyphae 1.5–4 µm wide, hyphae, ranched, sometimes coiled, septate, hyaline or pale green to dark brown. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 7.4–9.1 × 4.9–7.8 µm (x ̄ = 8.2 × 6.2 μm, n = 30), ampulliform to subglobose, solitary, monoblastic, pale green. Conidia 11.1–16.3 × 7.4–13.4 µm (x ̄ = 13.6 × 10.9 μm, n = 30), subglobose, solitary, aseptate, pale brown to black, smooth.</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>Colonies for 7 days at 25 ° C: On PDA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., flat, spreading, with regular margins, surface center fuscous black and margin white, reverse center black and margin pale salmon. On MEA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., flat, spreading, with regular margins, surface center and reverse vinaceous grey and margin greyish lilac. On CMA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., flat spreading, with regular margins, surface, and reverse greyish lilac. On SNA, colonies reaching 90 mm diam., flat, aerial mycelia scant, regular margins filamentous, surface and reverse pale vinaceous grey. On WA, colonies reach 40–42 mm diam., flat, aerial mycelia scant, with erose margin, surface and reverse greyish. On OA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., flat, spreading, with regular margins, surface greyish lilac and reverse center black and margin pale grey. Sporulation was abundant only on SNA after 14 days.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Yunnan Province, Lincang City, on the diseased leaves of Juglans regia with spots, 21 June 2024, M. T. Zou, HGUP 25-0061; GUCC 25-0122 and GUCC 25-0123 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Our phylogenetic analysis indicated that strains GUCC 25-0122 and GUCC 25-0123 clustered together with N. endophytica (strains A. R. M 973 and A. R. M 687) with statistical support (96 % ML / 0.69 BI) (Fig. 3). Comparison of nucleotide differences between GUCC 25-0122 and N. endophytica (A. R. M 973) revealed minor variations: 0.83 % in ITS (4 / 481 bp, including one gap), 1.05 % in tef 1 - α (5 / 478 bp, including one gap), and 0.05 % in tub 2 (2 / 405 bp, without gaps). Although slight sequence differences were observed, the morphological characteristics of our strains are closely similar to those of N. endophytica (de Queiroz Brito et al. 2023) . Therefore, strains GUCC 25-0122 and GUCC 25-0123 are identified as N. endophytica . Previously, N. endophytica was reported only as an endophyte from the stem tissue of Manihot esculenta (de Queiroz Brito et al. 2023) . This study represents the first record of this species from J. regia leaves, indicating a new host association.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B5809F7E410E5E2B933DEE12653B7682	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.		Plazi	Wang, Xing-Chang;Zhang, Rui-Nan;Norphanphoun, Chada;Wang, Si-Bo;Zou, Meng-Ting;Guo, Shi-Qi;Sun, Jing-E;Wang, Jia-Ping;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wang, Yong;Liu, Feng-Quan	Wang, Xing-Chang, Zhang, Rui-Nan, Norphanphoun, Chada, Wang, Si-Bo, Zou, Meng-Ting, Guo, Shi-Qi, Sun, Jing-E, Wang, Jia-Ping, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Hyde, Kevin D., Wang, Yong, Liu, Feng-Quan (2026): Novel species and new host records of Apiospora and Nigrospora (Amphisphaeriales, Apiosporaceae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China. IMA Fungus 17: e 177246, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.177246
