Morphological and Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal Two New Species of Sporocadaceae From Hainan, China

Abstract Species of Sporocadaceae have often been reported as plant pathogens, endophytes or saprobic, commonly isolated from a wide range of plant hosts. The isolated fungi were studied through a complete examination based on multi-locus phylogeny of a combined dataset of ITS/TUB2/TEF1-α, in conjunction with morphological characteristics. Nine strains isolated from Schima superba, Ficus microcarpa and Ilex chinensis in Hainan Province, China, represented four species, viz, Monochaetia schimae sp. nov., Neopestalotiopsis haikouensis sp. nov., Neopestalotiopsis piceana and Pestalotiopsis licualacola.