Xiuguozhangia, K. Zhang, R. F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Jian Ma & L. G. Ma

Dubey, Rashmi & Jash, Sayantan, 2024, Xiuguozhangia macrospora (Pezizomycotina: Ascomycota) - a new species of bambusicolous fungi from India, Phytotaxa 644 (1), pp. 69-73 : 72

Key to the species of Xiuguozhangia :

1. Conidial appendages present ..............................................................................................................................................................2

- Conidial appendages absent .................................................................................................................................. X. rhaphidophorae

2. Conidiogenous cells with proliferation ..............................................................................................................................................3

- Conidiogenous cells without proliferation ............................................................................................................... X. appendiculata

3. Conidia up to 50 μm high...................................................................................................................................................................4

- Conidia more than 50 μm high...........................................................................................................................................................5

4. Conidia 34–44 μm high and 39–52 μm wide ........................................................................................................................ X. indica

- Conidia 45–50 μm high and 53–76 μm wide ......................................................................................................................... X. rosae

5. Conidia 50–65 μm high and 58–95 μm wide ...................................................................................................................... X. punicae

- Conidia 81–120 μm high and 67–94 μm wide ............................................................................................................. X. macrospora