taxonID	type	description	language	source
9B5EA5130CAE5B81B702D9F4C159893A.taxon	description	Fig. 2	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
9B5EA5130CAE5B81B702D9F4C159893A.taxon	description	Description. Saprobic on dead branches in a terrestrial habitat. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substrate effuse, scattered, dark brown to black, hairy. Mycelium partly superficial, partly immersed in the substratum, composed of branched, septate, smooth, pale brown to brown hyphae. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, unbranched, solitary or in groups, erect, straight or slightly flexuous, cylindrical, smooth, brown to dark brown, 2 – 5 - septate, robust at the base, 25 – 48.5 × 5 – 8 µm (x ̄ = 34.9 × 6.1 µm, n = 12). Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, integrated, terminal, cylindrical, pale brown to brown, smooth, flat at the conidiogenous loco. Conidia acrogenous, solitary, dry, obclavate, straight or curved, reddish-brown and slightly paler towards the apex, 26 – 40 - distoseptate, smooth, 150 – 270 × 11 – 15 µm (x ̄ = 195.1 × 12 µm, n = 30), tapering to 2.5 – 7.5 µm near the apex, 2.5 – 5.5 µm wide at the truncate base.	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
9B5EA5130CAE5B81B702D9F4C159893A.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on PDA reaching 76 – 80 mm diam. after 4 weeks in an incubator under dark conditions at 25 ° C, circular, surface velvety, with brown and denser mycelium at the center, becoming black at the margin with an obvious boundary, reverse black and sparser toward the boundary.	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
45A13E5B542450DCBE6D6E32F92A5BD4.taxon	description	Fig. 3	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
45A13E5B542450DCBE6D6E32F92A5BD4.taxon	etymology	Etymology. In reference to Fujian Province, where the fungus was collected.	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
45A13E5B542450DCBE6D6E32F92A5BD4.taxon	description	Description. Saprobic on dead branches in a terrestrial habitat. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substrate effuse, scattered, dark brown to black, hairy. Mycelium partly superficial, partly immersed in the substratum, composed of branched, septate, smooth, pale brown to brown hyphae. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, unbranched, solitary or in groups of 2 or 3, straight or slightly flexuous, cylindrical, 6 – 9 - septate, brown to dark brown, 86 – 127 × 4.5 – 6 µm (x ̄ = 103.4 × 5.2 µm, n = 11). Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, integrated, terminal, cylindrical, brown, smooth, determinate, flat at the conidiogenous loco. Conidia solitary, acrogenous, dry, obclavate or ellipsoidal, smooth, 6 – 8 - distoseptate, brown, apical cell paler, 28 – 47 × 8 – 14 µm (x ̄ = 37.7 × 10.3 µm, n = 23), tapering to 4.5 – 9 µm near the apex, 4.5 – 7 µm wide at the truncate base.	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
45A13E5B542450DCBE6D6E32F92A5BD4.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on PDA reaching 60 – 63 mm diam. after 4 weeks in an incubator under dark conditions at 25 ° C, circular, surface velvety, with pale brown and denser mycelium and the black edge, reverse black.	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
AA60154AA2A359FEBE855A83CCC60E19.taxon	description	Fig. 4	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
AA60154AA2A359FEBE855A83CCC60E19.taxon	etymology	Etymology. In reference to the locality, Ganzhou city, where the fungus was collected.	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
AA60154AA2A359FEBE855A83CCC60E19.taxon	description	Description. Saprobic on dead branches in a terrestrial habitat. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substratum effuse, hairy, and olivegreen to pale brown. Mycelium partly superficial, partly immersed in the substratum, composed of branched, septate, smooth, pale brown to brown hyphae. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, solitary, unbranched, straight or flexuous, smooth, 5 – 10 septate, cylindrical, brown to dark brown, paler towards the apex, determinate or sometimes with a cylindrical, enteroblastic percurrent extension, 54 – 93 × 4.5 – 7 µm, (x ̄ = 73.1 × 6.2 µm, n = 15). Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, integrated, terminal, cylindrical, pale brown to brown, smooth, flat at the conidiogenous loco. Conidia solitary, acrogenous, obclavate, straight or curved, pale brown to brown, 10 – 23 - distoseptate, smooth, 59 – 139 × 11.5 – 16.5 µm (x ̄ = 96.4 × 13.6 µm, n = 30), tapering to 4 – 8.5 µm near the apex, 3 – 6 µm wide at the truncate base.	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
AA60154AA2A359FEBE855A83CCC60E19.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on PDA reaching 54 mm diam. after 4 weeks in an incubator under dark conditions at 25 ° C, circular, surface velvety, with dense and brown mycelium, dark brown to pale at the margin, reverse dark brown to black.	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
8B879E1CFA56505E975B0F545593424D.taxon	description	Fig. 5	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
8B879E1CFA56505E975B0F545593424D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. In reference to the locality, Nanping city, where the fungus was collected.	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
