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(2007a) introduced the genus Toxicocladosporium to accommodate cladosporium-like fungi with distinct, dark, thick-walled conidial septa, and lacking the typical coronate Cladosporium scar type. Toxicocladosporium pterocarpi is related to T. chlamydosporum (on Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Madagascar; terminal conidia 6-7(-9) × 2. 5(-3) μm, forming chlamydospores in culture; Crous et al. 2009), from which it is morphologically distinct. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Toxicocladosporium chlamydosporum (strain CBS 124159, GenBank MH863361. 1; Identities = 545/549 (99 %), no gaps), Toxicocladosporium protearum (strain CBS 126499, GenBank NR_152321. 1; Identities = 541/545 (99 %), one gap (0 %)) and Toxicocladosporium velox (strain CBS 124159, GenBank NR_155890.
1; Identities = 518/522 (99 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Toxicocladosporium chlamydosporum (strain CBS 124157, GenBank NG_069916. 1; Identities = 864/866 (99 %), no gaps), Toxicocladosporium pseudoveloxum (strain CBS 128777, GenBank JF499868. 1; Identities = 864/866 (99 %), no gaps) and Toxicocladosporium pini (strain CBS 138005, GenBank KJ869217. 1; Identities = 845/847 (99 %), no gaps). No significant hits were obtained when the actA sequence was used in blastn and megablast searches. Closest hits using the rpb2 sequence had highest similarity to Toxicocladosporium protearum (strain CPC 15254, GenBank LT799786. 1; Identities = 783/847 (92 %), one gap (0 %)), Toxicocladosporium chlamydosporum (strain CPC 15736, GenBank LT799779. 1; Identities = 776/837 (93 %), no gaps) and Toxicocladosporium pini (strain CPC 23639, GenBank LT799784.
1; Identities = 772 /838 (92 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the tub2 sequence had highest similarity to Toxicocladosporium pini (strain CBS 138005, GenBank KY706603. 1; Identities = 349 /395 (88 %), 14 gaps (3 %)), Toxicocladosporium velox (strain CBS 124159, GenBank KY706609. 1; Identities = 342/393 (87 %), 10 gaps (2 %)) and Toxicocladosporium chlamydosporum (strain CBS 124157, GenBank KY706598. 1; Identities = 339/390 (87 %), ten gaps (2 %)). Colour illustrations. Pterocarpus angolensis growing in Buffelskloof Nature Reserve. Conidiophores; conidio genous cells giving rise to branched conidial chains. Scale bars = 10 µm.
Holubová-Jechová 1978), but distinct in that it has shorter conidia. It is also distinct from other species in the genus (Xia et  al. 2014). Lylea dalbergiae was isolated as a mycophylic fungus, growing on ascomata of Diatrype dalbergiae (see FP1198 on top of this page) on bark of Dalbergia armata. Notes -Acrodontium was introduced by De Hoog (1972), with type species A. crateriforme (CBS 144. 33; conidia (3-)3. 5-4. 5(-5) × (1. 5 -)2 -3(-4) µm. The genus was recently revised by Videira et al. (2016), who resolved its higher order phylogeny as belonging to Teratosphaeriaceae. Acrodontium burrowsianum is related to A. crateriforme, but has smaller conidia. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Acrodontium crateriforme (strain CBS 144.
33, GenBank NR_152320. 1; Identities = 457/459 (99 %), no gaps), Pseudocercosporella fraxini (strain LCM 896. 01, GenBank MF495428. 1; Identities = 547/549 (99 %), no gaps) and Acrodontium neolitseae (strain CBS 137975, GenBank NR_168148. 1; Identities = 543/548 (99 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Acrodontium crateriforme (strain CBS 144. 33, GenBank NG_057108. 1; Identities = 859/859 (100 %), no gaps), Acrodontium neolitseae (strain CBS 137975, Gen-Bank KJ869184. 1; Identities = 843/843 (100 %), no gaps) and Neophaeothecoidea proteae (strain CBS 114129, GenBank MH874518. 1; Identities = 850/880 (97 %), two gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the actA sequence had highest similarity to Acrodontium crateriforme (strain CPC 25894, GenBank KX287559. 1; Identities = 521/530 (98 %), no gaps), Ramularia lethalis (strain CPC 25910, GenBank KX287754.