41880857C8AB5139A19A60DB52983537.text	41880857C8AB5139A19A60DB52983537.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Nigrospora neosaccharicola M. T. Zou, X. C. Wang, K. D. Hyde & Yong Wang bis 2026	<div><p>Nigrospora neosaccharicola M. T. Zou, X. C. Wang, K. D. Hyde &amp; Yong Wang bis sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 15</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species was named based on morphological similarity to Nigrospora saccharicola .</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>China • Yunnan Province, Chuxiong City, on the diseased leaves of Juglans regia with spots, 26 March 2024, M. T. Zou, HGUP 25-0010 (holotype), ex-type GUCC 25-0124 .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Associated with leaf spots on Juglans regia . Leaves lose their green coloration, developing nearly circular lesions that appear yellowish-brown with a surrounding yellow halo. In later stages, the center of the lesions turns pale yellow. Small spots merge into larger ones, eventually causing leaf death. Sexual morph: Not observed. Asexual morph: On SNA, Hyphae 3.2–5.8 µm wide, branched, septate, hyaline to dark brown, smooth. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 4.5–10.7 × 5.4–8.9 µm (x ̄ = 7.4 × 6.7 μm, n = 30), subglobose to pot-shaped, aseptate, pale brown. Conidia 11.4–16.7 × 8.1–13.4 µm (x ̄ = 13.7 × 10.6 μm, n = 30), globose to subglobose, solitary, aseptate, brown to black, smooth-walled.</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>Colonies after 7 days at 25 ° C: On PDA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., flat, dense aerial mycelia, with regular margins, surface pale olivaceous gray, reverse center black, and margin pale flesh. On MEA, colonies reach 90 mm in diam., flat, spreading, and dense, with regular margins; surface dark mouse grey and reverse umber. On CMA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., flat, spreading, with regular margins, surface, and reverse center grey and margin greyish lilac. On SNA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., flat, aerial mycelia scant, regular margins filamentous, surface and reverse pale vinaceous grey. On WA, colonies reach 77–79 mm diam., flat, aerial mycelia scant, with erose margin, surface and reverse greyish. On OA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., cottony, dense aerial mycelia, with regular margins, surface mouse grey, reverse center dark mouse grey, and margin saffron. Sporulation was abundant only on SNA after 14 days.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Yunnan Province, Chuxiong City, on the diseased leaves of Juglans regia with spots, 26 March 2024, M. T. Zou, HGUP 25-0010 (holotype), GUCC 25-0124, (ex-type), GUCC 25-0125, GUCC 25-0126, GUCC 25-0127, GUCC 25-0128 and GUCC 25-0129 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>In the phylogenetic analyses (Fig. 3), six strains (GUCC 25-0124, GUCC 25-0125, GUCC 25-0126, GUCC 25-0127, GUCC 25-0128, and GUCC 25-0129) formed a sister clade to N. saccharicola (type strain CGMCC 3.19362) with strong statistical support (100 % ML / 1.0 BI). The comparison of nucleotide differences between strain GUCC 25-0124 and the type strain of N. saccharicola revealed clear sequence divergence: 0.31 % in ITS (1 / 324 bp, no gaps), 3.32 % in tub 2 (12 / 361 bp, including seven gaps), and 5.58 % in tef 1 - α (24 / 430 bp, including three gaps). Morphologically, our isolates differ slightly from N. saccharicola in both conidial and conidiogenous cell dimensions. Nigrospora neosaccharicola produces smaller conidia (mean = 13.7 × 10.6 μm vs. 15.24 × 11.69 μm) and narrower conidiogenous cells (mean = 7.4 × 6.7 μm vs. 8.65 × 6.8 μm) (Raza et al. 2019). Furthermore, sterile (elongated) cells, which are present in N. saccharicola, were not observed in our isolates. While N. saccharicola was originally described from Saccharum officinarum (Raza et al. 2019), our isolates were obtained from leaves of Juglans regia .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/41880857C8AB5139A19A60DB52983537	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.		Plazi	Wang, Xing-Chang;Zhang, Rui-Nan;Norphanphoun, Chada;Wang, Si-Bo;Zou, Meng-Ting;Guo, Shi-Qi;Sun, Jing-E;Wang, Jia-Ping;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wang, Yong;Liu, Feng-Quan	Wang, Xing-Chang, Zhang, Rui-Nan, Norphanphoun, Chada, Wang, Si-Bo, Zou, Meng-Ting, Guo, Shi-Qi, Sun, Jing-E, Wang, Jia-Ping, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Hyde, Kevin D., Wang, Yong, Liu, Feng-Quan (2026): Novel species and new host records of Apiospora and Nigrospora (Amphisphaeriales, Apiosporaceae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China. IMA Fungus 17: e 177246, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.177246
