taxonID	type	description	language	source
0392402AFFC3FF858AC65F53C641EB76.taxon	description	(Fig. 2)	en	Khan, Muhammad Binyamin, Tarafder, Entaj, Zeng, Xiang-Yu, Ali, Sardar, Wei, De-Ping, Marasinghe, Diana Sandamali, Wen, Ting Chi (2026): Unveiling a new species of Periconia Tode (Periconiaceae) and its newly identified host in China. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 47 (4): 49-58, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4, URL: https://bioone.org/journals/cryptogamie-mycologie/volume-47/issue-4/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4/Unveiling-a-New-Species-of-Periconia-Tode-Periconiaceae-and-Its/10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4.full
0392402AFFC3FF858AC65F53C641EB76.taxon	materials_examined	TYPE MATERIAL. — China • Yunnan Province, Baoshan City, Gaoligong Mountains; 24. X. 2024; Muhammad Binyamin Khan leg.; holotype: KUNCC 25 - 19211; GenBank: PV 088432 - ITS, PV 088436 - LSU, PV 088447 - SSU, PV 164601 - TEF- 1 α • same data; paratype: KUNCC 25 - 19212; GenBank: PV 088433 - ITS, PV 088446 - LSU, PV 088448 - SSU.	en	Khan, Muhammad Binyamin, Tarafder, Entaj, Zeng, Xiang-Yu, Ali, Sardar, Wei, De-Ping, Marasinghe, Diana Sandamali, Wen, Ting Chi (2026): Unveiling a new species of Periconia Tode (Periconiaceae) and its newly identified host in China. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 47 (4): 49-58, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4, URL: https://bioone.org/journals/cryptogamie-mycologie/volume-47/issue-4/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4/Unveiling-a-New-Species-of-Periconia-Tode-Periconiaceae-and-Its/10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4.full
0392402AFFC3FF858AC65F53C641EB76.taxon	diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS. — Periconia neroscuroinea M. B. Khan & T. C. Wen, sp. nov. is characterized by solitary, globose, brown to dark brown, verruculose, aseptate conidia (6.5 - 8.7 µm diam.), and long, curved, unbranched, smooth-walled conidiophores (350 - 900 × 7 - 19 µm) with echinulate to verrucose, polyblastic, globose to subglobose conidiogenous cells. Colonies are black, hairy, and effuse on dead leaves of Ligustrum lucidum.	en	Khan, Muhammad Binyamin, Tarafder, Entaj, Zeng, Xiang-Yu, Ali, Sardar, Wei, De-Ping, Marasinghe, Diana Sandamali, Wen, Ting Chi (2026): Unveiling a new species of Periconia Tode (Periconiaceae) and its newly identified host in China. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 47 (4): 49-58, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4, URL: https://bioone.org/journals/cryptogamie-mycologie/volume-47/issue-4/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4/Unveiling-a-New-Species-of-Periconia-Tode-Periconiaceae-and-Its/10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4.full
0392402AFFC3FF858AC65F53C641EB76.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — From Latin, “ nero ” meaning black “ scuroinea ” meaning dark color referring to the distinct black dark colonies on natural substrate.	en	Khan, Muhammad Binyamin, Tarafder, Entaj, Zeng, Xiang-Yu, Ali, Sardar, Wei, De-Ping, Marasinghe, Diana Sandamali, Wen, Ting Chi (2026): Unveiling a new species of Periconia Tode (Periconiaceae) and its newly identified host in China. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 47 (4): 49-58, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4, URL: https://bioone.org/journals/cryptogamie-mycologie/volume-47/issue-4/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4/Unveiling-a-New-Species-of-Periconia-Tode-Periconiaceae-and-Its/10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4.full
0392402AFFC3FF858AC65F53C641EB76.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. — This species is described here for the first time and is so far known only from its type locality in China: Yunnan Province, Baoshan City, Gaoligong Mountains. SUBSTRATE. — Found on dead leaves of Ligustrum lucidum.	en	Khan, Muhammad Binyamin, Tarafder, Entaj, Zeng, Xiang-Yu, Ali, Sardar, Wei, De-Ping, Marasinghe, Diana Sandamali, Wen, Ting Chi (2026): Unveiling a new species of Periconia Tode (Periconiaceae) and its newly identified host in China. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 47 (4): 49-58, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4, URL: https://bioone.org/journals/cryptogamie-mycologie/volume-47/issue-4/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4/Unveiling-a-New-Species-of-Periconia-Tode-Periconiaceae-and-Its/10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4.full
0392402AFFC3FF858AC65F53C641EB76.taxon	description	MYCOBANK NUMBER. — MB 859157. DESCRIPTION Saprobic on dead leaves of Ligustrum lucidum. Asexual morph: Colonies on natural substrate superficial, effuse, surface, conspicuous, black dark, hairy, surface. Mycelium mostly immersed, septate, smooth, brown, hyaline hyphae 1 - 2 µm wide. Conidiophores 350 - 900 µm long × 7 - 19 µm wide (= 625 × 13 µm, n = 20). Macronematous, mononematous, erect, mostly curved, solitary, broader at the base, unbranched, septate, dark brown to light brown, smooth-walled, 29 - 66 µm diam. (= 47.5 µm, n = 10) spherical heads at apex. Conidiogenous cells 10 - 30 × 5 - 15 µm (= 20 × 10 µm, n = 20), polyblastic, globose to subglobose, terminal, proliferous, pale brown to brown, echinulate or verrucose, rough. Conidia 6.5 - 8.7 µm diam. (= 7.6 µm, n = 20) solitary, globose, brown to dark brown, aseptate, distinctly verruculose.	en	Khan, Muhammad Binyamin, Tarafder, Entaj, Zeng, Xiang-Yu, Ali, Sardar, Wei, De-Ping, Marasinghe, Diana Sandamali, Wen, Ting Chi (2026): Unveiling a new species of Periconia Tode (Periconiaceae) and its newly identified host in China. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 47 (4): 49-58, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4, URL: https://bioone.org/journals/cryptogamie-mycologie/volume-47/issue-4/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4/Unveiling-a-New-Species-of-Periconia-Tode-Periconiaceae-and-Its/10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2026v47a4.full
