taxonID	type	description	language	source
B3F78E46827B52F699D7F91FEA1DA223.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet “ clematidea ” refers to the host plant Clematis vitalba.	en	Zhang, Meng-Yuan, Zhang, Zhao-Xue, Wang, Ya-Ling, Zhang, Xiu-Guo, Li, Zhuang (2025): Molecular and morphological characterization of four new Phyllosticta species (Botryosphaeriales, Phyllostictaceae): Genomic insights into evolutionary dynamics and metabolic adaptation. IMA Fungus 16: e 168055, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.168055
B3F78E46827B52F699D7F91FEA1DA223.taxon	description	Description. Leaf endogenic and associated with leaves of Clematis vitalba. Asexual morph: Conidiomata pycnidial, mostly aggregated in clusters, black, erumpent, globose to clavate or elongated, exuding opaque to withe conidial masses, it exudes write conidial masses within 12 days or longer. Conidiophores indistinct, often reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 10 – 18 × 2 – 4.5 μm, subcylindrical, hyaline, smooth, proliferating several times percurrently near apex. Conidia 8 – 11.5 × 6 – 10 (5.5 – 7.5) μm, solitary, hyaline, aseptate, thin and smooth walled, coarsely guttulate, or with a single large central guttule, ovoid to irregularly ellipsoid, surrounded by a mucilaginous sheath. Sheath 1 – 2 μm thick, and bearing a hyaline apical mucoid appendage. Appendages 2.5 – 6 × 1 μm, flexible, unbranched, tapering towards an acutely rounded tip. Sexual morph not observed, see Fig. 6.	en	Zhang, Meng-Yuan, Zhang, Zhao-Xue, Wang, Ya-Ling, Zhang, Xiu-Guo, Li, Zhuang (2025): Molecular and morphological characterization of four new Phyllosticta species (Botryosphaeriales, Phyllostictaceae): Genomic insights into evolutionary dynamics and metabolic adaptation. IMA Fungus 16: e 168055, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.168055
B3F78E46827B52F699D7F91FEA1DA223.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on PDA 38 – 43 mm in diameter after 7 d at 25 ° C in darkness, with a growth rate of 5.4 – 6.1 mm / day, undulate at edge, grey white to black in obverse and reverse.	en	Zhang, Meng-Yuan, Zhang, Zhao-Xue, Wang, Ya-Ling, Zhang, Xiu-Guo, Li, Zhuang (2025): Molecular and morphological characterization of four new Phyllosticta species (Botryosphaeriales, Phyllostictaceae): Genomic insights into evolutionary dynamics and metabolic adaptation. IMA Fungus 16: e 168055, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.168055
929DB8015E905D3AA1BA65A02D6C83A6.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet “ decaspermi ” refers to the host plant Decaspermum montanum.	en	Zhang, Meng-Yuan, Zhang, Zhao-Xue, Wang, Ya-Ling, Zhang, Xiu-Guo, Li, Zhuang (2025): Molecular and morphological characterization of four new Phyllosticta species (Botryosphaeriales, Phyllostictaceae): Genomic insights into evolutionary dynamics and metabolic adaptation. IMA Fungus 16: e 168055, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.168055
929DB8015E905D3AA1BA65A02D6C83A6.taxon	description	Description. Leaf endogenic and associated with leaves of Decaspermum montanum Ridl. Asexual morph: Conidiomata pycnidial, mostly aggregated in clusters, black, erumpent. In PDA culture exuding colourless to opaque conidial masses within 12 days or longer. Conidiophores indistinct, often reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 6.5 – 15.5 × 2 – 4 μm, subcylindrical, ampulliform, hyaline, smooth. Conidia 10 – 13.5 × 5.5 – 7 μm, hyaline, aseptate, thin and smooth walled, coarsely guttulate, ovoid, ampulliform, ellipsoidal to subglobose, enclosed in a thin mucoid sheath. Sheath 1 – 2.5 μm thick and bearing a hyaline, apical mucoid appendage. Appendages 3 – 7 × 0.5 – 1 μm, flexible, unbranched, tapering towards an acutely rounded tip. Sexual morph not observed, see Fig. 4.	en	Zhang, Meng-Yuan, Zhang, Zhao-Xue, Wang, Ya-Ling, Zhang, Xiu-Guo, Li, Zhuang (2025): Molecular and morphological characterization of four new Phyllosticta species (Botryosphaeriales, Phyllostictaceae): Genomic insights into evolutionary dynamics and metabolic adaptation. IMA Fungus 16: e 168055, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.168055
929DB8015E905D3AA1BA65A02D6C83A6.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on PDA 12 – 16 mm in diameter after 7 d at 25 ° C in darkness, with a growth rate of 1.7 – 2.3 mm / day, white and undulate at edge, grey-green in center in obverse and reverse.	en	Zhang, Meng-Yuan, Zhang, Zhao-Xue, Wang, Ya-Ling, Zhang, Xiu-Guo, Li, Zhuang (2025): Molecular and morphological characterization of four new Phyllosticta species (Botryosphaeriales, Phyllostictaceae): Genomic insights into evolutionary dynamics and metabolic adaptation. IMA Fungus 16: e 168055, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.168055