1; Identities = 453/500 (91 %), eight gaps (1 %)) and Pantospora chromolaenae (strain CBS 145563, GenBank MK876459. 1; Identities = 467/523 (89 %), 11 gaps (2 %)). Closest hits using the gapdh sequence had highest similarity to Acrodontium crateriforme (strain CPC 25894, GenBank KX288124. 1; Identities = 507/516 (98 %), no gaps), Teratoramularia persicariae (strain CPC 11408, GenBank KX288384. 1; Identities = 281/314 (89 %), no gaps) and Ramularia calcea (strain CBS 101613, GenBank KP894547. 1; Identities = 295/337 (88 %), four gaps (1 %)). Closest hits using the his3 sequence had highest similarity to Acrodontium crateriforme (strain CPC 11519, GenBank KX288728. 1; Identities = 316/323 (98 %), one gap (0 %)), Ramularia major (strain CPC 12542, GenBank KX288922. 1; Identities = 303/330 (92 %), 11 gaps (3 %)) and Ramularia cynarae (strain CPC 25897, GenBank KX288847.
1; Identities = 303/330 (92 %), 11 gaps (3 %)). Closest hits using the rpb2 sequence had highest similarity to Acrodontium crateriforme (strain CBS 840. 71, GenBank KX288402. 1; Identities = 843 /847 (99 %), no gaps), Teratosphaeria sieberi (strain CPC 32099, GenBank MH327872. 1; Identities = 380 /478 (79 %), eight gaps (1 %)) and Teratosphaeria henryi (strain CBS 145539, GenBank MK876492. 1; Identities = 377/477 (79 %), six gaps (1 %)). Closest hits using the tef1 sequence had highest similarity to Acrodontium crateriforme (strain CPC 11509, GenBank GU384425. 1; Identities = 266 /275 (97 %), no gaps). Fungal Planet 1201 -13 July 2021 Crous, sp. nov. Etymology. Name refers to the Gobabeb Namib Research Institute, Namibia.
2017). Based on these data, and the morphology of B. gobabebensis, we have chosen to expand the circumscription of Bezerromyces to also include the genus Xiliomyces. A new name is proposed below, because the epithet brasiliensis is already occupied. Crous, nom. nov. Myco-Bank MB 839515   Basionym. Xiliomyces brasiliensis J. D. P. Bezerra et al. , Mycol. Progr. 16:  304. 2016 '2017'. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Bezerromyces pernambucoensis (strain URM7412, GenBank KX470391. Lapidomyces stipagrostidicola Crous, sp. nov. Etymology. Name refers to the host genus Stipagrostis cf. ciliata from which it was isolated.
On MEA, PDA and OA surface and reverse iron-grey. Notes -Lapidomyces was established for a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes. Although the present species was isolated having a cladosporium-like morphology in vivo, it only formed a coelomycetous synasexual morph in vitro. It is related to Lapidomyces hispanicus, a sterile hyphomycete with dark brown hyphae, constricted at their septa (Egidi et al. 2014,  Crous et al. 2019b). Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Lapidomyces hispanicus (strain CBS 118355, GenBank NR_144960. Hysterobrevium walvisbayicola Crous, sp. nov. Etymology. Name refers to Walvis Bay, Namibia, the coastal town where it was collected. Classification -Hysteriaceae, Hysteriales, Dothideomycetes.
Although taxa in this complex are not known by their asexual morphs, Boehm  et al. (2009) did record a coelomycetous asexual morph for Hysterobrevium mori. For the present, this species is best accommodated in Hysterobrevium. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Gloniopsis calami (strain MFLUCC 10-0927, GenBank MN608546. Crous, sp. nov. Etymology. Name refers to the fact that it was isolated from a hypolith, under a quartz stone.
2013) and plant pathogens (Tsuneda & Currah 2005). Knufia hypolithi is related to 'Phialocephala' fluminis, from which it is morphologically and phylogenetically distinct. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Phialocephala fluminis (strain WPF-48-12G, GenBank KT000162. Etymology. Name refers to the substrate from which it was isolated, on zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae) dung. Classification -Sordariaceae, Sordariales, Sordariomycetes. Mycelium consisting of smooth, pale brown, branched, septate, 1. 5-2 µm diam hyphae. Conidiophores solitary, erect, arising from superficial hyphae, bearing a mucoid, crystalline conidial mass, subcylindrical, pale brown, smooth, branched, septate, appearing tuft-like, with numerous lateral branches, 3-4 µm diam, up to 80 µm tall.
