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Sharath. &amp; Mahadevak.
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Type: 
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Ex-type 
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<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42AB206FF7C42BC852DF9ED" bold="true" box="[189,328,1520,1546]" pageId="3" pageNumber="183">Etymology:</emphasis>
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(Lat.)
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: referred to Prof. Kandikere R. Sridhar, an eminent mycologist from 
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for his outstanding contribution to the field of mycology in 
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spanning over four decades.
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GenBank Accession 
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Saprobic on dead leaflets of 
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<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42AB206FD52405C8753F8CD" box="[659,822,1808,1834]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="183">The perithecia</emphasis>
are prominent or embedded, 
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diam.; 
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42AB206FA97405C81C9F8CD" box="[1366,1452,1808,1834]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="183">ostioles</emphasis>
are slightly papillate or inconspicuous. 
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42AB206FD89407886EEF8A9" box="[584,651,1844,1870]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="183">Stipes</emphasis>
are thin and hirsute, up to 
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long. The entire stromata are covered with hair. 
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42AB206FF3C40148548F895" box="[253,301,1880,1906]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="183">Asci</emphasis>
eight-spored, cylindrical, long stipitate, 138–210 × 9.5–12.3 µm, the spore-bearing part 90–140 µm long. 
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42AB206FF0B4030852CF871" box="[202,329,1916,1942]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="183">Ascospores</emphasis>
brown to dark brown, unicellular, ellipsoid, (14–)16.2–19(–22.7) × 5.4–8.2 µm, smooth, no germ slit, with broadly or narrowly rounded ends, each bearing a round hyaline non-cellular appendage. 
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42AB206FB2B40EC81CEF85D" bold="true" box="[1258,1451,1952,1978]" pageId="3" pageNumber="183">Asexual morph:</emphasis>
undetermined.
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<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42AB206FF7C40A48589F7E5" bold="true" box="[189,492,2024,2050]" pageId="3" pageNumber="183">Cultural Characteristics:</emphasis>
Colonies growing on PDA, reaching 
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diam. in 2 weeks at room temperature, whitish, cottony, zonate, with diffuse margins. Reverse slightly yellow coloured.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="182636AEB42DB201FF4941F28788F8FB" blockId="4.[136,1452,1726,1820]" pageId="4" pageNumber="184">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42DB201FF4941F28565F934" bold="true" box="[136,256,1726,1748]" pageId="4" pageNumber="184">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Location from where the holotype specimen was collected (Konaje); B–E— 
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<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42DB201FC3241F280F2F934" box="[1011,1175,1726,1747]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="184">Xylaria sridharii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
developed on the lamina of Coconut leaflet; F—cross-section of stromata (basal bulbous region showing the arrangement of perithecia); G–I—Pure culture of 
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<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42DB201FA5641AF84B9F8FC" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="184">X. sridharii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(NFCCI 5117) on PDA medium (12 days old; G &amp; H front view; I reverse view).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="182636AEB42CB200FF49408487BBF7C2" blockId="5.[136,1452,1992,2086]" pageId="5" pageNumber="185">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42CB200FF494084849BF83A" bold="true" box="[136,254,1992,2014]" pageId="5" pageNumber="185">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
A–B—Stromata with the branched structure without a hair-like appendage at the apical tip; C–D—cross-section of stromata showing the perithecia with ascocarp and ascospores; E—young immature ascocarp with ascospores; F &amp; G—matured ascocarp with ascospores of 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42CB200FED14F5C85D7F7C2" box="[272,434,2064,2085]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="5" pageNumber="185" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="sridharii">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42CB200FED14F5C85D7F7C2" box="[272,434,2064,2085]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="185">Xylaria sridharii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Scale: A &amp; B—100 µm; C–E—50 µm; F &amp; G—20 µm).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="182636AEB42FB203FF4941EA80E0F8E3" blockId="6.[136,1451,1702,1796]" pageId="6" pageNumber="186">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42FB203FF4941EA8565F95C" bold="true" box="[136,256,1702,1724]" pageId="6" pageNumber="186">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
ML tree with 1000 bootstrap values based on analysis of a combined dataset of ITS &amp; TUB2 for the species of 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42FB203FAA241EA81CEF95C" authorityName="Hill ex Schrank" authorityYear="1789" box="[1379,1451,1702,1723]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="6" pageNumber="186" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42FB203FAA241EA81CEF95C" box="[1379,1451,1702,1723]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="186">Xylaria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
