“In this study, ten specimens of Cytospora were collected from dead wood in China, Italy and Thailand. Based on their morphology and phylogenetic characterization, four new species (C. diopuiensis, C. galegicola, C. pingbianensis and C. pubescentis) and four known species (C. cedri, C. cotini, C. predappioensis and C. prunicola) are herein described, illustrated and compared with related taxa. Detailed morphological descriptions of the holomorph (C. galegicola, C. prunicola, C. predappioensis and C. pubescentis), the sexual morph (C. cedri, C. cotini, C. diopuiensis and C. pingbianensis) and a new record of C. predappioensis in China are provided. Phylogenetic analyses of a combined ITS, LSU, ACT and RPB2 DNA sequence dataset support their placement in the genus Cytospora and justify the new
species and identification of known species.”
Congratulations, QJ Shang and co-authors!
