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, UK; conidia (12 -)13 -14(-15) × 1. 5(-2) μm;  Crous et al. 2017a ), but on average has smaller conidia. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Pilidium anglicum (strain CBS 143402, GenBank NR_156670. 1; Identities = 459/471 (97 %), 5 gaps (1 %)), Pilidium acerinum (strain CBS 736. 68, GenBank NR_119500. 1; Identities = 455/472 (96 %), 5 gaps (1 %)), and Pilidium eucalyptorum (strain CPC 26594, GenBank NR_145311. 1; Identities = 449/466 (96 %), 2 gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Pilidium eucalyptorum (strain CPC 26594, GenBank NG_059618. 1; Identities = 794/798 (99 %), no gaps), Pilidium acerinum (strain CBS 403. 71C, GenBank MH871958. 1; Identities = 881/886 (99 %), no gaps), and Pili dium anglicum (strain CBS 143402, GenBank NG_058522.
Culture characteristics -Colonies flat, spreading, with sparse aerial mycelium and feathery margin, reaching 60 mm diam after 2 wk at 25 °C. On MEA, PDA and OA surface and reverse olivaceous grey. Notes -Although phylogenetically distinct from species of Phyllosticta known from DNA sequence data  (Marin-Felix et al. 2017 , Crous et al. 2018b) , P. encephalarticola should be compared to P. encephalarti (on leaves of Encephalartos laurentiana, Indonesia, conidia 10 -15 × 3. 5 -6 µm, apical appendage 6 -10 µm long;  Van der Aa 1973) , 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 Phyllosticta owaniana (GenBank AF312011. 1; Identities = 534/569 (94 %), 8 gaps (1 %)), Phyllosticta pseudotsugae (strain CBS 111649, GenBank KF154277.
1; Identities = 543/580 (94 %), 14 gaps (2 %)), and Phyllosticta podocarpi (strain CBS 111647, GenBank KF766217. 1; Identities = 567/609 (93 %), 14 gaps (2 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Phyllosticta hagahagaensis (strain CBS 144592, GenBank MK442550. 1; Identities = 876/884 (99 %), no gaps), Phyllosticta austroafricana (strain CBS 144593, GenBank MK442549. 1; Identities = 872/882 (99 %), no gaps), and Phyllosticta carissicola (strain CPC 25665, GenBank KT950863. 1; Identities = 848/858 (99 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the actA sequence had highest similarity to Phyllosticta hagahagaensis (strain CBS 144592, GenBank MK442641. 1; Identities = 606/ 619 (98 %), 1 gap (0 %)), Phyllosticta austro africana (strain CBS 144593, GenBank MK442640. 1; Identities = 605/621 (97 %), 1 gap (0 %)), and Phyllosticta lauridiae (strain CBS 145559, GenBank MK876460.
1; Identities = 583/623 (94 %), 4 gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the tef1 sequence had highest similarity to Phyllosticta hagahagaensis (strain CBS 144592, GenBank MK442705. 1; Identities = 381/387 (98 %), no gaps), Phyllosticta podocarpi (strain CBS 111647, GenBank KF766434. 1; Identities = 255/260 (98 %), no gaps), and Phyllosticta carissicola (strain CPC 25665, GenBank KT950879. 1; Identities = 389/399 (97 %), 2 gaps (0 %)). Classification -Didymosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes. Conidiomata separate, pycnidial, globose, 180 -200 µm diam, medium brown, opening via central ostiole; wall of 3 -6 layers of pale brown textura angularis. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells lining inner cavity, hyaline, smooth, ampulliform to subcylindrical, 4-6 × 2-3. 5 µm, phialidic with periclinal thickening.
Conidia solitary, aseptate, subcylindrical, straight, hyaline, smooth with obtuse ends, (3. 5 -)4(-6) × 1. 5(-2) µm. Culture characteristics -Colonies flat, spreading, with moderate aerial mycelium and feathery margin, reaching 35 mm diam after 2 wk at 25 °C. On MEA and PDA surface and reverse olivaceous grey. On OA surface iron-grey. Notes -Alloconiothyrium encephalarti represents a new species related to species in the coniothyrium-complex, including Alloconiothyrium and Verrucoconiothyrium  (Crous et al. 2015a) , and is tentatively named in Alloconiothyrium. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Microsphaeropsis arundinis (strain SCAU194, Gen-Bank MK281564. 1; Identities = 452/474 (95 %), 11 gaps (2 %)), Huperzia serrata (strain HS8-2-3, GenBank MK424445.
