Pseudotetraploa Kaz. Tanaka & K. Hirayama, Studies in Mycology 64: 193 (2009)

Tang, Xia, Jeewon, Rajesh, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Alrefaei, Abdulwahed Fahad, Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Xu, Rong-Ju, Ma, Jian, Chen, Xue-Mei & Kang, Ji-Chuan, 2023, Morphophylogenetic evidence reveals four new fungal species within Tetraplosphaeriaceae (Pleosporales, Ascomycota) from tropical and subtropical forest in China, MycoKeys 100, pp. 171-204 : 171

Pseudotetraploa Kaz. Tanaka & K. Hirayama, Studies in Mycology 64: 193 (2009)

Type species.

Pseudotetraploa curviappendiculata (Sat. Hatak., Kaz. Tanaka & Y. Harada) Kaz. Tanaka & K. Hirayama, Studies in Mycology 64: 195 (2009).

Description.

Teleomorph morph not observed. Anamorph Mycelium superficial. Conidiophores absent. Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, indistinguishable from creeping hyphae. Conidia composed of 4 to 8 columns, obpyriform to long obpyriform, brown to dark brown, almost smooth, verrucose at the base, pseudoseptate, with setose appendages at the apical part. Appendages mostly 4, rarely 6 to 8, curved or straight ( Tanaka et al. 2009).

Notes.

Tanaka et al. (2009) established Pseudotetraploa (Ps.) with three species, which were previously described in Tetraploa and typified by Ps. curviappendiculata based on a combined SSU and LSU DNA sequence data. Pseudotetraploa species are reported as saprobes on bamboo, dead bark of the broad-leaved tree, and unidentified herbaceous plants in Japan, China, and India ( Hatakeyama et al. 2005; Tanaka et al. 2009; Hyde et al. 2020a; Yu et al. 2022). Pseudotetraploa is only known in its anamorphic state and dwells in terrestrial habitats and contains six species viz. Ps. Pseudotetraploa bambusicola , Ps. curviappendiculata , Ps. javanica , Ps. longissima , Ps. Rajmachiensis , and Ps. yunnanensis ( Hatakeyama et al. 2005; Tanaka et al. 2009; Hyde et al. 2020a; Yu et al. 2022; This study; Table 2 ). In this study, a new Pseudotetraploa species isolated from bamboo is introduced.