Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals four novel species of Coniella (Diaporthales, Schizoparmaceae) from southern China

By

Li, Duhua
Dong, Zixu
Liu, Qiyun
Wang, Yaling
Zhang, Zhaoxue
Zhang, Xiuguo
Xia, Jiwen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

116

Pages

1--23

Subjects

Morphology , multigene phylogeny , new taxa , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.116.145857

 

Abstract

Coniella species are distributed worldwide and have been reported as plant pathogens, endophytes, or saprobes. In our ongoing survey of terrestrial plant fungi in southern China, we obtained Coniella isolates from diseased plant leaf tissues in Fujian, Hainan, and Yunnan provinces. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference based on four loci (ITS, LSU, rpb2, and tef1-α) were used to clarify the taxonomic placement of the species. We confirmed that they represent four new species, namely Coniella diaoluoshanensis, C. dongshanlingensis, C. grossedentatae, and C. veri based on both morphology and phylogeny support. The new species are compared with other Coniella species, comprehensive descriptions and micrographs are provided.