constructed using the Tamura 3-parameter method in MEGAX. Bootstrap support values ≥ 50 % are at the nodes. 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42FB203FB7D418781CEF907" authority="WSP" authorityName="WSP" box="[1212,1451,1738,1760]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Poronia" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="6" pageNumber="186" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="pileiformis">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42FB203FB7D41878113F938" box="[1212,1398,1738,1760]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="186">Poronia pileiformis</emphasis>
WSP
</taxonomicName>
88113001 was used as an outgroup. The phylogenetic position of 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42FB203FD3F41A287C5F8E4" box="[766,928,1774,1795]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="6" pageNumber="186" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="sridharii">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42FB203FD3F41A287C5F8E4" box="[766,928,1774,1795]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="186">Xylaria sridharii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is indicated in red font.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="50836525B42FB202FF7C40148526FBDB" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="187" pageId="6" pageNumber="186" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="182636AEB42FB202FF7C40148797FDA3" blockId="6.[136,1452,1879,2086]" lastBlockId="7.[136,1452,158,1085]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="187" pageId="6" pageNumber="186">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42FB203FF7C40148498F896" box="[189,253,1880,1905]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="186">Notes</emphasis>
—Based on a megablast search of NCBI’s GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hit using the ITS sequence of KRS70 had the highest similarity to 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42FB203FD7C4037875FF872" box="[701,826,1915,1941]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="6" pageNumber="186" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42FB203FD7C40378774F872" box="[701,785,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="186">Xylaria</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
ZS-2021d (isolate 67, GenBank MZ648847, Identities = 505/518 (97.49%), 4 gaps (0%)), 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42FB203FDF540D386D1F85E" box="[564,692,1951,1977]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="6" pageNumber="186" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42FB203FDF540D386EDF85E" box="[564,648,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="186">Xylaria</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
ZS-2021d (isolate 9, GenBank MZ648845, Identities = 505/518 (97.49%), 4 gaps (0%)), 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42FB203FE69408F8643F83A" box="[424,550,1987,2013]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="6" pageNumber="186" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42FB203FE69408F8599F83A" box="[424,508,1987,2013]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="186">Xylaria</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
ZS-2021d (isolate 66, GenBank MZ648846, Identities = 503/518 (97.10%), 6 gaps (1%)), 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42FB203FED340AB85ABF7E6" authorityName="O.E.Erikss. &amp; Winka" authorityYear="1997" box="[274,462,2023,2049]" class="Sordariomycetes" kingdom="Fungi" pageId="6" pageNumber="186" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="class">Sordariomycetes</taxonomicName>
sp. (isolate WF147, GenBank HQ130703, Identities = 512/542 (94.46%), 6 gaps (1%)), 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42FB203FF494F478536F7C2" box="[136,339,2059,2085]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="6" pageNumber="186" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="palmicola">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42FB203FF494F478536F7C2" box="[136,339,2059,2085]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="186">Xylaria palmicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(isolate 604, GenBank GU322436, Identities = 512/548 (93.43%), 11 gaps (2%) and 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42FB203FAD34F4781CEF7C2" box="[1298,1451,2059,2085]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="6" pageNumber="186" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="psidii">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42FB203FAD34F4781CEF7C2" box="[1298,1451,2059,2085]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="186">Xylaria psidii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(strain 2508, GenBank FJ037730, Identities = 506/540 (93.70%), 10 gaps (1%)) respectively. Similarly, the closest hit using LSU region sequences of KRS70 had the highest similarity to 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FC75478E804AFF3A" box="[948,1071,194,221]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FC75478E806DFF3B" box="[948,1032,194,220]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">Xylaria</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
ZS-2021d (isolate 135, GenBank MZ703211, Identities = 869/878 (98.97%), 1 gap (0%), 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FCDE47AA8068FEE7" authorityName="YMJ" authorityYear="1320" box="[799,1037,230,256]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="oxyacanthae">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FCDE47AA8068FEE7" box="[799,1037,230,256]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">Xylaria oxyacanthae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(isolate 132, GenBank MZ703200, Identities = 867/878 (98.75%), 2 gaps (0%)), 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FD69464687F3FEC3" authorityName="YMJ" authorityYear="1320" box="[680,918,266,292]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="oxyacanthae">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FD69464687F3FEC3" box="[680,918,266,292]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">Xylaria oxyacanthae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(isolate 130, GenBank MZ703199, Identities = 866/878 (98.63%), 3 gaps (0%)), 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FDE8466286C2FEAE" box="[553,679,302,329]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FDE846628618FEAF" box="[553,637,302,328]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">Xylaria</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
