DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15140386
title: TABLE 2 in Morphological and phylogenetic evidence for recognition of a new species of Kirschsteiniothelia, K. agumbensis and validation of five new combinations in Kirschsteiniotheliaceae

description: TABLE 2. Synopsis of the comparative morphology of the species with asexual morphs in Kirschsteiniothelia.
Sr.SpeciesType of asexualConidiophoresConidiogenous cellsConidiaReferencesNo.morph1.KirschsteiniotheliaSporidesmium-180–260 × 7–12.5 μm,Integrated, terminal,75–120 × 10.5–19.5 μm,Jayawardenaacutisporalikedark brown, cylindrical,monoblastic, cylindricalobclavate to obspathulate,et al. (2022)slightly tapering towardsand brown, caliciform.tapering to the apex, rostrate,the apex, truncate at themid to dark brown, becomingapex, 8–12 septate.pale brown to pale towardsthe apex, truncate at the base7–12 euseptate.2.KirschsteiniotheliaDendryphiopsis-245–355 × 8–10 μm,Integrated, sometimes54–63 × 14–18 μm,Hawksworthaethiopslikeusually with one or shortpercurrent, terminal,cylindrical, rounded at the(1985), Su etbranches near the apex,becoming intercalary,apex, and narrowly truncateal. (2016)cylindrical, dark brownpale brown or subhyaline,at the base, brown 3–4and gradually palerlageniform, new cellseptate, septa thick.towards the apex, 5–10developing from apicalseptate.or subapical part ofsubtending cell.3.KirschsteiniotheliaSporidesmium-9.05–14.95 × 7.25–Conidiogenous cells,228–450.5 × 15–23.5 µm,This studyagumbensislike8.5 µm, reduced toholoblastic, monoblastic,dry, dark brown to brown,conidiogenous cells,integrated, terminal,pale brown at apex,cylindrical, smooth, mid todeterminate, cylindrical.cylindrical, rounded anddark brown, unbranched,narrower towards the apex,septate to non-septate.wider and truncate at base,rostrate, straight to flexuous,coarsely verrucose togranulate to punctate, 18–41euseptate.4.KirschsteiniotheliaSporidesmium-114–151 × 7–8 μm,Integrated, determinate or35–46 × 7.5–8.5 μmBao et al.aquaticalikecylindrical, dark brown,percurrently proliferating,straight or slightly curved,(2018)septate.monoblastic, terminal, darksubhyaline and rounded atbrown, cylindrical.apex, truncate, thick-walledand dark brown at base,percurrently proliferate atbroken ends.5.KirschsteiniotheliaDendryphiopsis-240–580 × 10–13 μm.Monotretic, integrated42–64 × 12–14 μm,Berkeleyarbusculalikeor discrete, terminal,subfusiform, fusiform or(1875), Ellisdeterminateobclavate 3‒7 septate,(1976),blackish olivaceous.Pratibha et al.(2010)6.KirschsteiniotheliaDendryphiopsis-280–520 × 6.5–8 μm.Monotretic, subconical,obclavate to obclavate-Subramanianbinsarensisliketruncate at apexfusiform, 4‒5 septate, brown& Srivastvaconidia, 36–44 × 8–10 μm.(1994)No.morph7.KirschsteiniotheliaDendryphiopsis-Up to 180 × 8–10Monotretic, discrete28–39 × 19–22 μm,Morgan-biseptatalikeum macronematous,or integrated in theacrogenous, simple, more orJones et al.mononematous arisingconidiophore, cylindricalless ellipsoidal or obovate, 2-(1983)singly, erect, straight oror narrowly clavate,septate, dry, smooth, brown.slightly flexuous, septate,occasionally slightlybrown, smooth, brancheddoliiform or subglobose,towards the apex., brown to pale brown,usually slightly paler whendiscrete, 16–24 × 6.5–9um.8.KirschsteiniotheliaSporidesmium-105.5–135.5 × 6–8Integrated, terminal,33–43 × 7.5–8.5 μm,Bao et