2012). Sordaria equicola is related to S. fimicola, a species commonly found in the feces of herbivores. Sordaria equicola is only known from its asexual morph, making a morphological comparison with other species impossible. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Sordaria fimicola (strain KoRLI047353, GenBank MN341415. Sordaria equicola Crous, sp. nov. Fungal Planet 1208 -13 July 2021   Lapidomyces aloidendricola Crous, sp. nov. Etymology. Name refers to the host genus Aloidendron from which it was isolated. Classification -Teratosphaeriaceae, Mycosphaerellales, Dothideomycetes. Mycelium consisting of brown, finely verruculose, septate, branched, 3 -6 µm diam hyphae, aggregating into a dense brown sporodochial stroma; upper layer developing brown cells, 4 -7 × 4 -6 µm with minute pores giving rise to solitary conidia.
Conidia dry, ellipsoid to ovoid, brown, finely verruculose, aseptate (rarely 1-septate), (7-)8 -10(-12) × 6(-7) µm. Culture characteristics -Colonies erumpent, spreading, surface folded, with sparse aerial mycelium and lobate, even margin, reaching 7 mm diam after 2 wk at 25 °C. On MEA, PDA and OA surface and reverse iron-grey. Notes -Lapidomyces aloidendricola is closely related to L. hispanicus (isolated from rocks in Spain), a sterile hyphomycete with dark brown hyphae, constricted at their septa (Egidi  et al. 2014). Morphologically and phylogenetically, L. aloidendricola represents a distinct species. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Fungal sp. (strain TRN453, GenBank AY843151. 1; Identities = 464/467 (99 %), no gaps), Lapidomyces hispanicus (strain CBS 118355, GenBank NR_144960.
Culture characteristics -Colonies erumpent, surface folded, with sparse aerial mycelium and lobate, uneven margin, reaching 6 mm diam after 2 wk at 25 °C. On MEA, PDA and OA surface and reserve iron-grey. Notes -Nothophaeotheca is related to Neophaeotheca, which is known to form a dematiaceous hyphomycetous morph with endoconidia. Two species of Neophaeotheca are presently known from twigs and leaves of Salicornia meyeriana in South Africa, and the humidifier of an air-conditioning system in Belgium (Abdollahzadeh et al. 2020). Although morphologically similar, Nothophaeotheca is phylogenetically distinct from Neophaeotheca. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Neophaeotheca salicorniae (strain CPC 27406, GenBank NR_145401.
1; Identities = 508/563 (90 %), 26 gaps (4 %)), Neophaeotheca triangularis (strain CBS 471. 90, Gen-Bank NR_137142. 1; Identities = 417/459 (91 %), 21 gaps (4 %)) and Phaeothecoidea melaleuca (strain CPC 17223, GenBank HQ599594. 1; Identities = 465/545 (85 %), 22 gaps (4 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Neophaeotheca triangularis (strain CBS 471. 90, GenBank NG_057776. 1; Identities = 839/856 (98 %), one gap (0 %)), Neophaeotheca salicorniae (strain CBS 141299, GenBank NG_058237. 1; Identities = 813/834 (97 %), one gap (0 %)) and Fumagospora capnodioides (strain CBS 131. 34, GenBank EU019269. 1; Identities = 823 /860 (96 %), four gaps (0 %)). No significant hits were obtained when the actA and tef1 sequences were used in blastn and megablast searches. Etymology. Name refers to its morphological similarity to Neophaeotheca.
