identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03E287D9FFB87718FF52A91FFEF6FCB0.text	03E287D9FFB87718FF52A91FFEF6FCB0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cryptosphaeria jizanensis Abdel-Wahab & E. B. G. Jones 2025	<div><p>Cryptosphaeria jizanensis Abdel-Wahab &amp; E.B.G. Jones sp. nov.</p><p>MycoBank MB 857735</p><p>Etymology:— In reference to Jizan city where the fungus was collected.</p><p>Holotype:— SAUDI ARABIA. Jizan city, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=42.078056&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=16.739445" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 42.078056/lat 16.739445)">Farasan Island</a> mangrove (16°44’22″N, 42°04’41″E), on decaying intertidal wood of Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh, 8 March 2012, coll. M. A. Abdel-Wahab (SUMCC H-12008, holotype).</p><p>Saprobic on decaying intertidal wood of Avicennia marina . Sexual morph: Stromata effuse covering large areas of the wood, up to 4 cm long. Entostroma 260–345 μm thick, prosenchymatous, well-developed, form thick-layer that connect perithecia, consists of woven tissue of fungal hyphae that mixed with host cells and are brown to dark brown. Entoplacodial 260–345 μm thick, prosenchymatous, form a disc around base of ostiole, consists of woven tissue of fungal hyphae mixed with host cells, brown to dark brown. Ascomata 430–500 μm high, 430–600 μm diameter (x = 460 × 490 μm, n = 10), ovate to pear-shaped, deeply immersed with long necks. Ostiole 320–550 µm long, 100–140 µm wide, tip of the papillae protruding above the wood surface, triangular in shape with tapered tip, brown to dark brown, filled with vertical parallel hyphae. Periphyses 9–18 × 1.8–2.3 µm. Peridium 40–63 µm thick, two-layered, forming textura intricata; outer layer 30–50 µm thick, made of thick-walled hyphae twisted together and mixed with host cells, brown to dark brown; inner layer 6–12 µm thick consists of flattened cells with narrow lumen, hyaline to apricot in colour. Hamathecium composed of numerous, hyaline paraphyses, non-septate, unbranched, semi-persistent, 1–3 μm wide. Asci 63–95 × 6.5–9.6 μm (x = 80 × 7.9 μm, n = 30), pedicel 23–46 × 2.9–4.1 μm (x = 32.9 × 3.6 μm, n = 30), 8-spored, unitunicate, clavate, long pedunculated, J- in Lugol’s reagent, persistent, overlapping multiseriate. Ascospores 8.5–12 × 2.5–3 μm (x = 9.7 × 2.7 μm, n = 50), allantoid, brown, lacking sheath or appendages. Asexual morph: Unknown.</p><p>Notes:— Cryptosphaeria jizanensis differs from the other five marine Cryptosphaeria species by possessing a well-developed entostroma that connects the perithecia and by having entoplacodial structures that form a disk around the base of the ostiole (Hyde &amp; Rappaz 1993, Dayarathne et al. 2020). Both C. avicenniae and C. bathurstensis have a white line under the black hymenium in the ascomata, this white line is absent in C. eunomia, C. jizanensis, and C. maris-rubri . Ascospores in C. eunomia are hyaline to brownish, while they are brown in C. jizanensis . The sexual stage of C. halophila is unknown and phylogenetically distant from other marine Cryptosphaeria species (Fig. 1). C. jizanensis has prosenchymatous entostroma and entoplacodial stroma, while C. maris-rubri has pseudoparenchymatous ectostroma. C. jizanensis has longer asci (63–95 vs. 48–72 μm) and larger ascospores (8.5–12 × 2.5–3 vs. 6–8.4 × 1.6–2.4 μm) than C. maris-rubri . Multi-locus phylogenetic analyses placed C. jizanensis as a basal branch to a clade that contains C. avicenniae, C. bathurstensis and C. maris-rubri with high statistical support (81% ML / 87% MP / 92% BYPP) (Fig. 1).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E287D9FFB87718FF52A91FFEF6FCB0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A.;Jones, E. B. Gareth;Bahkali, Ali H.	Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A., Jones, E. B. Gareth, Bahkali, Ali H. (2025): Two new marine species of Cryptosphaeria (Diatrypaceae, Sordariomycetes) from the Red Sea mangroves. Phytotaxa 696 (4): 276-285, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.696.4.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.696.4.2
03E287D9FFBE771AFF52AFD5FBB8FC94.text	03E287D9FFBE771AFF52AFD5FBB8FC94.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cryptosphaeria maris-rubri Abdel-Wahab & E. B. G. Jones 2025	<div><p>Cryptosphaeria maris-rubri Abdel-Wahab &amp; E.B.G. Jones sp. nov.</p><p>MycoBank MB 857736</p><p>Etymology:— From the Latin name “ Mare Rubrum ” meaning “of the Red Sea ”.</p><p>Holotype: — EGYPT. Red Sea, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=34.114998&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.399445" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 34.114998/lat 26.399445)">Safaga</a> mangrove (26°23’58″N, 34°06’54″E), on decaying intertidal wood of Avicennia marina, 3 November 2020, Coll. M. A. Abdel-Wahab, (SUMCC H-20010, holotype).