taxonID	type	description	language	source
472D879EFFBD6306FF1EA00EFF44FD6C.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — phycosomatis refers to the host genus (Phycosoma).	en	Li, Song-Yu, Lu, Ying-Ling, Zhao, Jing, Ma, Jin-Mei, Yang, Shi-Dao, Yu, Zhi-Yong, Yu, Hong (2025): Morphology and phylogeny reveal a novel species, Tolypocladium phycosomatis (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales), from Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 684 (2): 254-264, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.684.2.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.684.2.8
472D879EFFBD6306FF1EA00EFF44FD6C.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: — CHINA. Yunnan Province: Jinping Miao Yao Dai Autonomous County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, 103 ° 28 ' 57 '' E, 22 ° 45 ' 58 '' N, alt. 1511.3 m, 26 September 2024, Hong Yu and Jing Zhao, from underside of a leaf of Woodwardia sp., with a spider present. Holotype YHH OT 2409001; ex-type living culture YFCC 24099493. Sexual morph: — Undetermined. Asexual morph: — Colonies cultured on PDA medium at 25 ° C for 14 days, reached a diameter of 5.0 – 5.2 cm. The colony surface white, circular, cotton-like with a centrally convex area; reverse side with alternating brown and yellow pigmentation, forming a ring pattern. Hyphae hyaline, unbranched, smooth-walled, 1 – 1.8 µm wide. Phialides predominantly solitary along the hyphae, occasionally in whorls, 1.9 – 45.1 µm long, 0.7 – 1.9 µm wide, with an inflated oval base (0.7 – 2.1 µm wide) that narrows gradually or abruptly into a curved neck (0.5 – 1.2 µm wide). Conidia smooth-walled, transparent, round to oval or rod-like, 1.1 – 1.9 µm long and 0.8 – 1.6 µm wide, mostly aggregated at apex of the phialides, sometimes single.	en	Li, Song-Yu, Lu, Ying-Ling, Zhao, Jing, Ma, Jin-Mei, Yang, Shi-Dao, Yu, Zhi-Yong, Yu, Hong (2025): Morphology and phylogeny reveal a novel species, Tolypocladium phycosomatis (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales), from Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 684 (2): 254-264, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.684.2.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.684.2.8
472D879EFFBD6306FF1EA00EFF44FD6C.taxon	biology_ecology	Host: — Phycosoma sp.	en	Li, Song-Yu, Lu, Ying-Ling, Zhao, Jing, Ma, Jin-Mei, Yang, Shi-Dao, Yu, Zhi-Yong, Yu, Hong (2025): Morphology and phylogeny reveal a novel species, Tolypocladium phycosomatis (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales), from Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 684 (2): 254-264, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.684.2.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.684.2.8
472D879EFFBD6306FF1EA00EFF44FD6C.taxon	distribution	Distribution: CHINA. Yunnan Province: Jinping Miao Yao Dai Autonomous County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Notes: — Based on the phylogenetic analysis, T. phycosomatis and T. ovalisporum were identified as sister species. Notably, the conidia of T. phycosomatis (1.1 – 1.9 × 0.76 – 1.6 μm) were significantly smaller compared to those of T. ovalisporum (4.5 – 9 × 2.5 – 3.5 μm). Additionally, the conidia of T. phycosomatis tend to aggregate at the apex of the phialides. Furthermore, T. phycosomatis was associated with spider hosts, whereas T. ovalisporum is found in a lichen (Table 2).	en	Li, Song-Yu, Lu, Ying-Ling, Zhao, Jing, Ma, Jin-Mei, Yang, Shi-Dao, Yu, Zhi-Yong, Yu, Hong (2025): Morphology and phylogeny reveal a novel species, Tolypocladium phycosomatis (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales), from Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 684 (2): 254-264, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.684.2.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.684.2.8