Nothophaeotheca mirabibensis Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Preussia africana (strain A54, GenBank KX611037. 1; Identities = 515/539 (96 %), seven gaps (1 %)), Sporormiella intermedia (strain 18THES003, GenBank MT856402. 1; Identities = 498/522 (95 %), four gaps (0 %)) and Preussia lignicola (strain KoRLI046140, GenBank MN341249. 1; Identities = 509/535 (95 %), seven gaps (1 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Preussia intermedia (strain CBS 364. 69, GenBank MH878451. 1; Identities = 875/877 (99 %), one gap (0 %)), Preussia minipascua (voucher UPS:Kruys 306, Gen-Bank GQ203745. 1; Identities = 868 /876 (99 %), one gap (0 %)) and Preussia persica (strain GLMC 447, GenBank MT156301. 1; Identities = 841/849 (99 %), no gaps).
Closest hits using the tef1 sequence had highest similarity to Preussia procaviae (strain CPC 38861, GenBank MW173126. 1; Identities = 370/484 (76 %), 44 gaps (9 %)), Synfenestella sorbi (strain FRa, GenBank MK357595. 1; Identities = 224/253 (89 %), three gaps (1 %)) and Parafenestella alpina (strain C198, GenBank MK357574. 1; Identities = 225/256 (88 %), two gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the tub2 sequence had highest similarity to Preussia lignicola (strain 18ALIC002, GenBank MT671880. 1; Identities = 385/444 (87 %), 17 gaps (3 %)), Sporormiella intermedia (strain 18THES003, GenBank MT881987. 1; Identities = 375/441 (85 %), ten gaps (2 %)) and Preussia procaviae (strain CPC 38861, GenBank MW173141. 1; Identities = 340/389 (87 %), nine gaps (2 %)). Teratosphaeria combreti Crous, sp. nov.
On MEA, PDA and OA surface and reverse olivaceous grey. Notes -Teratosphaeria combreti is related to T. agapanthi (on Agapanthus spp. , ascospores (17-)18 -20(-21) × 4. 5 -5 (-6) μm; Crous et al. 2011, 2020b). Both species occur on host plants indigenous to South Africa. Morphologically, however, they can easily be distinguished based on their ascospore dimensions. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Teratosphaeria agapanthi (strain CBS 129192, GenBank NR_169894. 1; Identities = 507/531 (95 %), one gap (0 %)), Teratosphaeria hortaea (strain CBS 124156, GenBank MH863358. ; Identities = 498/537 (93 %), nine gaps (1 %)) and Teratosphaeria considenianae (strain CPC 15009, GenBank MN162031. 1; Identities = 489/528 (93 %), six gaps (1 %)).
Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Teratosphaeria agapanthi (strain CPC 18266, GenBank JF770471. 1; Identities = 879/882 (99 %), no gaps), Teratosphaeria hortaea (strain CBS 124156, GenBank MH874881. 1; Identities = 871/879 (99 %), no gaps) and Teratosphaeria miniata (strain CBS 125006, Gen-Bank GQ852711. 1; Identities = 837/845 (99 %), no gaps). Distant hits obtained using the cmdA sequence had highest similarity to Austroafricana parva (strain CPC 12249, GenBank KF902533. 1; Identities = 287/304 (94 %), no gaps), Penidiella columbiana (strain CBS 486. 80, GenBank KF902594. 1; Identities = 285/305 (93 %), no gaps) and Euteratosphaeria verrucosiafricana (strain CBS 118497, GenBank KF902541. 1; Identities = 281/305 (92 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the rpb2 sequence had highest similarity to Teratosphaeria cryptica (strain CBS 111663, GenBank KX348101.
1; Identities = 691/871 (79 %), 15 gaps (1 %)), Teratosphaeria sieberi (strain CPC 32099, GenBank MH327872. 1; Identities = 690/871 (79 %), 19 gaps (2 %)) and Teratosphaeria stellenboschiana (strain CBS 125215, GenBank MF951743. 1; Identities = 682/868 (79 %), 13 gaps (1 %)). Distant hits using the tef1 sequence had highest similarity to Teratosphaeria corymbiicola (strain CBS 146047, GenBank MN556823. 1; Identities = 291/365 (80 %), 26 gaps (7 %)), Teratosphaeria pseudocryptica (strain CPC 29430, GenBank MN162366. 1; Identities = 280 /353 (79 %), 20 gaps (5 %)) and Teratosphaeria fibrillosa (strain CBS 121707, GenBank KF903305. 1; Identities = 284/357 (80 %), 32 gaps (8 %)). Closest hits using the tub2 sequence had highest similarity to Teratosphaeria gracilis (strain CBS 145090, GenBank MK047583.
