taxonID	type	description	language	source
DA385709EADA5F489F4A3A1EDE32B56F.taxon	description	Fig. 2	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
DA385709EADA5F489F4A3A1EDE32B56F.taxon	description	Description. Saprobic on dead branches of Phytolacca americana L. (Phytolaccaceae). Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies effuse on the natural substrate, dense, velvety, scattered, hairy, dark brown to black, dry. Mycelium immersed to superficial on the substrate, septate, branched, smooth to minutely verruculose, brown. Conidiophores 10 – 28 × 3 – 6 μm (x ̄ = 20 × 5 μm, n = 20), micronematous to semi-macronematous, mononematous, flexuous, unbranched, verruculose, thick-walled, doliiform to subcylindrical, consisting of 1 – 3 cells or reduced to conidiogenous cells, smooth, straight, or slightly flexuous, pale brown to brown. Conidiogenous cells 4 – 7 × 5 – 8 μm (x ̄ = 5 × 5.5 μm, n = 20), mono- or polyblastic, integrated, lateral to terminal, dark brown to black, verruculose, thick-walled, doliiform to cupulate. Conidia (16 –) 22 – 35 (– 65) × 5 – 9 μm (x ̄ = 29 × 7 μm, n = 30), solitary to catenate, acrogenous, simple, phragmosporous, straight or slightly curved, dark brown to black, verrucose, predominantly 3 – 5 - septate, rounded at both ends, mostly subcylindrical, composed of subglobose cells, thick-walled, constricted at the septa, subhyaline to pale brown at the apex.	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
DA385709EADA5F489F4A3A1EDE32B56F.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Conidia germinated on the PDA within 24 h, and germ tubes are produced from the basal cells. Colonies growing on PDA reached 30 – 33 mm in diam. after three weeks at 25 ° C in the dark. Colonies from above are medium dense, regular, white aerial mycelium slightly raised, fluffy, filiform, pale greenish-grey in the center, white hairy at the margin; in reverse, pale yellow at the center, off-white at the margin, the color gradually lightens from the center to the edge, without pigment produced in PDA.	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
1C1C951EA88C5EE4A7406CE072CB640B.taxon	description	Fig. 3	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
1C1C951EA88C5EE4A7406CE072CB640B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet ‘ dispora ’ refers to the host genus Disporum from which the fungus was originally isolated.	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
1C1C951EA88C5EE4A7406CE072CB640B.taxon	description	Description. Saprobic on dead twigs of Disporum cantoniense (Loureiro) Merrill (Liliaceae). Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies effuse on the natural substrate, scattered, hairy, dark brown to black, dry. Mycelium mostly immersed, hyaline, septate, branched hyphae. Conidiophores 15 – 40 × 4 – 6 μm (x ̄ = 32 × 5 μm, n = 20), micronematous to semi-macronematous, subcylindrical, erect, septate, smooth, straight, or slightly flexuous, brown to dark brown. Conidiogenous cells 5 – 8 × 4 – 5 μm (x ̄ = 7 × 4.5 μm, n = 20), monoblastic, integrated, terminal, subglobose or spherical to coronal, brown to dark brown. Conidia two types; short conidia 16 – 35 × 5 – 9 μm (x ̄ = 27 × 7 μm, n = 30), acrogenous, phragmosporous, branched in chains with subglobose cells, dry, brown to dark brown, subhyaline at the terminal cell, 4 – 9 - septate, constricted at septa, and the central cells larger than end cells, verrucose, easily separating, with spinulose on the substrate; long conidia 178 – 389 × 4 – 6 μm (x ̄ = 256 × 5 μm, n = 30), acrogenous, phragmosporous, dry, straight to flexuous, pale brown to brown, terminal cell subhyaline, 20 – 40 - septate, constricted at septa, verrucose, easily separating, fusiform to ellipsoidal cells and uniform in size.	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
1C1C951EA88C5EE4A7406CE072CB640B.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Conidia germinated on the PDA within 24 h, and germ tubes are produced from the basal cell. Colonies growing on PDA reached 45 – 48 mm in diam. after three weeks at 25 ° C in the dark. Colonies from above irregular, mycelium slightly raised, fluffy, filiform, white aerial hyphae at the surface, spreading from the center, and hyaline mycelium at the edge; in reverse, brown to dark-brown in the center, with grayish white at the edge, the color gradually lightens from the center to the edge.	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
A843FAF5676E513096D394995D4AAF3A.taxon	description	Fig. 4	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
A843FAF5676E513096D394995D4AAF3A.taxon	description	Description. Saprobic on the dead vines of Lonicera japonica Thunb. (Caprifoliaceae). Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies effuse on the natural substrate, scattered, black, clustered on substrates. Mycelium slightly immersed, septate, branched, smooth, with pale brown hyphae. Conidiophores arising from prostrate hypha, 4 – 6 μm wide, macronematous to semi-macronematous, mononematous, solitary, erect, thick-walled, erect, straight, or slightly flexuous, without apical branches, pale brown to brown, ellipsoid to subcylindrical, smooth, septate. Conidiogenous cells 5.5 – 6.5 × 4.8 – 5.5 μm (x ̄ = 6 × 5 μm, n = 20), mono- to polyblastic, integrated, terminal, thick-walled, doliiform to subglobose, brown to dark brown. Conidia 8 – 19 × 5 – 7 μm (x ̄ = 15 × 6 μm, n = 30) phragmosporous, solitary to catenate, acrogenous, pale brown, aseptate or indistinctly septate at immature stage, becoming brown to dark brown at maturity, composed of subglobose cells, apical cell often pale brown, rounded at both ends, mostly 2 – 4 - septate, constricted at the septa, minutely verruculose, easily separating.	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