5F4152514637588DAD74F72F43330E40.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet “ morellae ” refers to the host plant Morella rubra.	en	Zhang, Meng-Yuan, Zhang, Zhao-Xue, Wang, Ya-Ling, Zhang, Xiu-Guo, Li, Zhuang (2025): Molecular and morphological characterization of four new Phyllosticta species (Botryosphaeriales, Phyllostictaceae): Genomic insights into evolutionary dynamics and metabolic adaptation. IMA Fungus 16: e 168055, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.168055
5F4152514637588DAD74F72F43330E40.taxon	description	Description. Leaf endogenic and associated with leaves of Morella rubra Lour. Asexual morph: Conidiomata pycnidial, mostly aggregated in clusters, black, erumpent, globose to clavate or elongated with necks, in PDA culture exuding colourless to opaque conidial masses within 12 days or longer. Conidiophores indistinct, often reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 9.5 – 19 × 2 – 3 μm, subcylindrical, hyaline, smooth, proliferating several times percurrently near apex. Conidia 8.5 – 13.5 × 6 – 9 μm, solitary, hyaline, aseptate, thin and smooth walled, coarsely guttulate, or with a single large central guttule, ovoid to irregularly ellipsoid, surrounded by a mucilaginous sheath. Sheath 1 – 1.5 μm thick, and bearing a hyaline apical mucoid appendage. Appendages 2.5 – 5.5 × 1 μm, flexible, unbranched, tapering towards an acutely rounded tip. Sexual morph not observed, see Fig. 5.	en	Zhang, Meng-Yuan, Zhang, Zhao-Xue, Wang, Ya-Ling, Zhang, Xiu-Guo, Li, Zhuang (2025): Molecular and morphological characterization of four new Phyllosticta species (Botryosphaeriales, Phyllostictaceae): Genomic insights into evolutionary dynamics and metabolic adaptation. IMA Fungus 16: e 168055, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.168055
5F4152514637588DAD74F72F43330E40.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on PDA 26 – 32 mm in diameter after 7 d at 25 ° C in darkness, with a growth rate of 3.7 – 4.7 mm / day, white and undulate at edge, grey-green in center in obverse and reverse.	en	Zhang, Meng-Yuan, Zhang, Zhao-Xue, Wang, Ya-Ling, Zhang, Xiu-Guo, Li, Zhuang (2025): Molecular and morphological characterization of four new Phyllosticta species (Botryosphaeriales, Phyllostictaceae): Genomic insights into evolutionary dynamics and metabolic adaptation. IMA Fungus 16: e 168055, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.168055
06472C277AC754B596A08C01AA4EBF3C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet “ pittosporicola ” refers to the host plant Pittosporum illicioides.	en	Zhang, Meng-Yuan, Zhang, Zhao-Xue, Wang, Ya-Ling, Zhang, Xiu-Guo, Li, Zhuang (2025): Molecular and morphological characterization of four new Phyllosticta species (Botryosphaeriales, Phyllostictaceae): Genomic insights into evolutionary dynamics and metabolic adaptation. IMA Fungus 16: e 168055, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.168055
06472C277AC754B596A08C01AA4EBF3C.taxon	description	Description. Leaf endogenic and associated with leaves of Pittosporum illicioides Makino. Asexual morph: Conidiomata pycnidial, mostly aggregated in clusters, black, erumpent. In PDA culture exuding colourless to opaque conidial masses within 12 days or longer. Conidiophores indistinct, often reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells 5.5 – 10 × 2 – 4 μm, subcylindrical, ampulliform, hyaline, smooth. Conidia 7 – 9 × 4 – 6 μm, hyaline, aseptate, thin and smooth walled, coarsely guttulate, ovoid, ampulliform, ellipsoidal to subglobose, enclosed in a thin mucoid sheath. Sheath 1 – 2 μm thick and bearing a hyaline, apical mucoid appendage. Appendages 4 – 7 × 1 – 2 μm, flexible, unbranched, tapering towards an acutely rounded tip. Spermatia 5 – 7.5 × 1 – 2.5 μm, occurring in conidioma with conidia, hyaline, smooth, guttulate to granular, bacilliform. Sexual morph not observed, see Fig. 7.	en	Zhang, Meng-Yuan, Zhang, Zhao-Xue, Wang, Ya-Ling, Zhang, Xiu-Guo, Li, Zhuang (2025): Molecular and morphological characterization of four new Phyllosticta species (Botryosphaeriales, Phyllostictaceae): Genomic insights into evolutionary dynamics and metabolic adaptation. IMA Fungus 16: e 168055, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.168055
06472C277AC754B596A08C01AA4EBF3C.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on PDA 18 – 22 mm in diameter after 7 d at 25 ° C in darkness, with a growth rate of 2.5 – 3.1 mm / day, undulate at edge, creamy white to black in obverse and reverse.	en	Zhang, Meng-Yuan, Zhang, Zhao-Xue, Wang, Ya-Ling, Zhang, Xiu-Guo, Li, Zhuang (2025): Molecular and morphological characterization of four new Phyllosticta species (Botryosphaeriales, Phyllostictaceae): Genomic insights into evolutionary dynamics and metabolic adaptation. IMA Fungus 16: e 168055, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.168055
