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03C82175C56F2C5EFF05ACAAB1CDFB5A.text	03C82175C56F2C5EFF05ACAAB1CDFB5A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microcera gongcheniae X. X. Feng 2025	<div><p>Microcera gongcheniae X.X. Feng, sp. nov., FIGURE 4</p><p>MycoBank: MB845762</p><p>Etymology:— Named in honor of Prof. Gongchen Wang, a Chinese taxonomist, in recognition of her significant contributions to the study of Fusarium -like fungi in China.</p><p>Holotype:— L01 -ZJWC-20190425</p><p>Gene sequences (from holotype):— MN075255 (ITS), OR736196 (LSU), MN614418 (acl 1), OR899785 (act), MN614419 (cmdA), OR899782 (his 3), OR886951 (rpb 1), OR886955 (rpb 2), MN614420 (tef 1), OR886953 (tub 2).</p><p>Host/Distribution:— Parasitic on Pseudaulacaspis pentagona or on the bark of pear ( Pyrus spp.) and peach ( Prunus persica) tree. FIGURE 4</p><p>Description:—Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphae hyaline, branched, septate, smooth. Sporodochia orange to red-colored, flame-like. Conidia hyaline, cylindrical, slightly curved, 8–14-septate, with obvious central basal scar, 90–136 × 5–8.8 µm (mean = 108 × 7.1 µm, n = 30). Chlamydospores spherical, terminal, transparent, 7.4–19.2 × 5.7–15.1 µm (mean = 11.5 × 8.5 µm, n = 15). The fungus occurs on pear and peach bark, occasionally in connection with infestations of Pseudaulacaspis pentagona .</p><p>Culture characters:— Colonies growing on PDA reaching 57 mm in diameter after 30 d at 25 ℃. Colonies villiform, conttony, dense, bright orange, margin pale yellow, reverse pale coral or salmon. Hyaline hyphae, protoplasmic contraction with aging, formation of expanded tissue.</p><p>Material examined:— CHINA. Zhejiang Province: Wenzhou City, an orchard on a hill (120°0′54″E, 27°55′12″N, Alt. 1116 m), on scale insects colonizing Pyrus sp. (pear), 25 April, 2019, Xiao-xiao Feng, L01-ZJWC-20190425 (Holotype L01-ZJWC-20190425), ex-type living culture CGMCC 3.23772 = ZJUP0179 .</p><p>Additional material examined:— ibid. on scale insect Prunus persica (peach), 4 Jun 2022, Xiao-xiao Feng, T 01- ZJWC-20220704, living culture CGMCC 3.23773 = ZJUP 0843.</p><p>Notes:— Based on a sequence similarity search in NCBI ’ s GenBank nucleotide database, isolate ZJUP0179 shares high similarities with several species: Microcera pseudaulacaspidis strain SICAUCC 22-0163 ( GenBank NR _ 198396, ITS identities = 473/479 (98.75%), gaps = 0/479 (0%); GenBank NG_242084, LSU identities = 827/829 (99.76%), gaps = 0/829 (0%); GenBank OQ569755, acl 1 identities = 701/710 (98.73%), gaps = 1/710(0%);, GenBank OQ569738, act identities = 698/699 (99.86%), gaps = 0/699 (0%); GenBank OQ599374, cmdA identities = 575/589 (97.62%), gaps = 2/589 (0%); GenBank OQ569752, his 3 identities = 354/365 (96.99%), gaps = 1/365 (0%); GenBank OQ569746, rpb 1 identities = 642/644 (99.69%), gaps = 0/365 (0%); GenBank OQ569741, rpb 2 identities = 884/888 (99.55%), gaps = 0/888 (0%); GenBank OQ438143, tef 1 identities = 488/500 (97.60%), gaps = 2/500 (0%); GenBank OQ 569749, tub 2 identities = 324/328 (98.78%), gaps = 2/328 (0%), Microcera kuwanaspidis strain SICAUCC 21-0006 ( GenBank NR _182371, ITS identities = 482/485 (99.38%), gaps = 0/485(0%); GenBank NG_148986, LSU