taxonID	type	description	language	source
29305211FFB38D36FF02FBADFF67F883.taxon	etymology	Etymology: polyalthiae, from the generic name of host plant, Polyalthia. Diagnostic characters: Growth rate on PDA and SNA; on PDA, agar became diffuse dull yellow to brownish and coconut-like odour noted. Colony radius on CMD after 72 h, 17 – 20 mm at 15 ° C, 30 – 35 mm at 20 ° C, 53 – 55 mm at 25 ° C, 50 – 53 mm at 30 ° C, no growth at 35 ° C; mycelium covering the plate after 4 days at 20 ° C; colony hyaline, mycelium loose, flat, thin layer of mycelium close to agar surface, not zonate; no distinct odour; agar not pigmented. Conidiophores acremonium- to irregularly verticillium-like; phialides straight to lageniform, 9.0 – 19.2 × 1.4 – 2.5 μm, L / W 5.8 – 12.1 (n = 30); conidia, formed within 3 days in the aerial mycelium, hyaline, smooth, mostly ellipsoidal to globose, 2.0 – 3.8 × 1.3 – 2.9 μm, L / W 1.0 – 1.6 (n = 30); chlamydospores broadly ellipsoidal to ellipsoidal, terminal or intercalary in hyphae, 3.6 – 7.7 × 1.8 – 3.1 μm, L / W 1.3 – 2.8 (n = 30). Sexual stage not known. Colony radius on PDA after 72 h, 14 – 20 mm at 15 ° C, 27 – 31 mm at 20 ° C, 48 – 50 mm at 25 ° C, 45 – 48 mm at 30 ° C, no growth at 35 ° C; colony hyaline, thin layer of mycelium close to agar surface, not zonate; agar became diffuse dull yellow to brownish, and coconut-like odour noted. Colony radius on SNA after 72 h, 7 – 12 mm at 15 ° C, 10 – 17 mm at 20 ° C, 20 – 25 mm at 25 ° C, 29 – 31 mm at 30 ° C, no growth at 35 ° C; colony hyaline, mycelium loose; not zonate; no distinct odour; agar not pigmented. Known distribution: Thailand. Holotype: THAILAND, Ubon Ratchathani Province, 15 ° 17 ’ 02.6 ” N, 104 ° 48 ' 27.6 " E, isolated from stems of Polyalthia debilis (Pierre) Finet & Gagnep., Apr, 2015, Nuankaew K., dried-culture: TBRC 8737, living culture: SB 042015.	en	Nuankaew, Katesaraporn, Sotome, Kozue, Lumyong, Saisamorn, Boonlue, Sophon (2018): Trichoderma polyalthiae sp. nov., an endophytic fungus from Polyalthia debilis. Phytotaxa 371 (5): 273-282, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.371.5.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.371.5.1
