identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
D65EA4C052F0532DA2C9AB9DFB5901E1.text	D65EA4C052F0532DA2C9AB9DFB5901E1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Niesslia curvispora Ming. Y. Zhang & Zhi. Y. Zhang 2026	<div><p>Niesslia curvispora Ming. Y. Zhang &amp; Zhi. Y. Zhang sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 2</p><p>Type.</p><p>China • Shanxi, Taiyuan, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=112.56&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.85" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 112.56/lat 37.85)">Yingze Park</a> 37.85°N, 112.56°E, soil, 17 May 2025, Zhi-Yuan Zhang (holotype HMAS 354201, dried culture; culture ex-type CGMCC 3.29401, ibid., ZY 25.001) .</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The epithet “ curvispora ” refers to its curved conidia.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Culture characteristics (14 days at 25 ° C): Colony on PDA reaching 24–27 mm diam. thick, white, margin entire, reverse similarly coloured. Colony on OA reaching 27–29 mm diam. flat, grey, margin entire, reverse similarly coloured. No growth of observed on SNA.</p><p>Mycelium consisting of hyaline, smooth-walled, branched, septate, 1–3 μm diam. hyphae. Sporulation abundant and phalacrogenous. Phialides usually monocillium-like with moderately thick-walled 1–2.5 μm wide basal portion, sometimes percurrently proliferating with a twisted or spiral apex and sometimes ending with a sterile vesicle, (37 –) 45–64 μm. Conidia adhering in slimy heads, aseptate, hyaline, smooth- and thin-walled, elongated-cylindrical, gradually tapering towards ends, hardly truncate at base, curved, 6.5–11.5 × 1.5–2.5 μm (av. 9.1 × 2.6 μm, n = 30). Chlamydospores and sexual morph not observed.</p><p>Geographical distribution.</p><p>Shanxi Province, China.</p><p>Additional material examined.</p><p>China • Shanxi, Taiyuan, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=112.56&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.85" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 112.56/lat 37.85)">Yingze Park</a> 37.85°N, 112.56°E, soil, 17 May 2025, Zhi-Yuan Zhang, ZY 25.002 . • Shanxi, Taiyuan, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=112.59&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.91" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 112.59/lat 37.91)">Taiyuan Zoo</a> 37.91°N, 112.59°E, soil, 17 May 2025, Zhi-Yuan Zhang, ZY 25.003 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Phylogenetic analysis showed that three new isolates (ZY 25.001 –25.003) clustered in a single subclade with high support (100 / 1, Fig. 1). Morphologically, Niesslia curvispora shares curved conidia with N. dimorphospora and N. rhizomorpharum (Gams 1971; Gams et al. 2019). However, N. curvispora differs from N. dimorphospora by its shorter phialides (45–64 μm vs. 55–85 μm) and the shape of conidia (elongated-cylindrical vs. ellipsoidal) (Gams 1971; Gams et al. 2019). Additionally, N. curvispora differs from N. rhizomorpharum by the shape and size of its conidia (elongated-cylindrical, 6.5–11.5 × 1.5–2.5 μm in N. curvispora vs. elongate ellipsoidal, 4–7 × 1.5–2.0 μm in N. rhizomorpharum) (Gams et al. 2019). Phylogenetically, N. curvispora is related to a clade having N. hepworthiae, N. libertiae, N. neoexosporioides, N. nieuwwulvenica, N. phragmiticola and N. pseudoexilis (Fig. 1). However, N. curvispora differs from these species by its shorter phialides and curved conidia (Crous et al. 2021; Crous et al. 2022 a, b, 2023; Crous 2025). In addition, based on a pairwise comparison of ITS, LSU, TEF 1, TUB and ACT, N. curvispora (ex-type ZY 25.001) differs from N. hepworthiae (ex-type CBS 153518) by 7.9 % (47 / 588, 16 gaps) in the ITS, 2.2 % (19 / 846, two gaps) in the LSU, 68.8 % (633 / 920, 443 gaps) in the TEF 1, 27.8 % (119 / 428, 44 gaps) in the TUB and 33.9 % (106 / 312, 56 gaps) in the ACT; from N. libertiae (ex-type CBS 153519) by 9.9 % (60 / 601, 24 gaps) in the ITS, 2 % (17 / 843, one gap) in the LSU, 71.1 % (622 / 874, 485 gaps) in the TEF 1, 24.8 % (90 / 362, 34 gaps) in the TUB and 31.7 % (89 / 280, 24 gaps) in the ACT; from N. neoexosporioides (ex-type CBS 146810) by 6.3 % (40 / 627, 17 gaps) in the ITS, 1.8 % (16 / 846, two gaps) in the LSU, 25.4 % (107 / 421, 37 gaps) in the TUB and 29.1 % (88 / 302, 28 gaps) in the ACT; from N. nieuwwulvenica (ex-type CBS 148943) by 4.4 % (25 / 561, seven gaps) in the ITS, 1.3 % (11 / 805, one gap) in the LSU, 66.1 % (578 / 874, 376 gaps) in the TEF 1, 30.9 % (119 / 385, 44 gaps) in the TUB and 24.7 % (63 / 255, 20 gaps) in the ACT; from N. phragmiticola (ex-type CBS 149682) by 22.4 % (125 / 556, 66 gaps) in the ITS, 5 % (42 / 838, two gaps) in the LSU, 65.5 % (584 / 891, 415 gaps) in the TEF 1, 27.5 % (112 / 407, 42 gaps) in the TUB and 35.1 % (101 / 287, 45 gaps) in the ACT; from N. pseudoexilis (ex-type CBS 148333) by 24.6 % (151 / 613, 93 gaps) in the ITS, 6.5 % (52 / 800, one gap) in the LSU, 24.7 % (99 / 400, 42 gaps) in the TUB and 70.3 % (457 / 650, 390 gaps) in the ACT.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D65EA4C052F0532DA2C9AB9DFB5901E1	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	Tian, Xin;Zhang, Ming-Yi;Hou, Jian-Gan;Wu, Yun-Jie;Zhang, Zhi-Yuan	Tian, Xin, Zhang, Ming-Yi, Hou, Jian-Gan, Wu, Yun-Jie, Zhang, Zhi-Yuan (2026): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal two new species of Niesslia (Niessliaceae, Hypocreales) from China. MycoKeys 127: 73-87, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.127.175675