1; Identities = 452/474 (95 %), 11 gaps (2 %)), and Paraconiothyrium cyclothyrioides (strain UTHSC DI16-346, GenBank LT796893. 1; Identities = 452/474 (95 %), 11 gaps (2 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Alloconiothyrium aptrootii (strain CBS 981. 95, GenBank JX496235. 1; Identities = 869/875 (99 %), 1 gap (0 %)), Verrucoconiothyrium nitidae (as Coniothyrium nitidae, strain CBS 119209, GenBank EU552112. 1; Identities = 881/888 (99 %), 1 gap (0 %)), and Paraconiothyrium archidendri (strain CBS 168. 77, GenBank NG_057964. 1; Identities = 880/888 (99 %), 1 gap (0 %)). Colour illustrations. Encephalartos sp. Symptomatic leaf; conidiomata on pine needle agar; conidiogenous cells; conidia. Scale bars = 200 µm (conidiomata), 10 µm (all others). Classification -Trichomeriaceae, Chaetothyriales, Eurotiomycetes.
Lithohypha aloicola is closely related to L. guttulata, but quite distinct morphologically, producing conidia arranged in chains, and occurring on leaves of Aloe in South Africa. Of interest is the fact that both substrates could be regarded as extreme environments. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Lithophila guttulata (as Trichomeriaceae sp. LS-2015c, strain CCFEE 5908, GenBank KP791770. 1; Identities = 566/572 (99 %), 2 gaps (0 %)), Bradymyces sp. LS-2015b (strain CGMCC 3. 16362, GenBank KP174849. 1; Identities = 545/552 (99 %), 1 gap (0 %)), and Knufia aspidiotus (as Knufia sp. FH-2012, strain BJ01A17, GenBank JX843780. 1; Identities = 406/461 (88 %), 18 gaps (3 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Lithophila guttulata (as Trichomeriaceae sp.
LS-2015c, strain CCFEE 5884, GenBank KR781056. 1; Identities = 855/855 (100 %), no gaps), Bradymyces sp. LS-2015b (strain CGMCC 3. 17221, GenBank KP174952. 1; Identities = 823/823 (100 %), no gaps), and Neophaeococcomyces catenatus (strain CBS 650. 76, GenBank MH872793. 1; Identities = 822/865 (95 %), 6 gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the rpb1 sequence had highest similarity to Bradymyces sp. LS-2015a (strain CGMCC 3. 14008, GenBank KP226519. 1; Identities = 447/632 (71 %), 14 gaps (2 %)), Bradymyces graniticola (strain CCF 5193, GenBank LT558716. 1; Identities = 507/745 (68 %), 22 gaps (2 %)), and Knufia peltigerae (strain CGMCC 3. 17283, GenBank KP226513. 1; Identities = 312/436 (72 %), 7 gaps (1 %)). Closest hits using the tef1 sequence had highest similarity to Furfurella luteostiolata (strain CE3, GenBank MK523302.
1; Identities = 417/462 (90 %), 2 gaps (0 %)), Gyrothrix inops (strain BE108, GenBank KJ476974. 1; Identities = 415/ 461 (90 %), no gaps), and Gyrothrix ramosa (strain MUCL 54061, GenBank KJ476975. 1; Identities = 414/461 (90 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the tub2 sequence had highest similarity to Bradymyces sp. LS-2015b (strain CGMCC 3. 17221, GenBank KP226553. 1; Identities = 216/222 (97 %) , no gaps), Arthrocladium caudatum (strain CBS 457. 67, GenBank LT558710. 1; Identities = 347/451 (77 %), 32 gaps (7 %)), and Aphanophora eugeniae (strain CBS 124105, GenBank KC455221. 1; Identities = 329/430 (77 %), 25 gaps (5 %)). Crous, sp. nov. Notes -Neothyrostroma is reminiscent of the genus Thyrostroma, which was recently treated by  Marin-Felix et al. (2017). The two genera are distinct phylogenetically, and Neothyrostroma can also be distinguished morphologically in having distoseptate conidia.