al.cangshanensislikeμm,macronematous,determinate, monoblastic,obclavate, straight or slightly(2018)pale brown, cylindrical,pale brown, cylindrical.curved, pale brown to brown,septate.with a gelatinous sheath atapex, septate.9.KirschsteiniotheliaSporidesmium-60–170 × 6.5–10.5 μm,Integrated, terminal,45–75 × 10–18 μm, obclavateJayawardenacrustacealikecylindrical, brown to darkmonoblastic, cylindricalto obspathulate, globose toet al. (2022)brown, slightly taperingand caliciform, brown,the apex and truncate at thetowards the apex, truncate9–16 × 5.5–8.base, rostrate, mid to darkat the apex, 4–8 septate.brown and hyaline to lightbrown towards the apex, 5–6euseptate.10.KirschsteiniotheliaSporidesmium-160–307 × 6.5–13 μm,9–26(–45) × 3–7 μm,62–81 × 12.5–18 μm,Yang et al.dushanensislikecylindrical, slightlyintegrated, terminal,rostrate, 5–11 septate;(2023)narrower towards thedeterminate, sometimesdistoseptate, fusiformapex, rounded andelongating percurrently,lower part and euseptate,darkened at the apex, darkcylindrical or doliform,narrower cylindrical upperbrown, verrucose, septate.brown.part; olivaceous brown tosoot brown, pale brownor subhyaline at the apex,truncate and darkened atthe base; sometimes witha mucilaginous sheathsurrounding the tail-likeupper part or the apex.11.KirschsteiniotheliaDendryphiopsis-40–150 × 4 µm, darkDeterminate, intercalary or8–14 × 4–5 µm, brownRodríguez-ebriosalikebrown, thin and smoothterminal, cylindrical.to dark brown, thin andAndrade etwalled to slightlysmooth walled, sometimesal. (2019)verrucose stipe, septate,solitary, mostly in branchedbearing a few lateralacropetal chains of up to 5,branches and occasionallycylindrical with roundedone branch at the top,ends, sometimes slightlybranches are brown, thinconstricted at septum,and smooth walled, 1–51–2(–5) septate.septate, cylindrical, 30–50× 4 µm, with roundedends.12.KirschsteiniotheliaDendryphiopsis-162–271 × 7–14 µm,-45–56 × 14–15 µm, oblongBoonmee etemarceislikebranched apically, brownto clavate, grayish, brown toal. (2012)to dark brown, smooth.dark brown, constricted atsepta, smooth-walled, 3–4(–5) septate.13.KirschsteiniotheliaSporidesmium-80–230 × 6.5–9.5 μm,integrated, terminal,45–120 × 5–12 μm,Jayawardenaextensalikecylindrical, dark brown,monoblastic, percurrent,obclavate, straight or slightlyet al. (2022)slightly tapering towardspale brown, cylindrical,curved, tapering to the apex,the apex, truncate at the11–19 × 4–7.5 μm.becoming pale brown to paleapex, 4–9 septate.towards the apex, truncate atthe base, 5–8 euseptate.No.morph21.KirschsteiniotheliaSporidesmium-100–250 × 5–12 μm,15–25 × 5–10 μm,60–140 × 5–20 μm,Hyde et al.puerensislikesolitary or caespitose,monoblastic, dark brownacrogenous, solitary,(2023)cylindrical, straight orto black, terminal andobclavate, 5–12 septate,slightly flexuous, smooth,smooth.invagination in the septate,dark brown, unbranched,hyaline when immatureslightly swollen at theand become pale-brown tobase, 7–15 septate.brown, straight or curved,pale-brown at the apex,truncate at base, taperingtowards apex, sometimeshas long stipes up to 73 μm,some with a hyaline sheatharound the tip (some twoglobose sheaths).22.KirschsteiniotheliaDendryphiopsis-102–248 × 5–11 μm,18–27 × 6.5–9 μm,42–56 × 15–22 μm,Zhang et al.ramuslikeerect, straight or flexuous,monotretic, integrated,acrogenous, solitary,(2023)cylindrical, brown,terminal