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Pseudocercospora rhoina (K(M) 202815, lectotype). A. Superficial hyphae. B. Conidiophore fascicles. C. Conidiophores. d. Conidia. Bar = 10 µm.
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The present paper is a continuation of a series of comprehensive taxonomic treatments of cercosporoid fungi (formerly Cercospora s. lat.), belonging to Mycosphaerellaceae (Ascomycota). This fifth contribution of this series proceeds with treatments of cercosporoid fungi on dicots and comprises species occurring on hosts belonging to the families An...
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... As one of the most significant groups of plant pathogenic fungi that cause leaf spots, cercosporoids cannot be ignored. These diseases affect dicots, monocots, gymnosperms, and ferns of almost every continent (including cultivated plants) [6,7]. ...
... The protein sequences were aligned with those in the Pathogen-Host Interactions Database (PHIbase) 1 , the Clusters of Orthologous Groups of Proteins (COG) 2 database, the Conserved Domain Database (CDD) 3 , the NCBI non-redundant protein sequences (NR) 4 database, and the Protein Family (Pfam) 5 database using Blast + v2.2.28 from the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Gene Ontology (GO) 6 analysis was done utilizing protein annotation data from the Swiss-Prot and TrEMBL databases, as well as annotation information from the (UniProt database) 7 . A pathway enrichment analysis was performed using the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) 8 Automatic Annotation Server [31]. ...
Background Early leaf spot disease, caused by Cercospora arachidicola, is a devastating peanut disease that has
severely impacted peanut production and quality. Chemical fungicides pollute the environment; however, Bacillus
bacteria can be used as an environmentally friendly alternative to chemical fungicides. To understand the novel
bacterial strain and unravel its molecular mechanism, De novo whole-genome sequencing emerges as a rapid and
efficient omics approach.
Results In the current study, we identified an antagonistic strain, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens TA-1. In-vitro assay
showed that the TA-1 strain was a strong antagonist against C. arachidicola, with an inhibition zone of 88.9 mm. In a
greenhouse assay, results showed that the TA-1 strain had a significant biocontrol effect of 95% on peanut early leaf
spot disease. De novo whole-genome sequencing analysis, shows that strain TA-1 has a single circular chromosome
with 4172 protein-coding genes and a 45.91% guanine and cytosine (GC) content. Gene function was annotated
using non-redundant proteins from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), Swiss-Prot, the Kyoto
Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), clusters of orthologous groups of proteins, gene ontology, pathogen�host interactions, and carbohydrate-active enZYmes. antiSMASH analysis predicted that strain TA-1 can produce
the secondary metabolites siderophore, tailcyclized peptide, myxochelin, bacillibactin, paenibactin, myxochelin,
griseobactin, benarthin, tailcyclized, and samylocyclicin.
Conclusion The strain TA-1 had a significant biological control effect against peanut early leaf spot disease in-vitro
and in greenhouse assays. Whole genome analysis revealed that, TA-1 strain belongs to B. amyloliquefaciens and could
produce the antifungal secondary metabolites.
... There is no doubt that Cercosporoid fungi are one of the most significant groups of plant pathogenic fungi that cause leaf spots. A wide range of plants (including cultivated plants on almost every continent) are affected by these diseases, including dicots, monocots, gymnosperms, and ferns [4,5]. To control fungus pathogens, fungicides have been proven to be the most effective; however, these chemicals cause environmental pollution and alarming human health concerns [6,7]. ...
... (4) Spray 400 μL BAM broth. (5) No treatment (Ck) and then inoculate with C. arachidichola. After 30 days of the treatments, growth effects and other physiological parameters were analyzed. ...
