Cyphellophora

Mi, Li-Xue, Song, Hai-Yan, Hyde, Kevin D., Eungwanichayapant, Prapassorn D., Mapook, Ausana, Chen, Mu-Sen & Hu, Dian-Ming, 2025, Morphological and phylogenetic characterization of a new Cyphellophora (Chaetothyriales, Cyphellophoraceae) species associated with Tetradium ruticarpum from Guangxi Province, China, Phytotaxa 704 (3), pp. 239-254 : 247-248

Key to the species of Cyphellophora reported from China.

1. Sexual morph known..........................................................................................................................................................................2

1. Sexual morph unknown......................................................................................................................................................................4

2. Asci bitunicate, ovoid to ampulliform or oblong ...............................................................................................................................3

2. Asci bitunicate ellipsoidal to cylindrica .................................................................................................... C. jingdongensis (Yunnan)

3. Ascospores ellipsoidal, smooth-walled, thick-walled, 1-septate................................................................. C. hongheensis (Yunnan)

3. Ascospores ellipsoidal to fusiform, inconspicuously 3-septate.............................................................................. C. filicis (Yunnan)

4. Conidia present...................................................................................................................................................................................5

4. Conidia absent, Chlamydospores normally botryose clustered........................................................................ C. botryosa (Guizhou)

5. Conidia septate at maturity.................................................................................................................................................................7

5. Conidia non-septate at maturity..........................................................................................................................................................6

6. Condia obovoidal to ellipsoidal, clavate, cylindrical, 4.0–8.0 × 2.0–3.5 μm............................................. C. guizhouensis (Guizhou)

6. Condia broadly ovate or ellipsoidal, 2.5–4 × 2–3 μm ............................................................................... C. guangxiensis (Guangxi)

7. Conidia 0–l-septate, fusiform to falcate ......................................................................................................... C. musae (Guangdong) 7. Conidia 0–3-septate............................................................................................................................................................................8

8. Conidia falcate or slightly sigmoid, (13–)19–32(44) × 1.5–2.0 μm.................................................................. C. artocarpi (Hainan)

8. Conidia falcate or curved, (21–)25–45 × 1.5–2.0 μm .................................................................. C. phyllostachydis (Hainan)