A2EDC71048D056E4A23821197035B59E.text	A2EDC71048D056E4A23821197035B59E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Nigrospora osmanthi Mei Wang & L. Cai	<div><p>Nigrospora osmanthi Mei Wang &amp; L. Cai, Persoonia 39: 135 (2017).</p><p>Fig. 16</p><p>Substrate and distribution.</p><p>Ficus pandurata, China (Liu et al. 2019); Hedera nepalensis, China (Wang et al. 2017); Water Lettuce, China (Lin et al. 2023); Stenotaphrum secundatum China (Mei et al. 2019); Orthosiphon stamineus, Malaysia (Ismail et al. 2022); Artemisia argyi, China (Yang et al. 2025); Cirsium setosum, Phyllostachys nigra, Phragmites australis, Rosa chinensis, China (Hao et al. 2020). Other distributions such as Colombia, Croatia, Iran, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and United States recorded in GBIF.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Associated with leaf spots of Juglans regia . Circular or irregular lesions, ranging from yellowish-brown to dark brown with yellow halos. Sexual morph: Not observed. Asexual morph: On SNA, Hyphae 3.5–7 µm wide, branched, septate, hyaline to dark brown, smooth. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 5.8–8.7 × 4.1–6.6 µm (x ̄ = 7.0 × 5.2 μm, n = 30), subglobose, monoblastic, pale green to brown. Conidia 10.2–12.3 × 8.3–10.9 µm (x ̄ = 11.4 × 9.5 μm, n = 30), globose to subglobose, aseptate, solitary, brown to black, smooth, shiny.</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>Colonies after 7 days at 25 ° C: On PDA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., flat, spreading, dense aerial mycelia, with regular margins, surface and reverse white. On MEA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., flat, spreading, dense aerial mycelia, regular margins, surface and reverse pale vinaceous grey. On CMA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., flat, spreading, regular margins, surface and reverse pale vinaceous grey. On SNA, colonies reach 88–90 mm diam., flat, spreading, aerial mycelia scant, regular margins filamentous, surface and reverse pale vinaceous grey. On WA, colonies reach 52–55 mm diam., flat, spreading, with erose and irregular margin, surface and reverse pale vinaceous grey. On OA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., flat, spreading, dense aerial mycelia, with regular margins, surface mouse grey and reverse center dark mouse grey and margin saffron. Sporulation was abundant only on SNA after 14 days.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Yunnan Province, Chuxiong City, on the diseased leaves of Juglans regia with spots, 23 March 2024, M. T. Zou, HGUP 25-0062; GUCC 25-0130, GUCC 25-0131, GUCC 25-0132 and GUCC 25-0133 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Nigrospora osmanthi was first observed on Osmanthus sp. in Jiangxi Province, China (Wang et al. 2017). In this study, four strains (GUCC 25-0130, GUCC 25-0131, GUCC 25-0132, and GUCC 25-0133) were isolated from leaf spots of J. regia . Phylogenetic analysis revealed that these two strains clustered with the type strain of N. osmanthi (CGMCC 3.18126) and strain LC 4467, showing no significant genetic divergence. Morphologically, our isolates exhibited characteristics consistent with those described for N. osmanthi (Wang et al. 2017) . Based on the combined morphological and phylogenetic evidence, the four strains are identified as N. osmanthi . This represents the first record of N. osmanthi from J. regia . However, further pathogenicity tests are required to confirm the pathogenic causes of leaf spot symptoms.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A2EDC71048D056E4A23821197035B59E	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.		Plazi	Wang, Xing-Chang;Zhang, Rui-Nan;Norphanphoun, Chada;Wang, Si-Bo;Zou, Meng-Ting;Guo, Shi-Qi;Sun, Jing-E;Wang, Jia-Ping;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wang, Yong;Liu, Feng-Quan	Wang, Xing-Chang, Zhang, Rui-Nan, Norphanphoun, Chada, Wang, Si-Bo, Zou, Meng-Ting, Guo, Shi-Qi, Sun, Jing-E, Wang, Jia-Ping, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Hyde, Kevin D., Wang, Yong, Liu, Feng-Quan (2026): Novel species and new host records of Apiospora and Nigrospora (Amphisphaeriales, Apiosporaceae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China. IMA Fungus 17: e 177246, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.177246