ZS-2021c (isolate 138, GenBank MZ270312, Identities = 857/866 (98.96%), 1 gap (0%)), and 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FE12461F86D1FE8B" box="[467,692,339,364]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Hypocopra" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="rostrata">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FE12461F86D1FE8B" box="[467,692,339,364]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">Hypocopra rostrata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(strain NRRL 66178, GenBank KM067909, Identities = 865/878 (98.52%), 3 gaps (0%). The closest hit using 
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FD44463A86DCFE76" bold="true" box="[645,697,374,401]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">tub2</emphasis>
gene sequences of KRS70 had the highest similarity to 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FAF1463A81CEFE76" box="[1328,1451,374,401]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FAF1463A81E1FE77" box="[1328,1412,374,400]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">Xylaria</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
ZS-2021d (voucher FCATAS869, GenBank MZ695773, Identities = 346/359 (96.38%), 2 gaps (0%)), 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FAD146D681E9FE52" box="[1296,1420,410,437]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FAD146D68101FE53" box="[1296,1380,410,436]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">Xylaria</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
(7 HMH- 
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, GenBank GQ495928, Identities = 331/360 (91.94%), 3 gaps (0%)), 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FB8546F280A6FE3E" box="[1092,1219,446,473]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FB8546F280FDFE3F" box="[1092,1176,446,472]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">Xylaria</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
ZS-2021d (voucher FCATAS871, GenBank MZ695774, Identities = 327/359 (91.09%), 1 gap (0%)), 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FBFB46AE816CFE1B" box="[1082,1289,482,508]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="palmicola">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FBFB46AE816CFE1B" box="[1082,1289,482,508]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">Xylaria palmicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(voucher 604 (PDD)), GQ495929, Identities = 331/364 (90.93%), 8 gaps (2%)), and 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FC74454A80C5FDC7" authorityName="YMJ" authorityYear="1320" box="[949,1184,518,544]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="oxyacanthae">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FC74454A80C5FDC7" box="[949,1184,518,544]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">Xylaria oxyacanthae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(voucher FCATAS906, GenBank MZ695790, Identities = 303/359 (84.4%), 7 gaps (1%) respectively.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="182636AEB42EB202FF7C45028526FBDB" blockId="7.[136,1452,158,1085]" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">
nBLAST analysis of the ITS sequence and 
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FD764502868CFD8F" box="[695,745,590,616]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">tub2</emphasis>
gene sequence showed close similarity with 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FB3745038133FD8F" box="[1270,1366,590,616]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="ellisii">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FB3745038133FD8F" box="[1270,1366,590,616]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">X. ellisii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FA5245038495FD6B" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="rohrensis">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FA5245038495FD6B" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">X. rohrensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but phylogenetic analysis placed them distantly from 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FCAC453F8794FD6B" box="[877,1009,626,652]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="sridharii">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FCAC453F8794FD6B" box="[877,1009,626,652]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">X. sridharii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The tree topologies of the single and combined matrices were similar. A phylogenetic tree constructed based on ITS revealed a close relationship with 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FA5245DB849DFD33" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="palmicola">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FA5245DB849DFD33" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">X. palmicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and a combined sequence data set (ITS- 
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FD7D45F6868AFD33" box="[700,751,698,724]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">tub2</emphasis>
) showed a close relationship with 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FBB345F78174FD33" box="[1138,1297,698,724]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="oxycanthae">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FBB345F78174FD33" box="[1138,1297,698,724]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">X. oxycanthae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="80A22A2BB42EB202FADE45F681F8FD33" box="[1311,1437,698,724]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[136,229,1702,1724]" captionTargetBox="[186,1401,223,1678]" captionTargetId="figure-18@6.[186,1401,190,1678]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. ML tree with 1000 bootstrap values based on analysis of a combined dataset of ITS &amp; TUB2 for the species of Xylaria constructed using the Tamura 3-parameter method in MEGAX. Bootstrap support values ≥ 50 % are at the nodes. Poronia pileiformis WSP 88113001 was used as an outgroup. The phylogenetic position of Xylaria sridharii is indicated in red font." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10151181" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10151181/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">FIGURE 3</figureCitation>
