Two new Pseudopestalotiopsis species isolated from Celtis sinensis and Indocalamus tessellatus plants in southern China Author Yang, Qi 0000-0001-5420-6838 Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural College, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550001, China & a 1340156649 @ sina. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5420 - 6838 a1340156649@sina.com Author He, Yu-Ke 0000-0003-3043-0493 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 & 1033784367 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3043 - 0493 1033784367@qq.com Author Yuan, Jun 0000-0002-0529-9852 Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural College, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550001, China & yuanjun 20190909 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0529 - 9852 Author Wang, Yong 0000-0003-3831-2117 Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural College, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550001, China & yongwangbis @ aliyun. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3831 - 2117 yongwangbis@aliyun.com text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-04-22 543 5 274 282 journal article 55861 10.11646/phytotaxa.543.5.2 61ba3e55-9c41-42d8-bc5b-6ddff18a09d8 1179-3163 6479412 Pseudopestalotiopsis celtidis Qi Yang & Yong Wang bis, sp . nov . ( Fig. 2 ) MycoBank: MB 842468 Index Fungorum: IF 559463 Etymology . celtidis refers to the host plant ( Celtis sinensis ) from which the fungus was isolated. Type . China , Yunnan Province , Xishuangbanna Prefecture , from leaves of Celtis sinensis , 20 June 2018 , J . Yuan, HGUP 538 , holotype , ex-type living culture GUCC 21599 . Disease symptom : Pathogenic, causing spots on leaves of Celtis sinensis . Leaf spots irregular to circular in shape, brown, 7–12 mm diam., slightly sunken, scattered. Small auburn spots appear initially and then gradually enlarge, changing to off-white circular ring spots with a dark mahogany border and jagged edge. Description : Asexual morph: Colonies on PDA reaching 7–8.5 cm diam. after 7 d at room temperature (28 ˚C), under 12 hours of light-dark alternation. Mycelium light pink to off-white, filamentous, circular, slightly undulate at edge, whitish, with black clustered fruiting bodies, filiform and fluffy margin, white from above and light yellow from reverse. Conidiomata pycnidial, 100–600 µm in diam., globose, solitary, black, semi-immersed on PDA, exuding brown to dark brown mass of conidia. Conidiophores branched or unbranched, hyaline or light brown, thin-walled. Conidiogenous cells discrete, ampuliform to lageniform, hyaline, thin-walled, smooth. Conidia fusiform to clavate, straight to slightly curved, 4-septate, 21.5–29.5 × 6.5–9 ( x = 25.4 × 7.4 µm), basal cell cylindrical to obconic, hyaline or sometimes pale brown, thin-walled, smooth, 2.5–5.5 µm ( x = 3.7 µm), the three median cells 14–20 µm ( x = 17.6 µm), concolourous, dark brown with darker septa, second cell from base 5–8 µm ( x = 6.4 µm), third cell 3.5–6.5 µm ( x = 4.9 µm), fourth cell 4.5–7 µm ( x = 5.8 µm), apical cell 2–4.5 µm ( x = 3.3 µm), cylindrical to sub-cylindrical, hyaline, with 1–3 (mostly 2) tubular apical appendages, arising from the apex of the apical cell each at different points, flexuous, 8–18 µm ( x = 12.4 µm) long, basal appendage often present, single, tubular, unbranched (or rarely branched), short, 1.5–4 µm ( x = 2.8 µm) long. Sexual morph: undetermined. Notes : The phylogenetic tree supported GUCC 21599 as sister to P . annellata (NTUCC 17-030 T ) with high support ( Fig. 1 ). Comparing the two strains there were 11 base pai differences in ITS, one character difference in tub2 , and eight characters differences in tef1 ( TABLE 2 ). In morphology, Pseudopestalotiopsis celtidis was morphologically similar to P . annellata . However, P . annellata can be distinguished by the different number of apical appendages (2–3), longer apical appendages ((18–)22–32(–35) µm) and longer basal appendages ((4–)5–7(–8) µm) ( Tsai et al . 2021 ). Thus, P . celtidis is introduced as a new species.