Phyllachora Nitschke ex Fuckel 1870
Creators: name: Li, Jin-Chen
name: Wu, Hai-Xia
name: Song, Jia-Yu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Fungi
Ascomycota
Dothideomycetes
Botryosphaeriales
Phyllostictaceae
Phyllachora

description: Key to species of Phyllachora recorded in China (2009–2022)   
 1. Parasitic on eudicots...................................................................................................................................................... P. hainanensis   
1. Parasitic on monocots.........................................................................................................................................................................2  
2. Parasitic on bamboo plants.................................................................................................................................................................3  
2. Parasitic on graminicolous plants.......................................................................................................................................................4  
 3. Parasitic on Phyllostachys sp........................................................................................................................................ P. heteroclada   
 3. Parasitic on Dendrocalamus sp.........................................................................................................................................................5   
 4. Stromata on the upper leaf surface................................................................................................................................ P. isachnicola   
4. Stromata on both sides of the leaf......................................................................................................................................................6  
 5. Parasitic on Dendrocalamus membranaceus....................................................................................... P. dendrocalami-membranacei   
 5. Parasitic on Dendrocalamus hamiltonii............................................................................................ P. dendrocalami-hamiltoniicola   
 6. Stromata surrounded by a pale yellow halo................................................................................................................ P. jianfengensis   
6. Stromata not surrounded by a pale yellow halo.................................................................................................................................7  
7. Stromata shiny black..........................................................................................................................................................................8  
7. Stromata black....................................................................................................................................................................................9  
 8. Ascospores with a central concave depression................................................................................................................ P. panicicola   
8. Ascospores with no central concave depression..............................................................................................................................10  
 9. Parasitic on Cenchrus sp.................................................................................................................................................................11   
9. Parasitic on other graminicolous plants............................................................................................................................................12  
 10. Parasitic on Sphaerocaryum sp................................................................................................................................... P. sphaerocaryi   
 10. Parasitic on Chloris sp........................................................................................................................................................ P. virgatae   
 11. Asci <100 µm, ascospores <12 µm.............................................................................................................................. P. flaccidudis   
 11. Asci> 100 µm, ascospores> 12 µm............................................................................................................................... P. sandiensis   
 12. Ascospores oval to ellipse.................................................................................................................................................... P. jiaensis   
12. Ascospores tear-shaped....................................................................................................................................................................13  
 13. Parasitic on Chrysopogon aciculatus........................................................................................................................... P. xinpingensis   
 13. Parasitic on Arundinella setosa................................................................................................................................ P. yuanjiangensis
description: Published as part of Li, Jin-Chen, Wu, Hai-Xia & Song, Jia-Yu, 2023, Two new Phyllachora species in Southwest China, pp. 275-285 in Phytotaxa 578 (3) on page 283, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.578.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7523156