DF66934195955D4786E266981F18AED2.text	DF66934195955D4786E266981F18AED2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Niesslia shanxiensis Ming. Y. Zhang & Zhi. Y. Zhang 2026	<div><p>Niesslia shanxiensis Ming. Y. Zhang &amp; Zhi. Y. Zhang sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 3.</p><p>Type.</p><p>China • Shanxi, Taiyuan, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=112.58&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.91" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 112.58/lat 37.91)">Taiyuan Zoo</a> 37.91°N, 112.58°E, soil, 17 May 2025, Zhi-Yuan Zhang (holotype HMAS 354202, dried culture; culture ex-type CGMCC 3.29402, ibid., ZY 25.004) .</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The epithet refers to the type location.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Culture characteristics (14 days at 25 ° C): Colony on PDA reaching 15–17 mm diam. powdery, have a circle of black wheel, grey to white from centre to margin, margin entire, reverse similarly coloured. Colony on OA reaching 34–35 mm diam. felted, drab to white from centre to margin, margin entire, reverse similarly coloured. No growth of observed on SNA.</p><p>Mycelium consisting of hyaline, smooth-walled, branched, septate, 1–3 μm diam. hyphae. Sporulation abundant, phalacrogenous, with conidia adhering in slimy droplets, often coalescing. Phialides consisting of a thick-walled, 0.5–1.5 μm wide basal portion, extending into an elongate, slightly widened part up to 1.5–2 μm diam., total length 36–49 μm. Conidia adhering in slimy heads, aseptate, hyaline, smooth- and thin-walled, cylindrical with rounded ends, 2.5–5 × 1–2 μm (av. 3.6 × 1.4 μm, n = 30). Chlamydospores abundant, brown, smooth- and thin-walled, botryoidal, subglobose to globose, 11–16 μm. Sexual morph not observed.</p><p>Geographical distribution.</p><p>Shanxi Province, China.</p><p>Additional material examined.</p><p>China • Shanxi, Taiyuan, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=112.56&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.85" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 112.56/lat 37.85)">Yingze Park</a> 37.85°N, 112.56°E, soil, 17 May 2025, Zhi-Yuan Zhang, ZY 25.005 . • Shanxi, Taiyuan, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=112.59&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.91" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 112.59/lat 37.91)">Taiyuan Zoo</a> 37.91°N, 112.59°E, soil, 17 May 2025, Zhi-Yuan Zhang, ZY 25.006 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Phylogenetic trees showed that three new isolates (ZY 25.004 –25.006) clustered in a single subclade with high support (100 / 1, Fig. 1). Morphologically, Niesslia shanxiensis share the presence of chlamydospores with N. aeruginosa and N. loricata . However, N. shanxiensis differs from N. aeruginosa in producing shorter phialides (36–49 μm vs. 40–65 μm) and larger chlamydospores (11–16 μm vs. 4.5–6 μm) (Gams et al. 2019). Additionally, N. shanxiensis differs from N. loricata by its cylindrical conidia and larger chlamydospores (11–16 μm in N. shanxiensis vs. 4.5–5.5 μm in N. loricata) (Gams 1971; Gams et al. 2019). Phylogenetically, N. shanxiensis is related to N. artocarpi (Fig. 1). However, N. shanxiensis can be distinguished from N. artocarpi by the shape and size of its conidia (cylindrical, 2.5–5 × 1–2 μm in N. shanxiensis vs. short-ellipsoidal, 2.2–3 × 1.3–1.5 μm in N. artocarpi) and by the presence of chlamydospores (Gams et al. 2019). In addition, based on a pairwise comparison of ITS, LSU, TEF 1, TUB and ACT, N. shanxiensis (ex-type ZY 25.003) differs from N. artocarpi (ex-type CBS 582.73) by 11.5 % (69 / 609, 29 gaps) in the ITS, 2.5 % (22 / 847, three gaps) in the LSU, 4.5 % (19 / 416, no gap) in the TEF 1, 20.2 % (83 / 410, 27 gaps) in the TUB and 27.5 % (79 / 287, 23 gaps) in the ACT.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DF66934195955D4786E266981F18AED2	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	Tian, Xin;Zhang, Ming-Yi;Hou, Jian-Gan;Wu, Yun-Jie;Zhang, Zhi-Yuan	Tian, Xin, Zhang, Ming-Yi, Hou, Jian-Gan, Wu, Yun-Jie, Zhang, Zhi-Yuan (2026): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal two new species of Niesslia (Niessliaceae, Hypocreales) from China. MycoKeys 127: 73-87, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.127.175675
