taxonID	type	description	language	source
FBDBE180C19850DBA0466009B883BB13.taxon	description	Morphological characteristics. Sexual morph: Ascomata perithecial. Perithecia superficial, solitary to gregarious, subglobose to globose, papillate or non-papillate, no colour change in 3 % KOH or 100 % LA. Asci clavate to subcylindrical, 6 – 8 - spored. Ascospores ellipsoidal to oblong ellipsoidal, uniseptate, hyaline, smooth-walled, uniseriate or irregular biseriate. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Conidiophores dimorphic or monomorphic, sporodochial, synnematous, hyaline, brown or blackish brown. Phialides phialidic, cylindrical to flask-shaped. Conidia aseptate, hyaline, smooth, ovoid to ellipsoid.	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
FBDBE180C19850DBA0466009B883BB13.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Clonostachys araucaria Corda, Pracht-Fl. Eur. Schimmelbild.: 31 (1839)	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
1CE081EAEA635FC6B3C9947F82B9A3F3.taxon	description	Fig. 2	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
1CE081EAEA635FC6B3C9947F82B9A3F3.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet is derived from Linzhi City, where the holotype was collected.	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
1CE081EAEA635FC6B3C9947F82B9A3F3.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: Not observed. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on the WA, raised, medium sparse, rough, white at apex. Conidiophores mononematous, erect, simple, verticillium-like, straight or flexuous, branched, smooth-walled, thin-walled, septate, hyaline, produce globose cells at the apex, terminal branches developing into phialides, 110 – 232 × 2.5 – 3.9 μm (x ̄ = 170 × 3.2 μm, n = 20). Phialides polytretic, terminal on branches, phialides cylindrical but slightly tapering towards the tips, aseptate, hyaline, smooth, thin-walled, terminal developing into conidia, 15.3 – 23.8 × 1.5 – 3.3 μm (x ̄ = 19.8 × 2.2 μm, n = 20). Conidia amerospores, solitary, acrogenous, simple, doliiform to ellipsoidal, smooth, thin-walled, aseptate, hyaline, 3.9 – 5.7 × 2.2 – 3.2 μm (x ̄ = 4.7 × 2.6 μm, n = 30).	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
1CE081EAEA635FC6B3C9947F82B9A3F3.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on PDA reaching 5.0 – 5.5 cm after 20 days of incubation at 25 ° C, white above, pale yellow reverse, medium spare, concave in the center, convex around, hairy, lobate, velvety, ciliate, not pigment produced,	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
B6037BCA496F5A18AAE36BE6055D2D80.taxon	description	Fig. 3	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
B6037BCA496F5A18AAE36BE6055D2D80.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet is derived from the location “ Motuo County ”, from where the holotype was collected.	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
B6037BCA496F5A18AAE36BE6055D2D80.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: Not observed. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on the WA, solitary or gregarious, white to pale yellow, raised, dense, rough. Conidiophores mononematous, penicillate, straight or flexuous, branched at the apex, smooth, thin-walled, septate, hyaline, conidiophores produce globose cells at the apex, from globose to elongated or continue to differentiate, terminal branches developing into phialides, 94 – 146 × 2.5 – 4.7 μm (x ̄ = 125 × 3.5 μm, n = 20). Phialides monophialidic, terminal, flask-shaped, aseptate, hyaline, smooth, thin-walled, terminal developing into conidia, 9.1 – 18.7 × 2.3 – 3.5 μm (x ̄ = 13.2 × 2.8 μm, n = 20). Conidia amerospores, solitary, acrogenous, simple, ellipsoidal to oblong with obtuse ends, smooth, thin-walled, aseptate, hyaline, minutely guttulate, 3.9 – 5.6 × 2.5 – 3.3 μm (x ̄ = 4.6 × 2.9 μm, n = 30).	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
B6037BCA496F5A18AAE36BE6055D2D80.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on PDA reaching 3.5 – 4 cm after 20 days of incubation at 25 ° C, white both above and reverse, medium spare, raised, smooth, fimbriate, velvety, ciliate, not pigment produced.	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
A51DC5C809AC52B09255010571E3BCF4.taxon	description	Description and illustration. Perera et al. 2020 and Torcato et al. 2020.	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
47BAC71262875A66978FA4B9754C9ACD.taxon	description	Fig. 4	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
47BAC71262875A66978FA4B9754C9ACD.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet is derived from Yadong County, where the holotype was collected.	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
47BAC71262875A66978FA4B9754C9ACD.taxon	description	Description. Sexual morph: Not observed. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on the WA, solitary or gregarious, white to pale yellow, raised, medium sparse, rough. Conidiophores mononematous, penicillate, straight or flexuous, branched, smooth-walled, thin-walled, septate, hyaline, produce globose cells at the apex, terminal branches developing into phialides, 80 – 118 × 2.4 – 3.4 μm (x ̄ = 97 × 2.8 μm, n = 20). Phialides polyblastic, terminal, flask-shaped, aseptate, hyaline, smooth, thin-walled, minutely guttulate, terminal developing into conidia, 9.6 – 15.6 × 1.7 – 2.3 μm (x ̄ = 13.1 × 2 μm, n = 20). Conidia amerospores, solitary, acrogenous, simple, oval to ellipsoidal, smooth, thin-walled, aseptate, hyaline, minutely guttulate, 3.6 – 5.4 × 2.6 – 3.3 μm (x ̄ = 4.5 × 2.9 μm, n = 30).	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
47BAC71262875A66978FA4B9754C9ACD.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on PDA reaching 5.5 – 6 cm after 20 days of incubation at 25 ° C, white above, pale yellow reverse, medium spare, raised, hairy, fimbriate, velvety, ciliate, not pigment produced.	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
4E2F58A7F51754B192528C1819871A51.taxon	description	Description and illustration. See Bao et al. 2023.	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
65F6ECAE541C5621A893BF016B004401.taxon	description	Description and illustration. Zhang et al. (2023).	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
1A0F549371375C5FA4EF7B21BBDF4DB4.taxon	description	Morphological characteristics. Sexual morph: Ascomycetous. Perithecia solitary, gregarious or loosely aggregated, globose to subglobose, 200 – 400 μm diam, pale yellow or pale to light orange, not papillate, Perithecial wall either consisting of two or one major wall regions. Asci clavate, 8 - spored, with flat or rounded apex. Ascospores aseptate or 1 - septate, hyaline, spinulose, warted, with short striae, ellipsoidal to fusiform. Asexual morph. Hyphomycetous. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, monomorphic or dimorphic, penicillate, verticillate; branches at apex. Phialides one or two successive intercalary phialides, terminal, terminal whorls consisting of narrowly flask-shaped, hyaline. Conidia obovoid, ellipsoid, or fusoid, slightly curved or straight, hyaline, aseptate, smooth-walled, thin-walled.	en	He, Shucheng, Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S., Chomnunti, Putarak, Dissanayake, Lakmali S., Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Yang, Hongde, Zhao, Yun Wei, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Zhao, Qi, Hyde, Kevin D. (2025): Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal three new species of Clonostachys and two combinations of Sesquicillium (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) from Xizang, China. MycoKeys 115: 43-66, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.115.139757