A novel Bacillus amyloliquefaciens BAM strain, with novel fermentation nutrient mediums and compositions, could produce potent antifungal secondary metabolites, as the existing strains face resistance from fungus pathogens. In the current study, we introduced two novel nutrient mediums for the fermentation process, semolina and peanut root extract, as carbon and nitrogen sources in order to maximize the antifungal effects of B. amyloliquefaciens against Cercaspora arachidichola to control early leaf spot disease in peanuts. Based on a single-factor test and the central composite design of response surface methodology, the optimum fermentation medium for Bacillus amyloliquefaciens antagonistic substance was determined, containing 15 gm/L of semolina flour, 12.5 gm/L of beef extract, and 0.5 gm/L of magnesium sulfate, which inhibited the fungal growth by 91%. In vitro, antagonistic activity showed that the fermentation broth of B. amyloliquefaciens BAM with the optimized medium formulation had an inhibition rate of (92.62 ± 2.07)% on the growth of C. arachidichola. Disease control effects in pot experiments show that the pre-infection spray of B. amyloliquefaciens BAM broth had significant efficiency of (92.00 ± 3.79)% in comparison to post-infection spray. B. amyloliquefaciens BAM broth significantly promoted peanut plant growth and physiological parameters and reduced the biotic stress of C. archidechola. Studies revealed that B. amyloliquefaciens BAM with a novel fermentation formulation could be an ideal biocontrol and biofertilizer agent and help in early disease management of early leaf spots in peanuts.
... Cercospora is the largest genus of asexual fungi which is commonly referred as cercosporoid fungi belonging to Mycosphaerellaceae (Mycosphaerellales, Ascomycota). It represents a large group of leaf spotting, plant pathogenic species, causing diseases on a wide range of hosts (Crous & Braun 2003;Braun & al. 2013Braun & al. , 2016. The distoseptate nature of conidia is exhibited by Distocercospora N. Pons & B. Sutton and Distocercosporaster Videira & al. within the cercosporoid complex (Braun & al. 2014, Videira & al. 2017. ...
A new species of asexual foliicolous fungus, Distocercospora curvulata, discovered on living leaves of Causonis trifolia from Uttarakhand, India, is described and illustrated.
... Cercosporoid fungi have a wide host range, and they are widespread worldwide with high diversity, especially in tropical and subtropical areas (Braun et al. , 2016. P. rubi was reported on blackberry in Florida in 1984 and is the most prevalent species within this genus, being reported on several Rubus spp. in Asia, Australia, Europe, and Africa (Farr and Rossman 2021). ...
Blackberry (Rubus L. subgenus Rubus Watson) is a deciduous berry crop that is the fourth most economically important berry crop, and its production is expanding in the southeastern United States. However, since most commercially available cultivars were bred under temperate conditions, they are not always well adapted and could be threatened by new pathogen populations inhabiting subtropical areas. In 2017, plants showing purple or brown leaf spots and angular-to-irregular lesions on both leaf surfaces, with clusters of black conidiophores at the center, were observed in a field trial at the University of Florida’s Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (UF/GCREC) in Wimauma, FL. A fungus resembling Cercospora/Pseudocercospora was isolated from the lesions. The ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacers (ITS), the translation elongation factor 1-alpha (EF-1α), and the actin (ACT) genes were amplified and sequenced. Based on the phylogenetic analysis, the closest related species was Pseudocercospora pancratii. Pathogenicity assays and subsequent re-isolation confirmed that this species is the causal agent of the disease. Among eight cultivars screened, no complete resistance was found. However, ‘Osage’ was the least susceptible, and ‘Kiowa’ the most susceptible. This study is the first report of P. pancratii causing leaf spots on blackberry worldwide, and it may help shape future research into disease epidemiology and management for a crop that is rapidly expanding but has very limited disease information currently available for Florida growers.
... leaf-spotting fungi with a worldwide distribution, causing numerous economically significant diseases of agricultural crops (Albu et al., 2016;Crous et al., 2006Crous et al., , 2013Groenewald et al., 2013;Guillin et al., 2017;Vaghefi et al., 2019). Taxonomy and identification of the cercosporoid fungi has, in the past, mainly relied on host range and morphological characters (Crous & Braun, 2003), but this approach was problematic due to the limited number of morphological features in species resolution (Braun et al., , 2016Crous et al., 2013;Groenewald et al., 2013). The emergence of molecular phylogenetic methods and their application to the taxonomy of cercosporoid fungi has led to a better understanding of species identification in this group of fungi (Bakhshi et al., 2014(Bakhshi et al., , 2015(Bakhshi et al., , 2018Crous et al., 2013;Groenewald et al., 2013;Guatmosim et al., 2017;Nguanhom et al., 2015). ...