Neothyrostroma encephalarti Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence of CPC 35998 had highest similarity to Angustimassarina sp. DP-2019a (voucher MFLU 18-0057, GenBank MN244197. 1; Identities = 427/461 (93 %), 8 gaps (1 %)), Exosporium stylobatum (strain AN122R, GenBank MH397653. 1; Identities = 416/450 (92 %), 8 gaps (1 %)), and Lophiostoma corticola (strain Z26, GenBank MK907710. 1; Identities = 438/474 (92 %), 11 gaps (2 %)). The ITS sequences of CPC 35998 and 35999 are identical (545/545 bases). Closest hits using the LSU sequence of CPC 35998 are Alfoldia vorosii (as Dothideomycetes sp. DGK-2019a, strain REF117, GenBank MK589355. 1; Identities = 863/883 (98 %), 4 gaps (0 %)), Amorocoelophoma cassiae (voucher C259, GenBank MK347956.
1; Identities = 857/883 (97 %), 5 gaps (0 %)), and Angustimassarina coryli (strain MFLUCC 14-0981, Gen Bank MF167432. 1; Identities = 854/881 (97 %), 6 gaps (0 %)). The LSU sequences of CPC 35998 and 35999 are identical (883/883 bases). Closest hits using the tef1 sequence had highest similarity to Alfoldia vorosii (as Dothideomycetes sp. DGK-2019a, strain REF117, GenBank MK599321. 1; Identities = 438/466 (94 %), no gaps), Parathyridaria percutanea (strain UTHSC DI16-292, GenBank LT797111. 1; Identities = 433/462 (94 %), no gaps), and Splanchnonema platani (strain CBS 221. 37, GenBank DQ677908. 2; Identities = 435/466 (93 %), no gaps).
Based on a blastn search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence of CPC 36050 had highest similarity to Falcocladium sphaeropedunculatum (strain CBS 111294, GenBank EU040220. 1; Identities = 625/659 (95 %), 15 gaps (2 %)), Falcocladium turbinatum (strain BCC 22055, GenBank NR_138378. 1; Identities = 620/688 (90 %), 41 gaps (5 %)), and Falcocladium multivesiculatum (strain CBS 120386, GenBank EU040217. 2; Identities = 597/667 (90 %), 46 gaps (6 %) Classification -Incertae sedis, Xylariales, Sordariomycetes. Mycelium internal and external, consisting of branched, septate, hyaline to pale brown, 2-3 µm diam hyphae. Setae erect, straight to geniculate-sinuous, dark brown, thick-walled, verruculose to warty, 100-180 µm tall, 4-5 µm wide at base, 4-10-septate, branched, forming 2-6 lateral branches.
Gyrothrix is close to Circinotrichum, but distinguished based on its branched setae  (Ellis 1971). Gyrothrix eucalypti is distinguished from G. circinata (setae 80-180 µm, conidia 12-15 × 1. 5-1. 8 µm) and G. podosperma (setae 120-260 µm, conidia 8-16 × 1. 5-2 µm) by the dimensions of its setae and conidia  (Ellis 1971). Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide data base, the closest hits using the ITS sequence of CPC 36066 had highest similarity to Lopadostoma lechatii (strain CBS 133694, GenBank NR_132032. 1; Identities = 373/412 (91 %), 16 gaps (3 %)), Calceomyces lacunosus (strain CBS 633. 88, GenBank KY610397. 1; Identities = 516/583 (89 %), 18 gaps (3 %)), Anthostomella sp. DAD-2016a (strain MFLUCC 16-0243, GenBank KX505957. 1; Identities = 487/540 (90 %), 19 gaps (3 %)), and Ceratocladium microspermum (strain CBS 126092, GenBank MH864077.
1; Identities = 529/600 (88 %), 35 gaps (5 %)). The ITS sequences of CPC 35992 and 36066 differ at a single position (576/577 bases similar). Closest hits using the LSU sequence of CPC 36066 are Torula ficus (strain MFLUCC 18-0112, GenBank MH260322. 1; Identities = 791/803 (99 %), no gaps), Circinotrichum papakurae (strain CBS 101373, GenBank KR611897. 1; Identities = 874/891 (98 %), 3 gaps (0 %)), and Gyrothrix ramosa (strain MUCL 54061, GenBank KC775722. 1; Identities = 797/816 (98 %), 4 gaps (0 %)). The LSU sequences of CPC 35992 and 36066 are identical (894/ 894 bases). Closest hits using the tef1 sequence of CPC 36066 had highest similarity to Furfurella luteostiolata (strain CE3, GenBank MK523302. 1; Identities = 431/476 (91 %), 2 gaps (0 %)), Gyrothrix inops (strain BE108, GenBank KJ476974.