8B879E1CFA56505E975B0F545593424D.taxon	description	Description. Saprobic on dead branches in a terrestrial habitat. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substrate effuse, scattered, dark brown to black, hairy. Mycelium partly superficial, partly immersed in the substratum, composed of branched, septate, smooth, pale brown to brown hyphae. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, unbranched, solitary, straight or slightly flexuous, cylindrical, smooth, 1 – 3 - septate, brown to dark brown, 8.5 – 28 × 5 – 7 µm (x ̄ = 18.1 × 6.1 µm, n = 10). Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, integrated, terminal, determinate, cylindrical, flat at the conidiogenous loco. Conidia solitary, acrogenous, dry, obclavate, straight or curved, sometimes with a swollen cell, reddish-brown and slightly paler towards the apex, 28 – 41 - distoseptate, sometimes constricted at the septa, smooth, sometimes with percurrent regeneration forming a secondary conidium from the conidial apex, 169 – 282 × 12 – 17.5 µm (x ̄ = 227.1 × 14.8 µm, n = 20), tapering to 5 – 9 µm near the apex, 3.5 – 5.5 µm wide at the truncate base.	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
8B879E1CFA56505E975B0F545593424D.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on PDA reaching 67 – 71 mm diam. after 4 weeks in an incubator under dark conditions at 25 ° C, irregularly circular, surface velvety with white to pale brown and denser mycelium, becoming black at the margin, reverse black.	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
45494B08127D5C8BA9F2A1B712FD672C.taxon	description	Fig. 6	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
45494B08127D5C8BA9F2A1B712FD672C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. In reference to the subtropical climate in which the species was collected.	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
45494B08127D5C8BA9F2A1B712FD672C.taxon	description	Description. Saprobic on dead branches in a terrestrial habitat. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substrate effuse, scattered, dark brown to black, hairy. Mycelium partly superficial, partly immersed in the substratum, composed of branched, septate, smooth, pale brown to brown hyphae. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, solitary or in groups, unbranched, erect, straight or slightly flexuous, cylindrical, smooth, 5 – 10 - septate, brown to dark brown and paler towards the apex, 125 – 262 × 6 – 10.5 µm (x ̄ = 181.7 × 6.7 µm, n = 12). Conidiogenous cells monoblastic or ployblastic, integrated, terminal, cylindrical, pale brown, smooth, determinate or sometimes with cylindrical, enteroblastic percurrent extensions. Conidia acropleurogenous, solitary, dry, straight or slightly curved, obclavate, rostrate, verrucose, 5 – 10 - euseptate, pale brown to brown, 64 – 147 × 12 – 15 µm (x ̄ = 90.1 × 13.3 µm, n = 23), tapering to 2.5 – 4.5 µm near the apex, 4.5 – 7 µm wide at the truncate base.	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
45494B08127D5C8BA9F2A1B712FD672C.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on PDA reaching 57 – 58 mm diam. after 4 weeks in an incubator under dark conditions at 25 ° C, circular, surface velvety, with yellow to pale brown and denser mycelium at the center, becoming dark brown at the ring with a pale edge, reverse brown at the central parts with a dark brown inner ring and an outer pale brown halo.	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
B2376547121655EEA7311A19FB022BDA.taxon	description	Fig. 7	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
B2376547121655EEA7311A19FB022BDA.taxon	description	Description. Saprobic on dead branches in a terrestrial habitat. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substrate effuse, scattered, dark brown to black, hairy. Mycelium partly superficial, partly immersed in the substratum, composed of branched, septate, smooth, pale brown to brown hyphae. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, solitary or in groups, unbranched, erect, straight or slightly flexuous, cylindrical, smooth, 3 – 6 - septate, pale brown to brown, 125 – 243 × 7.5 – 10.5 µm (x ̄ = 185 × 9.9 µm, n = 14). Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, integrated, terminal, determinate or sometimes with one cylindrical percurrent extension, cylindrical, pale brown, smooth. Conidia acrogenous, solitary, dry, obclavate or ellipsoidal, 5 – 10 - distoseptate, smooth, brown, paler toward the apex, 67.5 – 96 × 16 – 22.5 µm (x ̄ = 83.2 × 19.4 µm, n = 30), tapering to 2.5 – 12.5 µm near the apex, 5 – 7.5 µm wide at the truncate base.	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
B2376547121655EEA7311A19FB022BDA.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on PDA reached 65 – 75 mm diam. after 4 weeks in an incubator under dark conditions at 25 ° C, circular, surface velvety, dark brown at the center, with dense, brown mycelium, black margin entire with flocculous mycelium, reverse black.	en	Liao, Ming-Gen, Luo, Xing-Xing, Hu, Ya-Fen, Castañeda-Ruíz, Rafael F., Xu, Zhao-Huan, Ma, Jian (2025): Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China. MycoKeys 113: 31-55, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.137082