In recent years, common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) plants in the north of Iran exhibit symptoms resembling Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) disease. This study was initiated to elucidate the taxonomy and pathogenicity of cercosporoid taxa associated with leaf spot diseases of these two legume crops in Iran. A total of 138 samples with CLS symptoms were collected from cultivated bean species in the north of Iran and subjected to microscopic examination, resulting in a total of 98 Cercospora and 59 Pseudocercospora samples. A six‐locus phylogenetic analysis (ITS, actA, tef1, gapdh, his3 and cmdA) coupled with morphology of 42 representative isolates revealed that several cercosporoid fungi occur on common bean and cowpea in Iran. Five Cercospora species including C. iranica, C. cf. flagellaris, Cercospora sp. G, Cercospora sp. T, and C. vignigena, and two Pseudocercospora species including P. griseola f. griseola and P. cf. cruenta were found associated with legume crops in Iran; of these, C. cf. flagellaris was the dominant species, occurring on both common bean and cowpea. Pathogenicity tests confirmed that all seven species could infect leaves of common bean and/or cowpea. This is the first report of C. iranica, Cercospora sp. G and Cercospora sp. T associated with common bean and/or cowpea in the world. In addition, C. vignigena is recorded for the first time in Iran. Results achieved in this study will assist the management strategies of the CLS disease of common bean and cowpea.
... Since that time, extensive analysis of phenotypic characters as well as phylogenetic studies have led to a change in this taxonomic concept, and the genus Zasmidium s. str. has been assigned to cercosporoids instead of Stenella [2,3]. change in this taxonomic concept, and the genus Zasmidium s. str. ...
... change in this taxonomic concept, and the genus Zasmidium s. str. has been assigned to cercosporoids instead of Stenella [2,3]. ...
... Based on their morphological characteristics and life cycle, the cercosporoids comprise holoblastic asexual morphs, asexual holomorphs, and at least partly mycosphaerella-like sexual morphs [1,3,4]. However, the sexual stage has not been reported for most cercosporoid species, which is associated with the loss of the ability to form sexual morphs ( Figure 1) [4][5][6]. ...
Phytopathogenic cercosporoid fungi have been investigated comprehensively due to their important role in causing plant diseases. A significant amount of research has been focused on the biology, morphology, systematics, and taxonomy of this group, with less of a focus on molecular or biochemical issues. Early and extensive research on these fungi focused on taxonomy and their classification based on in vivo features. Lately, investigations have mainly addressed a combination of characteristics such as morphological traits, host specificity, and molecular analyses initiated at the end of the 20th century. Some species that are important from an economic point of view have been more intensively investigated by means of genetic and biochemical methods to better understand the pathogenesis processes. Cercosporin, a photoactivated toxin playing an important role in Cercospora diseases, has been extensively studied. Understanding cercosporin toxicity in relation to reactive oxygen species (ROS) production facilitated the discovery and regulation of the cercosporin biosynthesis pathway, including the gene cluster encoding pathway enzymes. Furthermore, these fungi may be a source of other biotechnologically important compounds, e.g., industrially relevant enzymes. This paper reviews methods and important results of investigations of this group of fungi addressed at different levels over the years.
... Based on phylogenetical analysis, the circumscription of Cercosporoid fungi was summarized by Kamal (2010) and Braun et al. (2013Braun et al. ( , 2014Braun et al. ( , 2015aBraun et al. ( , 2015bBraun et al. ( , 2016. Recently, a number of novel taxa of foliicolous Cercosporoid fungi have been described from India (Kumar & Singh 2015a, Awasthi et al. 2016, Singh et al. 2011, 2012 suggesting that the diversity of such fungi is still insufficiently known in this region. ...
Pseudocercospora hamiltoniani, a new asexual foliicolous hyphomycetous fungus was discovered on living leaves of Euonymus hamiltonianus (Celastraceae) is described and illustrated. This species is compared with closely related species of Pseudocercospora and other cercosporoid forms reported on the same host genus. The phylogeny of this species has been inferred from internal transcribed spacer (ITS). Phylogenetically, Ps. hamiltoniani differ from closely related Ps. ranjita in having smooth to verruculose mycelium; mostly solitary, highly septate, smooth to verruculose, longer and thicker conidiophores and highly septate with oblique septation, presence of rounded cells, smooth to verruculose, longer and thicker conidia.