identities = 827/829(99.76%), gaps = 0/829(0%); GenBank MW462125, acl 1 identities = 780/788 (98.98%), gaps = 1/788 (0%); GenBank MW462126, act identities = 1122/1126 (99.64%), gaps = 0/1126 (0%); GenBank MW462127, cmdA identities = 635/648 (97.62%), gaps = 1/648(0%); GenBank MW462128, his 3 identities = 383/399 (95.99%), gaps = 0/399 (0%); GenBank MW462129, rpb 1 identities = 717/722 (99.31%), gaps = 0/722(0%); GenBank MW462124, rpb 2 identities = 916/924 (99.13%), gaps = 0/924(0%); GenBank MW462117, tef 1 identities = 525/535(98.13%), gaps = 0/535(0%); GenBank MW462130, tub 2 identities = 530/535 (99.07%), gaps = 0/535 (0%). Microcera chrysomphaludis strain SICAUCC 22-0164 ( GenBank NR _198397, ITS identities = 459/489 (93.87%), gaps = 6/489(1%); GenBank NG_242085, LSU identities = 820/830 (98.80%), gaps = 1/830 (0%); GenBank OQ569756, acl 1 identities = 708/798 (88.72%), gaps = 12/798 (1%); GenBank OQ569739, act identities = 665/694(96%), gaps = 0/694(0%); GenBank OQ599375, cmdA identities = 513/561 (91.44%), gaps = 3/561 (0%); GenBank OQ569753, his 3 identities = 271/302 (89.74%), gaps = 14/302 (4%); GenBank OQ569747, rpb 1 identities = 607/645 (94.11%), gaps = 0/645 (0%); GenBank OQ569742, rpb 2 identities = 785/833 (94.24%), gaps = 0/833 (0%); GenBank OQ438144, tef 1 identities = 412/483 (85.30%), gaps = 20/483 (4%); GenBank OQ 569750, tub 2 identities = 414/466 (88.84%), gaps = 6/466 (1%). Microcera coccophila strain CBS 310.34 ( GenBank MH855540, ITS identities = 478/485 (98.56%), gaps = 0/485(0%); GenBank KM231703, LSU identities = 820/829 (98.91%), gaps = 0/829(0%); GenBank HQ897843, acl 1 identities = 756/788 (95.94%), gaps = 1/788 (0%); GenBank KM231232, act identities = 600/613 (97.88%), gaps = 0/613(0%); GenBank KM231410, cmdA identities = 614/645 (95.19%), gaps = 4/645 (0%); GenBank KM231560, his 3 identities = 360/403 (89.33%), gaps = 4/403 (1%); GenBank KC291897, rpb 1 identities = 675/688 (98.11%), gaps = 0/688(0%); GenBank HQ897705, rpb 2 identities = 857/870 (98.51%), gaps = 0/870 (0%); GenBank JF740692, tef 1 identities = 479/548 (87.41%), gaps = 23/548(4%); GenBank KC291937, tub 2 identities = 486/502 (96.81%), gaps = 2/502(0%)).</p><p>Microcera kuwanaspidis, Microcera pseudaulacaspidis, and Microcera gongcheniae, the primary differences in their macroconidia are as follows: on average, the macroconidia of M. gongcheniae are the longest, while those of M. pseudaulacaspidis are the shortest. In terms of average width, M. kuwanaspidis has the widest macroconidia, while M. pseudaulacaspidis exhibits the narrowest, and M. gongcheniae falls in between. The number of septa is similar among the species, however, M. gongcheniae tends to exhibit a narrower range, primarily concentrated between 7–10 septa.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C82175C56F2C5EFF05ACAAB1CDFB5A	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	Feng, Xiao-Xiao;Yan, Xiao-Ni;Jin, Ying;Zhong, Zhu-Pei-Qi;Yan, Cheng-Jin;Zheng, Yong-Li	Feng, Xiao-Xiao, Yan, Xiao-Ni, Jin, Ying, Zhong, Zhu-Pei-Qi, Yan, Cheng-Jin, Zheng, Yong-Li (2025): A new species of Microcera (Nectriaceae) from Zhejiang Province, China. Phytotaxa 722 (1): 41-53, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.1.4