8708EAD79D285539BE6C8941DF9AD3F8.text	8708EAD79D285539BE6C8941DF9AD3F8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Nigrospora sphaerica (Sacc.) E. W. Mason	<div><p>Nigrospora sphaerica (Sacc.) E. W. Mason, Trans. Br. Mycol. Soc. 12 (2-3): 158 (1927).</p><p>Fig. 17</p><p>Substrate and distribution.</p><p>Pathogens with a wide host range, primarily causing leaf spot or leaf blight.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Associated with leaf spots of Juglans regia . Lesions irregular in shape and dark brown in color. Sexual morph: Not observed. Asexual morph: On SNA, Hyphae 2.5–5 µm in diam., branched, septate, contracted at septum, hyaline to dark brown, smooth. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 6.0–10.5 × 5.0–8.1 µm (x ̄ = 7.8 × 6.6 μm, n = 30), subglobose, monoblastic, pale brown. Conidia 11.8–15.8 × 9.9–13.7 µm (x ̄ = 14.1 × 11.6 μm, n = 30), globose to subglobose, solitary, aseptate, black, smooth.</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>Colonies after 7 days at 25 ° C: On PDA, colonies reach 90 mm diam., flat, spreading, with regular margins, surface white and reverse salmon. On MEA, colonies reach 27–30 mm diam., flat, aerial mycelia scant, regular margins filamentous, surface and reverse white. On CMA, colonies reach 56–60 mm diam., cottony, dense aerial mycelia, with regular margins, surface white and reverse pale salmon. On SNA, colonies reach 20–22 mm diam., flat, aerial mycelia scant, regular margins filamentous, surface and reverse white. On WA, colonies reach 20–22 mm diam., flat, aerial mycelia scant, regular margins filamentous, surface and reverse white. On OA, colonies reach 73–75 mm diam., flat, spreading, dense aerial mycelia, with regular margins, surface greyish lilac and reverse center black and margin pale salmon. Sporulation was abundant only on SNA after 14 days.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Yunnan Province, Lincang City, on the diseased leaves of Juglans regia with spots, 7 May 2024, M. T. Zou, HGUP 25-0063; GUCC 25-0134, GUCC 25-0135, GUCC 25-0136, GUCC 25-0137, GUCC 25-0138 and GUCC 25-0139 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>In the phylogenetic analyses (Fig. 3), the six strains obtained in this study (GUCC 25-0134, GUCC 25-0135, GUCC 25-0136, GUCC 25-0137, GUCC 25-0138, and GUCC 25-0139) clustered with the N. sphaerica species clade with strong statistical support (100 % ML / 1.0 BI). Morphologically, our isolates closely resemble N. sphaerica in their overall diagnostic characteristics. The conidia of our strains are comparable in shape but slightly smaller (14.1 × 11.6 µm) than those reported for N. sphaerica (18.22 × 18.22 µm), while the conidiogenous cells also show similar dimensions (7.8 × 6.6 µm vs. 7.97 × 7.97 µm; Wang et al. 2017; Hyde et al. 2024 a). This study represents the first record of N. sphaerica isolated from leaves of J. regia .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8708EAD79D285539BE6C8941DF9AD3F8	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.		Plazi	Wang, Xing-Chang;Zhang, Rui-Nan;Norphanphoun, Chada;Wang, Si-Bo;Zou, Meng-Ting;Guo, Shi-Qi;Sun, Jing-E;Wang, Jia-Ping;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wang, Yong;Liu, Feng-Quan	Wang, Xing-Chang, Zhang, Rui-Nan, Norphanphoun, Chada, Wang, Si-Bo, Zou, Meng-Ting, Guo, Shi-Qi, Sun, Jing-E, Wang, Jia-Ping, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Hyde, Kevin D., Wang, Yong, Liu, Feng-Quan (2026): Novel species and new host records of Apiospora and Nigrospora (Amphisphaeriales, Apiosporaceae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China. IMA Fungus 17: e 177246, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.177246