... Members of this family are commonly referred to as cercosporoid fungi and comprise dematiaceous, holoblastic asexual morphs and mycosphaerella-like sexual morphs Videira et al. 2017). See Braun et al. (2014Braun et al. ( , 2015Braun et al. ( , 2016, Videira et al. (2017) and Hongsanan et al. (in press) for more details. ...
Fungal diversity notes is one of the important journal series of fungal taxonomy that provide detailed descriptions and illustrations of new fungal taxa, as well as providing new information of fungal taxa worldwide. This article is the 11th contribution to the fungal diversity notes series, in which 126 taxa distributed in two phyla, six classes, 24 orders and 55 families are described and illustrated. Taxa in this study were mainly collected from Italy by Erio Camporesi and also collected from China, India and Thailand, as well as in some other European, North American and South American countries. Taxa described in the present study include two new families, 12 new genera, 82 new species, five new combinations and 25 new records on new hosts and new geographical distributions as well as sexual-asexual reports. The two new families are Eriomycetaceae (Dothideomycetes, family incertae sedis) and Fasciatisporaceae (Xylariales, Sordariomycetes). The twelve new genera comprise Bhagirathimyces (Phaeosphaeriaceae), Camporesiomyces (Tubeufiaceae), Eriocamporesia (Cryphonectriaceae), Eriomyces (Eriomycetaceae), Neomonodictys (Pleurotheciaceae), Paraloratospora (Phaeosphaeriaceae), Paramonodictys (Parabambusicolaceae), Pseudoconlarium (Diaporthomycetidae, genus incertae sedis), Pseudomurilentithecium (Lentitheciaceae), Setoapiospora (Muyocopronaceae), Srinivasanomyces (Vibrisseaceae) and Xenoanthostomella (Xylariales, genera incertae sedis). The 82 new species comprise Acremonium chiangraiense, Adustochaete nivea, Angustimassarina camporesii, Bhagirathimyces himalayensis, Brunneoclavispora camporesii, Camarosporidiella camporesii, Camporesiomyces mali, Camposporium appendiculatum, Camposporium multiseptatum, Camposporium septatum, Canalisporium aquaticium, Clonostachys eriocamporesiana, Clonostachys eriocamporesii, Colletotrichum hederiicola, Coniochaeta vineae, Conioscypha verrucosa, Cortinarius ainsworthii, Cortinarius aurae, Cortinarius britannicus, Cortinarius heatherae, Cortinarius scoticus, Cortinarius subsaniosus, Cytospora fusispora, Cytospora rosigena, Diaporthe camporesii, Diaporthe nigra, Diatrypella yunnanensis, Dictyosporium muriformis, Didymella camporesii, Diutina bernali, Diutina sipiczkii, Eriocamporesia aurantia, Eriomyces heveae, Ernakulamia tanakae, Falciformispora uttaraditensis, Fasciatispora cocoes, Foliophoma camporesii, Fuscostagonospora camporesii, Helvella subtinta, Kalmusia erioi, Keissleriella camporesiana, Keissleriella camporesii, Lanspora cylindrospora, Loratospora arezzoensis, Mariannaea atlantica, Melanographium phoenicis, Montagnula camporesii, Neodidymelliopsis camporesii, Neokalmusia kunmingensis, Neoleptosporella camporesiana, Neomonodictys muriformis, Neomyrmecridium guizhouense, Neosetophoma camporesii, Paraloratospora camporesii, Paramonodictys solitarius, Periconia palmicola, Plenodomus triseptatus, Pseudocamarosporium camporesii, Pseudocercospora maetaengensis, Pseudochaetosphaeronema kunmingense, Pseudoconlarium punctiforme, Pseudodactylaria camporesiana, Pseudomurilentithecium camporesii, Pseudotetraploa rajmachiensis, Pseudotruncatella camporesii, Rhexocercosporidium senecionis, Rhytidhysteron camporesii, Rhytidhysteron erioi, Septoriella camporesii, Setoapiospora thailandica, Srinivasanomyces kangrensis, Tetraploa dwibahubeeja, Tetraploa pseudoaristata, Tetraploa thrayabahubeeja, Torula camporesii, Tremateia camporesii, Tremateia lamiacearum, Uzbekistanica pruni, Verruconis mangrovei, Wilcoxina verruculosa, Xenoanthostomella chromolaenae and Xenodidymella camporesii. The five new combinations are Camporesiomyces patagoniensis, Camporesiomyces vaccinia, Camposporium lycopodiellae, Paraloratospora gahniae and Rhexocercosporidium microsporum. The 22 new records on host and geographical distribution comprise Arthrinium marii, Ascochyta medicaginicola, Ascochyta pisi, Astrocystis bambusicola, Camposporium pellucidum, Dendryphiella phitsanulokensis, Diaporthe foeniculina, Didymella macrostoma, Diplodia mutila, Diplodia seriata, Heterosphaeria patella, Hysterobrevium constrictum, Neodidymelliopsis ranunculi, Neovaginatispora fuckelii, Nothophoma quercina, Occultibambusa bambusae, Phaeosphaeria chinensis, Pseudopestalotiopsis theae, Pyxine berteriana, Tetraploa sasicola, Torula gaodangensis and Wojnowiciella dactylidis. In addition, the sexual morphs of Dissoconium eucalypti and Phaeosphaeriopsis pseudoagavacearum are reported from Laurus nobilis and Yucca gloriosa in Italy, respectively. The holomorph of Diaporthe cynaroidis is also reported for the first time.