at the apex of stipecylindrical, rounded at theslightly paler toward theand fertile branches, paleapex, subtruncate at the base,apex, simple or mostlybrown to brown, doliiformpale olivaceous when young,apically branched, septate,or lageniform.brown when mature, 2–3thick-walled.septate, with septa thickenedand darkened, verruculose.23.KirschsteiniotheliaDendryphiopsis-3.5–4.0 μm thick, erect,Not observed.Not observed.Hawksworthrecessalikered–brown, thickwalled,(1985)septate.24.KirschsteiniotheliaSporidesmium-190–450 × 9–15 μm,Integrated, terminal,80–150 × 10–20 μm,Hyde et al.rostratalikemacronematous,determinate, monoblastic,acrogenous, solitary, dry,(2017)mononematous, solitarycylindrical or lageniform,olivaceous brown to brown,or sometimes caespitose,smooth, mid to dark brown.pale at apex, obclavate,cylindrical, wide at therostrate, smooth, straightbase, tapering towards theor curved, truncate atapex, straight or slightlybase, sometimes with aflexuous, smooth, darkmucilaginous sheath, 8–13brown, slightly swollen atseptate.the base, 7–24 septate.25.KirschsteiniotheliaDendryphiopsis-90–216 × 8–12 μm,6.7–35 × 5–15 μm,36–69 × 19–35 μm,de Farias etsaprophyticalikecylindrical, straight toholoblastic, monoblastic,cylindrical rounded at ends,al. (2024)flexuous, branched, darkterminal, cylindrical,2–3 septa, dark brown tobrown, multi-septate,brown to dark brown.black, smooth-walled.constricted at the septa.26.KirschsteiniotheliaDendryphiopsis-250–580 × 6.5–14.5 μm,9.5–21 µm × 4–8 μm,25–55 × 6.5–12.5 µm,Jayawardenaseptemseptatalikesingle to looselypolytretic, sometimesolivaceous brown to brown,et al. (2022)fasciculate, branched atmonotretic, integrated,pale at apex, obclavate,the apex, dark brown,discrete, terminal androstrate, smooth, straight or9–16 septate.lateral, calyciform, 2curved, truncate at base, 5–8septate.euseptate.27.KirschsteiniotheliaDendryphiopsis-110–268 × 12–1918–24 × 8–10 µm,41–81 × 13–17.5 µm,Verma et al.shimlaensislikeµm, single to looselymonotretic, terminal orobovoid, oblong, broad(2021)fasciculate, irregular orintercalary, cylindrical orclavate or cylindrical,subscorpioid brancheddoliiform, mostly discrete,sometimes constricted nearat the apex, dark brown,determinate, sometimesthe middle or at the suprasmooth, multiseptated.with enteroblasticbasal cell, sub-truncatepercurrent elongations,or rounded at the base,smooth, dark brown orrounded at the apex, darkbrown.brown or black, smooth,microguttulate, lumen aspectgranulose, 2–5(–6) septate.No.morph28.KirschsteiniotheliaSporidesmium-70–128 × 7.5–12.5 μm,Monoblastic, integrated,90–139 × 9.5–16.5 µm,Jayawardenaspatiosalikesolitary or sometimesterminal, determinate,olivaceous brown to brown,et al. (2022)caespitose, cylindrical,cylindrical, smooth, mid topale at apex, obclavate,wide at base, taperingdark brown.rostrate, smooth, straighttowards apex, straight oror curved, truncate atslightly flexuous, smooth,base, sometimes with alight brown to dark brown,mucilaginous sheath, 8–23unbranched, 6–12 septate.euseptate.29.KirschsteiniotheliaSporidesmium-220–280 × 6–7 μm,Holoblastic, integrated,37.5–51.5 × 8.5–9.5 μm,Su et al.submersalikecylindrical, blackish toterminal, determinate,obclavate, straight or slightly(2016)brown, paler towards thepercurrent, pale brown,curved, truncate and darker atapex, unbranched, multi-cylindrical.the base, rounded and palerseptate.at