). 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FF4945928520FD1F" box="[136,325,734,760]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="sridharii">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FF4945928520FD1F" box="[136,325,734,760]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">Xylaria sridharii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is phylogenetically related to 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FD5945928739FD1F" box="[664,860,734,760]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="reevesiae">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FD5945928739FD1F" box="[664,860,734,760]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">Xylaria reevesiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FCAB4593879CFD1F" box="[874,1017,734,760]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="palmicola">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FCAB4593879CFD1F" box="[874,1017,734,760]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">X. palmicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FBEE459380BEFD1F" authorityName="YMJ" authorityYear="1320" box="[1071,1243,734,760]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="oxyacanthae">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FBEE459380BEFD1F" box="[1071,1243,734,760]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">X. oxyacanthae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Morphologically, 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FF49444F8496FCFB" box="[136,243,770,796]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="fissilis">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FF49444F8496FCFB" box="[136,243,770,796]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">X. fissilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is having blackish-brown, linear spikes, two inches high, four to five millimeters wide, stout, tuberous and transversely wrinkled, obtuse, often halved in a longitudinal furrow (
<bibRefCitation id="7C084B5FB42EB202FC09446A8031FCA7" author="Cesati, V." box="[968,1108,806,832]" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" pagination="1 - 28" refId="ref4723" refString="Cesati, V. (1879) Mycetum in itinere Borneensi lectorum a Cl. Od. Beccari. Atti dell´Accademia di Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche Napoli 8 (4): 1 - 28." type="journal article" year="1879">Cesati 1879</bibRefCitation>
). Further, 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FB0B446B813FFCA7" box="[1226,1370,806,832]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="palmicola">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FB0B446B813FFCA7" box="[1226,1370,806,832]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">X. palmicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FA52446B856DFC83" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="oxycanthae">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FA52446B856DFC83" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">X. oxycanthae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which are closely related to 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FD87440786A2FC83" box="[582,711,842,868]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="sridharii">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FD87440786A2FC83" box="[582,711,842,868]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">X. sridharii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are known to associated with dicot seeds and can be differentiated morphologically based on ascospores dimensions viz., 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FD34442387E0FC6F" box="[757,901,878,904]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="palmicola">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FD34442387E0FC6F" box="[757,901,878,904]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">X. palmicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ascospores measured (13.5–)14.5–16.5(–18.5) × (6–)6.5–7.5(–8.5) µm and 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FE7644DF863DFC4B" box="[439,600,914,940]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="oxycanthae">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FE7644DF863DFC4B" box="[439,600,914,940]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">X. oxycanthae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ascospores measured (9.5–)10–11.5(–12) × (4–)4.5–5.5(–6) µm (
<bibRefCitation id="7C084B5FB42EB202FA8344DE84A0FC37" author="Ma, H. &amp; Song, Z. &amp; Pan, X. &amp; Qu, Z. &amp; Yang, Z. &amp; Li, Y. &amp; Zhu, A." pageId="7" pageNumber="187" pagination="885" refId="ref6222" refString="Ma, H., Song, Z., Pan, X., Qu, Z., Yang, Z., Li, Y. &amp; Zhu, A. (2022) Four New Pale-Spored Species of Xylaria (Xylariaceae, Xylariales) with a Key to Worldwide Species on Fallen Fruits and Seeds. Biology 11 (6): 885. https: // doi. org / 10.3390 / biology 11060885" type="journal article" year="2022">
Ma 
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FAB344DF81C9FC4B" box="[1394,1452,914,940]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">et al.</emphasis>
2022
</bibRefCitation>
). 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FF1644FB853DFC37" box="[215,344,950,976]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="sridharii">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FF1644FB853DFC37" box="[215,344,950,976]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">X. sridharii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinguished by the presence of the hirsute stromata, which shows multiple branching (2–4, but rarely recorded up to 6) at the apex, and each branch produces a fertile part, which in turn ends with a thin filiform appendage. Therefore, 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FE4844B3866CFBFF" box="[393,521,1022,1048]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="sridharii">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FE4844B3866CFBFF" box="[393,521,1022,1048]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">X. sridharii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinct from all three 
<taxonomicName id="DF994D2DB42EB202FCDE44B28716FBFF" box="[799,883,1022,1048]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Xylariaceae" genus="Xylaria" kingdom="Fungi" order="Xylariales" pageId="7" pageNumber="187" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="2AEDEABCB42EB202FCDE44B28716FBFF" box="[799,883,1022,1048]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="187">Xylaria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species in its stromata structures confirming that it is a new species.
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