... Notes -Cercosporoid fungi include several genera of microfungi with cosmopolitan distribution and are highly diverse especially in tropical and subtropical countries , Bakhshi et al. 2014, Silva et al. 2016. Pseudocercospora species can be found as saprobes, endophytes, hyperparasites, being very common as plant pathogens -causing mainly leaf spots , Braun et al. 2016, Guatimosim et al. 2016. Cercosporoid fungi have been reported as host-specific (Guatimosim et al. 2016, Silva et al. 2016. ...
Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Angola, Gnomoniopsis angolensis and Pseudopithomyces angolensis on unknown host plants. Australia, Dothiora corym biae on Corymbia citriodora, Neoeucasphaeria eucalypti (incl. Neoeucasphaeria gen. nov.) on Eucalyptus sp., Fumagopsis stellae on Eucalyptus sp., Fusculina eucalyptorum (incl. Fusculinaceae fam. nov.) on Eucalyptus socialis, Harknessia corymbiicola on Corymbia maculata, Neocelosporium eucalypti (incl. Neocelosporium gen. nov., Neocelosporiaceae fam. nov. and Neocelosporiales ord. nov.) on Eucalyptus cyanophylla, Neophaeomoniella corymbiae on Corymbia citriodora, Neophaeomoniella eucalyptigena on Eucalyptus pilularis, Pseudoplagiostoma corymbiicola on Corymbia citriodora, Teratosphaeria gracilis on Eucalyptus gracilis, Zasmidium corymbiae on Corymbia citriodora. Brazil, Calonectria hemileiae on pustules of Hemileia vastatrix formed on leaves of Coffea arabica, Calvatia caatinguensis on soil, Cercospora solanibetacei on Solanum betaceum, Clathrus natalensis on soil, Diaporthe poincianellae on Poincianella pyramidalis, Geastrum piquiriunense on soil, Geosmithia carolliae on wing of Carollia perspicillata, Henningsia resupinata on wood, Penicillium guaibinense from soil, Periconia caespitosa from leaf litter, Pseudocercospora styracina on Styrax sp., Simplicillium filiforme as endophyte from Citrullus lanatus, Thozetella pindobacuensis on leaf litter, Xenosonderhenia coussapoae on Coussapoa floccosa. Canary Islands (Spain), Orbilia amarilla on Euphorbia canariensis. Cape Verde Islands, Xylodon jacobaeus on Eucalyptus camaldulensis. Chile, Colletotrichum arboricola on Fuchsia magellanica. Costa Rica, Lasiosphaeria miniovina on tree branch. Ecuador, Ganoderma chocoense on tree trunk. France, Neofitzroyomyces nerii (incl. Neofitzroyomyces gen. nov.) on Nerium oleander. Ghana, Castanediella tereticornis on Eucalyptus tereticornis, Falcocladium africanum on Eucalyptus brassiana, Rachicladosporium corymbiae on Corymbia citriodora. Hungary, Entoloma silvaefrondosae in Carpinus betulus-Pinus sylvestris mixed forest. Iran, Pseudopyricularia persiana on Cyperus sp. Italy, Inocybe roseascens on soil in mixed forest. Laos, Ophiocordyceps houaynhangensis on Coleoptera larva. Malaysia, Monilochaetes melastomae on Melastoma sp. Mexico, Absidia terrestris from soil. Netherlands, Acaulium pannemaniae, Conioscypha boutwelliae, Fusicolla septimanifiniscientiae, Gibellulopsis simonii, Lasionectria hilhorstii, Lectera nordwiniana, Leptodiscella rintelii, Parasarocladium debruynii and Saro cladium dejongiae (incl. Sarocladiaceae fam. nov.) from soil. New Zealand, Gnomoniopsis rosae on Rosa sp. and Neodevriesia metrosideri on Metrosideros sp. Puerto Rico, Neodevriesia coccolobae on Coccoloba uvifera, Neodevriesia tabebuiae and Alfaria tabebuiae on Tabebuia chrysantha. Russia, Amanita paludosa on bogged soil in mixed deciduous forest, Entoloma tiliae in