A843FAF5676E513096D394995D4AAF3A.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Conidia germinated on the PDA within 24 h, and germ tubes are produced from the basal cell. Colonies growing on PDA reached 35 – 40 mm in diam. after three weeks at 25 ° C in the dark, mycelium partly immersed to superficial, slightly effuse, hairy, with a regular edge, pink or pale brown. Colonies from above, circular with an irregular edge, white aerial mycelium slightly raised, medium dense, fluffy, filiform, spreading from the center, and hyaline mycelium at the edge; in reverse, pale brown to brown in the center, with off-white at the edge.	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
51B782E9FDFB54FAAB70DB23C38648CE.taxon	description	Fig. 5	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
51B782E9FDFB54FAAB70DB23C38648CE.taxon	description	Description. Saprobic on dead branches of Gardenia jasminoides J. Ellis (Rubiaceae). Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies effuse on the natural substrate, scattered, hairy, velvety, dark brown to black. Mycelium immersed or superficial, composed of septate, branched, dark brown to black hyphae. Conidiophores 2 – 4 µm wide, macronematous to semi-macronematous, septate, erect, straight or slightly flexuous, brown to dark brown, subcylindrical to subglobose, thick-walled, with 1 – 2 doliiform to globose cells. Conidiogenous cells 6 – 9 × 5 – 8 µm (x ̄ = 7.5 × 6.5 μm, n = 20), polyblastic, terminal or intercalary, dark brown to black, doliiform to subglobose, smooth to verruculose, thick-walled. Conidia 20 – 60 × 4 – 9 μm (x ̄ = 36 × 6 μm, n = 30), phragmosporous, catenated, acrogenous, minutely verruculose, rounded at both ends, composed of subglobose cells, dark brown to black, 1 – 2 smaller cells at the apex, 3 – 18 - septate, easily separating, slightly constricted at some septa, and chiefly subcylindrical.	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
51B782E9FDFB54FAAB70DB23C38648CE.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Conidia germinated on the PDA within 24 h, and germ tubes are produced from the basal cell. Colonies growing on PDA reached 33 – 35 mm in diam. after three weeks at 25 ° C in the dark. Colonies from above medium dense, regular, white aerial mycelium slightly raised, fluffy, filiform. In reverse, greenish-grey in the center, off-white ring at the margin, without pigments produced in PDA.	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
DFB4D39674D752D387DEADB1E26242EB.taxon	description	Fig. 6	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
DFB4D39674D752D387DEADB1E26242EB.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet ‘ strychnicola ’ refers to the host genus Strychnos from which the fungus was originally isolated.	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
DFB4D39674D752D387DEADB1E26242EB.taxon	description	Description. Saprobic on dead branches of medicinal plant Strychnos nux-vomica L. (Loganiaceae). Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies effuse on the natural substrate, sparse, hairy, velvety, dark brown to black on the substrate. Mycelium immersed or superficial, composed of septate, branched, dark brown to black hyphae. Conidiophores 2 – 4 µm wide, macronematous to semi-macronematous, erect, septate, smooth, straight, or slightly flexuous, brown to dark brown, subcylindrical to subglobose, and thick-walled, with 1 – 2 doliiform to globose cells. Conidiogenous cells 4 – 6 × 3 – 5 μm (x ̄ = 5 × 4 μm, n = 20), monoblastic, integrated, terminal, subglobose or spherical, brown to dark brown. Conidia (16 –) 25 – 50 (– 65) × 5 – 8 μm (x ̄ = 38 × 7 μm, n = 30), catenated, acrogenous, simple, phragmosporous, arranged in branched chains, dry, brown to dark brown, cylindrical, rounded at both ends, composed of globose to ellipsoidal cells, occasionally smaller at the apex (1 – 2 cells black at the apex), subhyaline at the terminal cell, 2 – 15 - septate, constricted at septa, verrucose, with spinulose on the substrate.	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
DFB4D39674D752D387DEADB1E26242EB.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Conidia germinated on the PDA within 24 h, and germ tubes are produced from the basal cell. Colonies growing on PDA reached 40 – 43 mm in diam. after two weeks at 25 ° C in the dark. Colonies from above regular, white aerial mycelium slightly raised, medium dense, fluffy, filiform, velvety, pale purple; in reverse, purplish brown at the center, with greyish white at the edge, with pale brown ring between them, the color gradually lightens from the center to the margin.	en	Wu, Na, Chi, Mei-Feng, Du, Hong-Zhi, Chethana, K. W. Thilini, Khongphinitbunjong, Kitiphong, Chen, Ya-Ya, Hyde, Kevin D., Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Dissanayake, Asha J., Liu, Jian-Kui (2025): Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals novel species and new records of Torula (Torulaceae, Pleosporales) from medicinal plants in China. MycoKeys 122: 169-196, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.122.161816