1; Identities = 429/475 (90 %), no gaps), and Gyro thrix ramosa (strain MUCL 54061, GenBank KJ476975. 1; Identities = 428/ 475 (90 %), no gaps). Colour illustrations. Eucalyptus leaves Gyrothrix eucalypti was isolated from. Conidiogenous cells; conidia; setae. Scale bars = 10 µm. Conidiomata unilocular, separate, globose, immersed to erumpent, brown, 200 -250 µm diam, opening via central ostiole, exuding a brown conidial mass; wall of 3 -6 layers of brown textura angularis. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells lining inner cavity, hyaline, smooth, ampulliform to doliiform, 5-9 × 4-5 µm, with percurrent proliferation at apex. Conidia solitary, golden brown, subcylindrical to ellipsoid, straight to curved, 0 -1-septate, apex obtuse, base truncate with longitudinal striations along the length of the conidium, (7-)8 -9(-10) × (4 -)4.
5(-5) µm. Culture characteristics -Colonies flat, spreading, with moderate aerial mycelium and feathery margin, reaching 50 mm diam after 2 wk at 25 °C. On MEA surface buff, reverse cinnamon. On PDA surface and reverse cinnamon. On OA surface honey. Notes -Neoplatysporoides aloes is similar to N. aloeicola (on leaves of Aloe sp. , Tanzania; conidia (8 -)9 -10(-12) × (4 -)5(-6) μm;  Crous et al. 2015b ), but distinguished based on its slightly smaller conidia. Neoplatysporoides is presently only known from leaves of Aloe spp. occurring in Africa. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide data base, the closest hits using the ITS sequence of CPC 36068 had highest similarity to Neoplatysporoides aloeicola (strain CBS 139901, GenBank NR_154230. 1; Identities = 544/564 (96 %), 2 gaps (0 %)), Libertasomyces myopori (strain CBS 141302, GenBank NR_145200.
1; Identities = 522/568 (92 %), 14 gaps (2 %)), and Libertasomyces quercus (strain CBS 134. 97, GenBank NR_155337. 1; Identities = 513/559 (92 %), 11 gaps (1 %)). The ITS sequence of CPC 36068 is 99 % (558/564 bases, including 1 gap) similar to those of CPC 36060 and CPC 35988. Closest hits using the LSU sequence of CPC 36068 are Neoplatysporoides aloeicola (strain CBS 139901, GenBank MH878657. 1; Identities = 853/858 (99 %), 3 gaps (0 %)), Foliophoma fallens (strain CBS 284. 70, GenBank GU238078. 1; Identities = 860/871 (99 %), 1 gap (0 %)), and Camarosporium quaternatum (strain CBS 483. 95, GenBank DQ377884. 1; Identities = 851/863 (99 %), no gaps). The LSU sequence of CPC 36068 differs with a single nucleotide from CPC 35988 and CPC 36060 (884/885 bases similar). Colour illustrations. Aloe sp.
On MEA surface isabelline, reverse hazel. On PDA surface and reverse isabelline. On OA surface dirty white. Notes -Chalara is paraphyletic within Helotiales  (Cai et al. 2009). Chalara eucalypticola is distinct from C. cylindrica (on Eucalyptus, conidia 3 -9. 5 × 1-1. 5 µm; Nag  Raj & Kendrick 1976)  and represents a new species on Eucalyptus, that is phylogenetically distinct from all chalara-like taxa presently known from their DNA sequence data. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Calycina alstrupii (voucher BILAS Motiejunaite 10761, GenBank NR_154846. 1; Identities = 522/562 (93 %), 18 gaps (3 %)), Calycina herbarum (strain 1370, GenBank AM262399. 1; Identities = 421/454 (93 %), 16 gaps (3 %)), and Graphilbum pleomorphum (strain CBS 110.
86, GenBank MH861928. 1; Identities = 521/562 (93 %), 16 gaps (2 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Chalara parvispora (strain CBS 385. 94, GenBank FJ176253. 1; Identities = 818/829 (99 %), no gaps), Chalara crassipes (strain CBS 829. 71, GenBank FJ176254. 1; Identities = 818/830 (99 %), no gaps), and Chalara fungorum (strain CBS 942. 72, GenBank FJ176252. 1; Identities = 813/825 (99 %), no gaps). No ITS sequences are available in GenBank for comparison of these three Chalara species with our novel species. No significant hits were obtained when the tef1 and tub2 sequences were used in blastn and megablast searches. Colour illustrations. Eucalyptus grandis × urophylla trees. Colony on synthetic nutrient poor agar; conidiophores with conidiogenous cells; conidia. Scale bars = 10 µm.