forest of Tilia × europaea, Kwoniella endophytica on Pyrus communis. South Africa, Coniella diospyri on Diospyros mespiliformis, Neomelanconiella combreti (incl. Neomelanconiellaceaefam. nov. and Neomelanconiella gen. nov.) on Combretum sp., Polyphialoseptoria natalensis on unidentified plant host, Pseudorobillarda bolusanthi on Bolusanthus speciosus, Thelonectria pelargonii on Pelargonium sp. Spain, Vermiculariopsiella lauracearum and Anungitopsis lauri on Laurus novocanariensis, Geosmithia xerotolerans from a darkened wall of a house, Pseudopenidiella gallaica on leaf litter. Thailand, Corynespora thailandica on wood, Lareunionomyces loeiensis on leaf litter, Neocochlearomyces chromolaenae (incl. Neocochlearomyces gen. nov.) on Chromolaena odorata, Neomyrmecridium septatum (incl. Neomyrmecridium gen. nov.), Pararamichloridium caricicola on Carex sp., Xenodactylaria thailandica (incl. Xenodactylariaceae fam. nov. and Xenodactylaria gen. nov.), Neomyrmecridium asiaticum and Cymostachys thailandica from unidentified vine. USA, Carolinigaster bonitoi (incl. Carolinigaster gen. nov.) from soil, Penicillium fortuitum from house dust, Phaeotheca shathenatiana (incl. Phaeothecaceae fam. nov.) from twig and cone litter, Pythium wohlseniorum from stream water, Superstratomyces tardicrescens from human eye, Talaromyces iowaense from office air. Vietnam, Fistulinella olivaceoalba on soil. Morphological and culture characteristics along with DNA barcodes are provided.
... For all other studies, in vitro characteristics for cercosporoid fungi reported from China and corresponding dNa data are lacking. given the fact that most of these taxa have in recent years been shown to represent species complexes, and that several of these genera are in fact poly-and paraphyletic, it is no longer feasible to study the evolution of cercosporoid fungi without the aid of molecular data (Braun et al. 2016, Videira et al. 2016. Therefore, we initiated this series on Chinese cercosporoid fungi, focussing on the identification of some common, rare and new plant diseases caused by such leaf-spotting ascomycetes, aiming to resolve their taxonomy and dNa phylogeny. ...
Cercosporoid fungi include a large number of mostly plant pathogenic fungi with a wide geographic distribution, being usually associated with leaf spots on a broad range of plant hosts. Here we initiate a series of studies on Chinese cercosporoid fungi, focussing on the identification of some common, rare and new plant diseases caused by these leaf-spotting ascomycetes. The aim of the series is to resolve the taxonomy and DNA phylogeny of this important group of phytopathogens in China. In this study, nine isolates of cercosporoid fungi were collected from five host species. Partial nucleotide sequence data of four gene loci (ITS, LSU, TUB and tef1-α rDNA) were generated for all isolates. Based on morphological characters in vivo and in vitro and phylogenetic data, a new species, Pseudocercospora pauciseptata (on living leaves of Pyracantha fortuneana), is introduced including a detailed description, illustration and comparison with similar species. In addition, Passalora circumscissa, Pseudocercospora cercidis-chinensis, P. lindericola, and P. prunicola are described, illustrated and phylogenetically characterized. Cerasus pseudocerasus represents a new host record for Passalora circumscissa in China, while Lindera reflexa is a new host for P. lindericola.