</p><p>Saprobic on decaying intertidal wood of Avicennia marina . Sexual morph: Stromata blackening the wood surface, effuse covering large areas of the wood, up to 8 cm long, ectostroma pseudoparenchymatous, 140–210 µm thick, consisting of polygonal, brown to dark brown cells with thick walls and large lumens that cover the wood surface and the perithecia. Entostroma absent. Ascomata 370–460 μm high, 465–570 μm diameter, globose to subglobose, deeply immersed under ectostroma, with long necks. Ostiole 220–250 µm long, 155–170 µm wide, the tip of the papillae protruding above the wood surface, periphysate. Periphyses 10–15 × 1–2 µm. Peridium 45–57 µm thick, two-layered, forming textura-angularis; outer layer 32–43 µm thick consisting of melanized polygonal cells, brown to dark brown and mixed with host cells; inner layer 10–25 µm thick consisting of flattened cells with narrow lumen and hyaline. Hamathecium composed of numerous, hyaline paraphyses, non-septate, unbranched, persistent, 1–4 μm wide. Asci 48–72 × 6–9 μm (x = 58.6 × 6.8 μm, n = 30), pedicel 18–34 × 2–3.2 μm (x = 23.1 × 2.3 μm, n = 30), 8-spored, unitunicate, clavate, long pedunculated, J- in Lugol’s reagent, persistent, overlapping multiseriate. Ascospores 6–8.4 × 1.6–2.4 μm (x = 7 × 2 μm, n = 50), allantoid, brown, lacking sheath or appendages. Asexual morph: Conidiomata stromatic, multiloculate, 200–320 μm high, 160–225 μm diameter, subglobose, elongate or cleft-like, with a wide opening. Peridium 20–30 μm wide, consisting of parallel hyphae, pale brown. Conidiogenous cells 2–10 × 0.5–1.3 μm (x = 5.1 × 1 μm, n = 15), hyaline, unicellular, cylindrical or possessing a wide base and tapering tip, straight or slightly curved, arising from branched hyphae, producing one conidium, determinate, holoblastic conidiogenesis. Conidia of two types: α-conidia, 3–8 μm in diameter (x = 4.8 μm, n = 50), hyaline, globose, subglobose, clavate, or irregular shapes, surrounded by a gelatinous coat; and β-conidia, 35–57 × 0.8–1.2 μm (x = 48.7 × 1 μm, n = 50), one-celled, filiform, straight, curved, hook-like, or rarely twisted, hyaline to yellowish, appearing apricot in mass, oozing from the ostiole in tendrils.</p><p>Notes:— Cryptosphaeria maris-rubri is distinguished from the other five marine species of Cryptosphaeria by its well-developed pseudoparenchymatous ectostroma, which covers the perithecia with papillae penetrating through it. This species has an asexual stage that produces two types of conidia, α and β, as well as smaller ascomata and smaller ascospores than other marine Cryptoshaeria species (Hyde &amp; Rappaz 1993, Dayarathne et al. 2020). Phylogenetic analyses of the combined datasets of LSU, SSU, and ITS positioned C. maris-rubri alongside C. avicenniae and C. bathurstensis, with moderate bootstrap support (75% ML / 68% MP / 79% BYPP) (Fig. 1).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E287D9FFBE771AFF52AFD5FBB8FC94	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A.;Jones, E. B. Gareth;Bahkali, Ali H.	Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A., Jones, E. B. Gareth, Bahkali, Ali H. (2025): Two new marine species of Cryptosphaeria (Diatrypaceae, Sordariomycetes) from the Red Sea mangroves. Phytotaxa 696 (4): 276-285, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.696.4.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.696.4.2
03E287D9FFBD771AFF52AC25FA64FB1F.text	03E287D9FFBD771AFF52AC25FA64FB1F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cryptosphaeria undefined-1	<div><p>Key to the marine Cryptosphaeria species</p><p>1. Only asexual morph known........................................................................................................................................... Cr. halophila</p><p>1. Sexual morphs with or without asexual morphs.................................................................................................................................2</p><p>2. With a thin white line under the black hymenium..............................................................................................................................3</p><p>2. Without a thin white line under the black hymenium.........................................................................................................................4</p><p>3. Ascospores olive-brown ............................................................................................................................................ Cr. bathurstensis</p><p>3. Ascospores hyaline to slightly brownish....................................................................................................................... Cr. avicenniae</p><p>4. Ascospores hyaline or brownish....................................................................................................................................... Cr. eunomia</p><p>4. Ascospores brown ..............................................................................................................................................................................5</p><p>5. Asexual stage with two types of conidia α- and β-...................................................................................................... Cr. maris-rubri</p><p>5. Asexual stage unknown.................................................................................................................................................. Cr. jizanensis</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E287D9FFBD771AFF52AC25FA64FB1F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A.;Jones, E. B. Gareth;Bahkali, Ali H.	Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A., Jones, E. B. Gareth, Bahkali, Ali H. (2025): Two new marine species of Cryptosphaeria (Diatrypaceae, Sordariomycetes) from the Red Sea mangroves. Phytotaxa 696 (4): 276-285, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.696.4.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.696.4.2
