Taxonomic and phylogenic appraisal of Pestalotiopsis linguae sp. nov., and a new record of P. nanjingensis from Pyrrosia lingua (Polypodiaceae) in Southern China Author Li, Hua 0000-0002-7832-4289 Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China & Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand & School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand & Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control on Fruits and Vegetables in South China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangzhou 510225, China & freda _ lh @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7832 - 4289 Author Manawasinghe, Ishara S. 0000-0001-5730-3596 Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China & Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control on Fruits and Vegetables in South China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangzhou 510225, China & ishara. ishara @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5730 - 3596 ishara.ishara@yahoo.com Author Zhang, Yunxia 0000-0002-2815-2554 Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China & Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control on Fruits and Vegetables in South China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangzhou 510225, China & yx _ zhang 08 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2815 - 2554 Author Senanayake, Indunil C. 0000-0002-7165-2394 Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China & Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control on Fruits and Vegetables in South China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangzhou 510225, China & indunilchinthani @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7165 - 2394 indunilchinthani@gmail.com text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-03-16 587 3 229 250 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.587.3.3 journal article 57819 10.11646/phytotaxa.587.3.3 a19883ea-cce7-4b94-ac88-0e12988301f5 1179-3163 7744311 Pestalotiopsis nanjingensis , Qin Yang & He Li , in Li, Yang & Li, Journal of Fungi 7(12, no. 1080): 21 (2021) ( FIGURE 4 ). Index Fungourum number: IF 841481; Facesoffungi number: FOF 11698. For species discretion and illustations refer to Li et al . (2021) . Material examined : CHINA , Guangdong Province , Guangzhou City , from leaves of Pyrrosia lingua (Thunb.) Farwell ( 23°11’13”N 113°17’51”E ), 16 August. 2021, Li Hua ( ZHKU 22-0090 as dry culture; new host record), living cultures ZHKUCC 22-0161 and ZHKUCC 22-0162 . Note : Pestalotiopsis nanjingensis was described from Camellia oleifera leaf spots ( Li et al . 2021 ). In this study, two isolates from healthy Py. lingua leaves were consistent with P. nanjingensis original description based on morphological and DNA sequence data ( FIGURE 4 ). Therefore, we describe P. nanjingensis as a new host record from Py. lingua .