1; Identities = 438/530 (83 %), 27 gaps (5 %)), Teratosphaeria dunnii (strain CBS 145548, GenBank MK876504. 1; Identities = 433/537 (81 %), 22 gaps (4 %)) and Teratosphaeria henryi (strain CBS 145539, GenBank MK876505. 1; Identities = 431/536 (80 %), 29 gaps (5 %)). Colour illustrations. Combretum kraussii. Leaf spot with ascomata; asci with ascospores; ascospores; germinating ascospores. Scale bars = 10 µm. Fungal Planet 1214 -13 July 2021 Neochaetothyrina Crous, gen. nov. Etymology. Name refers to its morphological similarity to Chaetothyrina. Classification -Phaeothecoidiellaceae, Mycosphaerellales, Dothideomycetes. Leaf spots absent, saprobic. Ascomata hypophyllous, superficial on leaf tissue, brown, developing beneath a brown mycelial layer, globose, cupulate when dry, surface of brown textura epidermoidea, wall of 2-3 layers of brown textura angularis; outer wall of ascomata forming brown, radiating superficial hyphae, branched, septate, anastomosing, with mucoid sheath, constricted at septa; hyphopodia not seen.
Furthermore, Asterina syzygii (on Syzygium gerrardi, Woodbush, Limpopo Province, PREM 17755) had 1-septate, slightly constricted, brown, finely verruculose ascospores, 27. 5 -35 × 14 -17 µm. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Chaetothyrina guttulata (strain MFLUCC 14-0539, GenBank MN462949. 1; Identities = 412/481 (86 %), 23 gaps (4 %)), Xenosonderhenia syzygii (strain MEFC132, GenBank MK732144. 1; Identities = 354/399 (89 %), 17 gaps (4 %)) and Pseudosasa guanxianensis (clone 8, GenBank KT006327. 1; Identities = 353/399 (88 %), 17 gaps (4 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Chaetothyrina artocarpi (strain MFLUCC 15-1082, GenBank MF614834. 1; Identities = 802/823 (97 %), one gap (0 %)), Chaetothyrina guttulata (strain MFLUCC 14-0539, GenBank MN462949.
1; Identities = 830/852 (97 %), one gap (0 %)) and Houjia yanglingensis (strain CBS 125225, GenBank NG_064220. 1; Identities = 835/860 (97 %), one gap (0 %)). Distant hits using the rpb2 sequence had highest similarity to Houjia pomigena (strain CBS 125224, GenBank MF951422. 1; Identities = 640/801 (80 %), two gaps (0 %)), Hyalocercosporidium desmodii (strain CBS 142179, GenBank MF951503. 1; Identities = 660/880 (75 %), 26 gaps (2 %)) and Stromatoseptoria castaneicola (strain CBS 102322, GenBank MF951681. 1; Identities = 665/888 (75 %), 24 gaps (2 %)). Crous, sp. nov. Fungal Planet 1215 -13 July 2021   Seiridium syzygii Crous, sp. nov. Etymology. Name refers to the host genus Syzygium from which it was isolated.
Culture characteristics -Colonies flat, spreading, with moderate aerial mycelium and lobate, smooth margin, reaching 35 mm diam after 2 wk at 25 °C. On MEA surface pale grey olivaceous, reverse sienna in middle, umber in outer region; on PDA surface and reverse grey olivaceous; on OA surface olivaceous grey. Notes -Seiridium syzygii has conidia that are similar to those of S. podocarpi (on Podocarpus latifolius, South Africa, (23 -)25 -28(-30) × (8 -)9 -10 μm; Crous et al. 2014a, Bonthond et al. 2018), but it has shorter conidiophores and conidiogenous cells, and is also phylogenetically distinct from the latter species. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence of CPC 39149 had highest similarity to Seiridium podocarpi (strain CBS 137995, GenBank NR_156589.