Neokirramyces syzygii Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Pallidocercospora ventilago (strain CPC 21817, Gen Bank KF777177. 1; Identities = 488/528 (92 %), 3 gaps (0 %)), Pallidocercospora crystallina (strain 148B3, GenBank JQ732910. 1; Identities = 446/483 (92 %), 2 gaps (0 %)), and Trochophora fasciculata (strain CPC 10282, GenBank FJ839632. 1; Identities = 490/531 (92 %), 2 gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Stigmina palmivora (strain VIC 39741, GenBank KF656785. 1; Identities = 769/782 (98 %), no gaps), Sonder henia eucalypticola (as Mycosphaerella walkeri, strain CMW 20333, GenBank DQ267574. 1; Identities = 764/782 (98 %), no gaps), and Pallidocercospora irregulariramosa (strain CPC 1362, GenBank GU214441.
5(-6) × 2 -2. 5 µm. Culture characteristics -Colonies erumpent, with folded surface, sparse aerial mycelium and smooth, lobate margin, reaching 8 mm diam after 2 wk at 25 °C. On MEA surface umber in middle, buff at margin, reverse umber. On PDA surface and reverse sepia. On OA surface umber. Notes -Lareunionomyces was established for a genus of hyphomycetes that resembles Sporendocladia, except that it has a more intricate conidiogenous apparatus  (Crous et al. 2016b). Lareunionomyces eucalypticola is phylogenetically related to L. loeiensis (on leaf litter, Thailand). The two species are easily distinguished based on their conidiophores, those of the latter being smaller, 90-150(-165) × 5-6. 5 μm, and lacking rhizoids  (Crous et al. 2018a). Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Lareunionomyces loeiensis (strain BCC 84472, GenBank NR_161149.
1; Identities = 511/522 (98 %), 1 gap (0 %)), Lareunionomyces eucalypti (strain CPC 32621, Gen-Bank NR_160352. 1; Identities = 526/543 (97 %), 3 gaps (0 %)), and Lareunionomyces syzygii (strain CBS 141326, GenBank NR_145315. 1; Identities = 532/553 (96 %), 3 gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Lareunionomyces loeiensis (strain BCC 84472, GenBank MK047510. 1; Identities = 863/871 (99 %), no gaps), Lareunionomyces syzygii (strain CBS 141326, GenBank NG_058244. 1; Identities = 878/891 (99 %), no gaps), and Lareunionomyces eucalypti (strain CPC 32621, GenBank NG_064545. 1; Identities = 854/867 (99 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the rpb2 sequence had highest similarity to Lareunionomyces eucalypti (strain CPC 32621, GenBank MH327867. 1; Identities = 713 /790 (90 %), no gaps), Neolauriomyces eucalypti (strain CPC 32623, GenBank MH327868.
1; Identities = 753/901 (84 %), no gaps), and Diplococcium spicatum (strain CBS 852. 73, GenBank EF204483. 1; Identities = 695/895 (78 %), 26 gaps (2 %)). Closest hits using the tef1 sequence had highest similarity to Lareunionomyces eucalypti (strain CPC 32621, GenBank MH327878. 1; Identities = 431/519 (83 %), 28 gaps (5 %)), Porodiplodia vitis (strain CBS 144634, GenBank MK442707. 1; Identities = 218/248 (88 %), 12 gaps (4 %)), and Cadophora luteo-olivacea (strain Clo-15, GenBank HQ661073. 1; Identities = 218/251 (87 %), 10 gaps (3 %)). Colour illustrations. Eucalyptus grandis trees. Sporulation on oatmeal agar; conidiophores with swollen bases; conidiogenous cells; conidia. Scale bars = 10 µm. Classification -Plectosphaerellaceae, Glomerellales, Sordariomycetes. Conidiomata sporodochial, cushion-shaped, 100-200 µm diam, pale olivaceous with intermixed setae, brown, verruculose to warty, thick-walled, flexuous, 3 -6-septate, tapering to acutely rounded apices, 60 -150 × 5 -8 µm.
Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Lectera nordwiniana (strain CBS 144922, GenBank MK047463. 1; Identities = 538/561 (96 %), 5 gaps (0 %)), Lectera colletotrichoides (strain CBS 109728, GenBank KM231851. 1; Identities = 539/563 (96 %), 6 gaps (1 %)), and Lectera capsici (strain CBS:142534, GenBank NR_155338. 1; Identities = 533/559 (95 %), 6 gaps (1 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Lectera capsici (strain CBS 142534, GenBank NG_058474. 1; Identities = 816/829 (98 %), no gaps), Lectera longa (strain IMI 366179, GenBank LR025898. 1; Identities = 778/791 (98 %), no gaps), and Lectera colletotrichoides (strain IMI 265740, GenBank LR025896. 1; Identities = 778/791 (98 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the rpb2 sequence had highest similarity to Lectera colletotrichoides (strain CBS 109728, GenBank KM232427.
1; Identities = 312/353 (88 %), 1 gap (0 %)), Lectera longa (strain IMI 181698, GenBank LR026170. 1; Identities = 638/743 (86 %), no gaps), and Lectera colletotrichoides (strain IMI 332702, GenBank LR026168. 1; Identities = 638/743 (86 %), no gaps). No significant hits were obtained when the tef1 and tub2 sequences were used in blastn and megablast searches. Colour illustrations. Philenoptera violacea tree at Letaba lodge. Colony on synthetic nutrient poor agar; conidiophores with conidiogenous cells; setae; conidia. Scale bars = 10 µm. Classification -Cladosporiaceae, Capnodiales, Dothideomycetes. Mycelium consisting of branched, septate, brown, smooth, 3-4 µm diam hyphae. Conidiophores solitary, dimorphic, macroand micronematous, reduced to conidiogenous cells. Microconidiophores 0 -1-septate, brown, verruculose, straight to geniculate-sinuous, 20 -40 × 4 -5 µm.
On MEA, PDA and OA surface and reverse olivaceous grey. Notes -Verrucocladosporium visseri is phylogenetically closely related to V. dirinae (isolated from the lichen Dirina massiliensis, UK, conidiophores macronematous, ramoconidia 16-21 × (2-)2. 5-3 μm, conidia 4-18(-23) × (2-)2. 5-3. 5 μm, 0 -1-septate;  Crous et al. 2007b ), but distinct in having dimorphic conidiophores, larger ramoconidia and smaller conidia. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Verrucocladosporium dirinae (strain HF16, Gen-Bank KR081411. 1; Identities = 612/637 (96 %), 9 gaps (1 %)), Graphiopsis chlorocephala (strain SDAU Forestry402-4, Gen-Bank KJ682320. 1; Identities = 439/465 (94 %), 7 gaps (1 %)), and Trimmatostroma salinum (strain MZKI B-962, GenBank AJ238676.
1; Identities = 421/450 (94 %), 8 gaps (1 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Verrucocladosporium dirinae (strain MUT 4857, GenBank KP671739. 1; Identities = 864/870 (99 %), no gaps), Graphiopsis chlorocephala (strain CBS 121523, GenBank MH874669. 1; Identities = 862/870 (99 %), no gaps), and Trimmatostroma salinum (strain CBS 100461, GenBank MH874308. 1; Identities = 860/870 (99 %), no gaps). Colour illustrations. Surf spot at 'Skaapeiland', IJzerfontein. Colony on synthetic nutrient poor agar; conidiophores with conidiogenous cells; conidia. Scale bars = 10 µm. Classification -Mycosphaerellaceae, Capnodiales, Dothideomycetes. Conidiomata globose, brown, 80-120 µm diam, pycnidial, opening via irregular rupture. Conidiophores lining the inner cavity, hyaline to pale brown, subcylindrical, septate, branched or not, 5 -20 × 3 -4 µm.
The asexual morph that formed in culture is relatively nondescript, and the taxon is tentatively named in Stomiopeltis based on DNA sequence similarity to other deposited sequences. However, Stomiopeltis has thyrothecia, and thus cannot belong to the Mycosphaerellaceae, further suggesting that the sexual morph of this fungus will have pseudothecial ascomata. Future collections of the sexual morph will hopefully clarify its taxonomy, and its relationship with Stomiopeltis s. str. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Stomiopeltis phyllanthi  (voucher MFLU 18-2115, GenBank NR_163328. 1; Identities = 389/426 (91 %) , 10 gaps (2 %)), Exopassalora zambiae (strain CBS 112971, GenBank NR_156200. 1; Identities = 361/400 (90 %), 8 gaps (2 %)), and Clypeosphaerella quasiparkii (strain IHBF 2280, GenBank MF326624.