the apex, brown to palebrown, hyaline and thinner atthe tip, 4–6 septate.30.KirschsteiniotheliaSporidesmium-up to 200 × 4–8 µm7.5–9.5 × 3.5–5 µm,135–150 × 16–17 µm,Li et al.tectonaelikeunbranched or branched,monoblastic, integrated,cylindric obclavate, elongate,(2016)septate, slightlyterminal, cylindrical.straight or slightly curved,constricted at septa, palerounded at the apex andbrown to dark brown,slightly paler, with sheath atcylindrical.apex, truncate at the base,dark reddish brown, 9–25or more septate, secessionschizolytic.31.KirschsteiniotheliaSporidesmium-55–93 × 7–10 μm,9.5–21 × 7–10 μm,74–110 × 13–20 μm,Sun et al.thailandicalikecylindrical, brown tomonoblastic, integrated,obclavate, shiny, olivaceous(2021)dark brown, unbranched,terminal, cylindrical,or brown, hyaline at apex,septate.brown to dark brown.truncate at base, taperingtowards apex, with aconspicuous, gelatinous,hyaline sheath around tip,6–8 distoseptate.32.KirschsteiniotheliaDendryphiopsis-100–150 × 3 µm, darkBranches, intercalary or8–80 × 4–5 µm, dark brown,Rodríguez-vinigenalikebrown, septate, thinterminal, determinate,thin and smooth-walledAndrade etand smooth-walledcylindrical.to coarsely verrucose,al. (2019)to coarsely verrucosesometimes solitary, mostly(specially at the base),disposed in branchedbearing several lateralacropetal chains of up to 4,branches, branches arecylindrical, with roundedabundant, brown, thin andends, sometimes slightlysmooth walled to coarselyconstricted at septa, producedverrucose (specially at thelaterally and terminally onbase), non-septate to 7the stipe, on the branches,septate, barrel-shaped toand on other conidia, 1–2(–7)cylindrical, 5–80 × 4 µm,septate.with rounded ends.33.KirschsteiniotheliaSporidesmium-35–150 × 5–15 μm,10–50 × 5–10 μm,30–150 × 5–20 μm,Xu et al.xishuangbannaensislikecurved, solitary, brown tomonoblastic, integrated,obclavate, rostrate, truncate(2023)dark brown, widely andterminal, determinate,at base, some have guttules,slightly swollen at base,cylindrical or lageniform,yellow-brown to brown,tapering towards apex,smooth, brown to darksubhyaline or pale-brown atseptate.brown.apex, 1–2 hyaline globose toampulliform, mucilaginoussheaths around the tip, 3–8septate.No.morph34.KirschsteiniotheliaDendryphiopsis-287–444.5 × 10.3 –1711–20.4 × 5.8–10.637.6–46.5 × 13.5–19 μm,de Farias etzizyphifoliilike(–19.7) μm, erect, withμm, tretic, occasionallyacrogenous, solitary, cy-al. (2024)several short branchespercurrent, integrated,lindrical to rarely clavate,near the apex, irregular,terminal or intercalary,rounded at the apex, straightsolitary, cylindrical,cylindrical or doliiform,or moderately curved, brownflexuous, sometimesbrown, smooth-walled.dark to brown, 2–3 septate,slightly straight, septate,constricted and pigmented atsmooth-walled.the septa, smooth-walled.
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description: Published as part of Sruthi, Onden P., Rajeshkumar, Kunhiraman C., Gowrav, Shivapura M., Ansil, Parayelil A. & Ashtamoorthy, Sreejith K., 2024, Morphological and phylogenetic evidence for recognition of a new species of Kirschsteiniothelia, K. agumbensis and validation of five new combinations in Kirschsteiniotheliaceae, pp. 169-174 in Phytotaxa 649 (2) on page 169, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.649.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/13215981