1; Identities = 584/588 (99 %), no gaps), Seiridium camelliae (strain MFLUCC 12-0647, GenBank NR_158886. 1; Identities = 525/534 (98 %), three gaps (0 %)) and Seiridium cancrinum (strain CBS 226. 55, GenBank NR_160577. 1; Identities = 567/597 (95 %), nine gaps (1 %)). The ITS sequences of CPC 39149 and 38822 differ by a single substitution (586/587 (99 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence of CPC 39149 are Seiridium cardinale (strain CBS 172. 56, GenBank MH869107. 1; Identities = 877/877 (100 %), no gaps), Seiridium neocupressi (strain CBS 142625, GenBank MH554329. 1; Identities = 834/834 (100 %), no gaps) and Nothoseiridium podocarpi (strain CPC 36967, GenBank MT373346. 1; Identities = 869/870 (99 %), no gaps). The LSU sequences of CPC 39149 and 38822 are identical (849/849 (100 %)). Closest hits using the tef1 sequence of CPC 38822 had highest similarity to Seiridium podocarpi (strain CBS 137995, GenBank LT853198.
1; Identities = 501/540(93 %), five gaps (0 %)), Seiridium eucalypti (strain CBS 343. 97, GenBank LT853196. 1; Identities = 474/545 (87 %), 23 gaps (4 %)) and Seiridium kartense (as Seiridium sp. GB-2017a; strain CBS 142629, GenBank LT853197. 1; Identities = 468/542 (86 %), 18 gaps (3 %)). Closest hits using the tub2 sequence of CPC 38822 had highest similarity to Seiridium podocarpi (strain CBS 137995, GenBank LT853248. 1; Identities = 667/ 710 (94 %), six gaps (0 %)), Seiridium cupressi (strain CMW18607, Gen-Bank DQ926979. 1; Identities = 290/312 (93 %), two gaps (0 %)) and Seiridium persooniae (strain CBS 143445, GenBank MG386163. 1; Identities = 367/403 (91 %), four gaps (0 %)). Setophoma syzygii Crous, sp. nov. Etymology. Name refers to the host genus Syzygium from which it was isolated.
On MEA surface and reverse olivaceous grey, outer region apricot; on PDA surface and reverse isabelline in centre, outer region rosy buff; on OA surface brown vinaceous with patches of rosy buff. Notes -Setophoma is characterised by having setose conidiomatal pycnidia, phialidic conidiogenous cells and hyaline, ellipsoidal to subcylindrical, aseptate conidia (De Gruyter et  al. 2010, Quaedvlieg et al. 2013, Liu et al. 2019). Setophoma syzygii is related to S. chromolaenae (on Chromolaena odorata, Brazil  , conidia (4. 5-)5-6(-7) × (2-)2. 5(-3 ) μm; Quaedvlieg et  al. 2013), but is morphologically and phylogenetically distinct from that species. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Setophoma chromolaena (strain AM01, GenBank KM246158.
1; Identities = 564/ 565 (99 %), no gaps), Setophoma vernoniae (strain CBS 137988, GenBank NR_168153. 1; Identities = 573/583 (98 %), no gaps) and Setophoma caverna (strain LF2095, GenBank MK511927. 1; Identities = 491/508 (97 %), two gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Setophoma vernoniae (strain CBS 137988, GenBank KJ869198. 1; Identities = 883/883 (100 %), no gaps), Setophoma endophytica (strain CGMCC 3. 19528, GenBank NG_070083. 1; Identities = 882/882 (100 %), no gaps) and Setophoma antiqua (as Setophoma sp. FL-2019a; strain LF1237, GenBank MK511947. 1; Identities = 882/882 (100 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the tub2 sequence had highest similarity to Setophoma vernoniae (strain CBS 137988, GenBank MK540177. 1; Identities = 501/530 (95 %), two gaps (0 %)), Setophoma endophytica (strain LC3163, GenBank MK525020.
1; Identities = 481/523 (92 %), eight gaps (1 %)), Setophoma antiqua (strain LC6595, GenBank MK525000. 1; Identities = 466/504 (92 %), seven gaps (1 %)) and Setophoma chromolaenae (strain CBS 135105, GenBank KF252728. 1; Identities = 274/295 (93 %), one gap (0 %)). Colour illustrations. Lowveld Botanical Garden. Conidioma on OA; setae; conidiogenous cells giving rise to conidia; conidia. Scale bars = 250 µm (conidioma), 10 µm (all others).