taxonID	type	description	language	source
4C2767D85E565BEAA6F1C975554B3745.taxon	description	Fig. 11	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
4C2767D85E565BEAA6F1C975554B3745.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Derived from the Latin word “ globosus ” indicating that the Conidia is spherical.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
4C2767D85E565BEAA6F1C975554B3745.taxon	description	Description. Mycelium composed of hyaline to pale brown, smooth- to verruculose-walled, multi-septate, branched, slender, and uniform hyphae, 1.6 – 2.8 μm diam. Asexual state: Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells or conidiogenous cells absent, (27.3 –) 37.2 – 74.6 (– 87.9) × (1.9 –) 2.2 – 3.0 (– 3.2) μm. Conidiogenous cells arising from the top of the hyphae or branching out from the sides of the hyphae, 0 – 1 - septate, rough, short, and having few branches, (3.1 –) 3.3 – 5.6 (– 6.8) × (2.2 –) 2.3 – 2.8 (– 3.0) μm. Conidia developing directly from the end or side of the hyphae or from conidiogenous cells on conidiophores, oval-shaped to spindle-shaped, in clusters like grapes in bunches, translucent or hyaline, smooth, (2.3 –) 2.7 – 5.0 (– 6.2) × (1.5 –) 1.6 – 2.4 (– 3.0) μm. Sexual state unknown.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
4C2767D85E565BEAA6F1C975554B3745.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on MEA and OA, with a compact surface, dark olive, and irregular edges. The optimal temperature for growth is 20 – 25 ° C, reaching 5 – 8 mm in diameter in 10 days. No growth at 5 ° C and 35 ° C.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
7F4827C8BBCA5E068430E2B52A89B360.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Derived from the Latin words “ botrys ” and “ conidium ”, referring to the grape-like clustered arrangement of conidia.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
7F4827C8BBCA5E068430E2B52A89B360.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Botryoconidia globosus X. Yu. Zhang, Q. Y. Zhang & B. Fan, sp. nov.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
7F4827C8BBCA5E068430E2B52A89B360.taxon	description	Description. Colonies olive, tomentose, with irregularly margins. Hyphae hyaline to pale brown, smooth to verruculose, septate, branched, varying in shape from straight to wavy or curved. Asexual state: Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells or occasionally absent. Conidiogenous cells integrated, terminal or intercalary, hyaline to pale brown, smooth-walled, arising from vegetative hyphae, producing conidia either synchronously or successively. The apex of the conidiogenous cells often slightly swollen or constricted after conidium secession. Conidia developing directly on hyphae in an apical or lateral manner or on conidiophores, suboval to elliptical, smooth, occasionally aggregated in clusters. Sexual state not observed.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
FB80F3B02E2D598F8BAFEE5E19C029BF.taxon	description	Fig. 10	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
FB80F3B02E2D598F8BAFEE5E19C029BF.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Derived from the Latin word “ helianthus, ” indicating that it is named for distinctive morphology of its conidia, which closely resemble sunflower seeds.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
FB80F3B02E2D598F8BAFEE5E19C029BF.taxon	description	Description. Mycelium composed of hyaline, smooth or warty, aseptate, flexuous, branched, slender, 1.2 – 2.8 μm diam. Asexual state: Conidiophores erect, solitary, arising from hyphae, 2 – 15 - septate, straight to flexuous, subcylindrical, brown, smooth, stout, unbranched, (57.4 –) 63.3 – 122.6 (– 161.6) × (2.3 –) 3.1 – 4.7 (– 4.7) μm. Conidiogenous cells terminal, pale brown to brown, smooth, subcylindrical, terminal, connected in series, (4.2 –) 5.4 – 10.3 (– 11.9) × (2.7 –) 3.0 – 3.9 (– 4.1) μm. Conidia terminal and lateral, aseptate, smooth, brown, sunflower seed-shaped, base truncate, (6.0 –) 6.9 – 8.2 (– 8.5) × (3 –) 3.5 – 4 (– 5) μm. Sexual state unknown.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
FB80F3B02E2D598F8BAFEE5E19C029BF.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on MEA slow-growing, velvety to hairy, with entire margin; surface dark olivaceous-grey. On SNA and OA, the colonies appear off-white (Fig. 10 A – C). The optimal temperature for growth was 20 – 25 ° C, reaching 4 – 5 mm diam after 10 days on MEA. No growth was observed at 5 ° C and 35 ° C.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
21905525ACD15D71BDC339974CDDEB2C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Derived from “ Helianthus ” (sunflower) and conidium, referring to the sunflower seed-shaped conidia.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
21905525ACD15D71BDC339974CDDEB2C.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Helianthoconium helianthosporum X. Yu. Zhang, Q. Y. Zhang & B. Fan, sp. nov.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
21905525ACD15D71BDC339974CDDEB2C.taxon	description	Description. Colonies are fluffy, fuzzy, olive to off-white, with intact or finely serrated margins and irregularly divided patterns. The hyphae are translucent to off-white, slender, branched, erect or curved, and smooth to slightly warty. Asexual state: Conidiophores erect, straight or flexuose, unbranched, multi-septate, smooth or slightly warty, medium-brown to brown. Conidiogenous cells terminal, pale brown to brown, smooth, subcylindrical, aseptate, somewhat darkened, unthickened scar. Conidia solitary, sunflower-seed-shaped, slightly tapering at the apex, aseptate. Sexual state not observed.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
438BE076D9C05D56A6F4CC6C6D6D7EAE.taxon	description	Fig. 12	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
438BE076D9C05D56A6F4CC6C6D6D7EAE.taxon	etymology	Etymology. referring to the distinctive filiform (thread-like) conidia produced by this species.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
438BE076D9C05D56A6F4CC6C6D6D7EAE.taxon	description	Description. Mycelium composed of hyaline, smooth, multi-septate, branched, uniform hyphae in width, slender, 1.4 – 2.6 μm diam. Many aerial hyphae are clustered in bundles, thicker at the base and tapering upwards on MEA (Fig. 12 D, G). Asexual state: Conidiophores and conidiogenous cells absent or conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiophores not obvious when present, and conidia developing directly from the ends or sides of hyphae. Conidia multiseptated, filiform or slightly flexuous, slender, hyaline, smooth, (9.9 –) 14.3 – 35.3 (– 52.2) × (1.5 –) 2.0 – 3.0 (– 3.5) μm (Fig. 12 E, H). Sexual state unknown.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
438BE076D9C05D56A6F4CC6C6D6D7EAE.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on MEA, with a fluffy surface, pale yellow to off-white in colour, and irregular edges. In contrast, colonies grown on OA and SNA medium are transparent to white, dense, with irregularly lobed edges and few aerial hyphae. The optimal temperature for growth was 20 – 25 ° C, reaching 8 – 12 mm diam in 10 days. No growth at 5 ° C and 35 ° C. Additional specimen (paratype) examined. CHINA • Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Nanjing Forestry University, Baima Campus, fungal endophytes from Pinus densiflora, May 2023, Ben Fan and Xiuyu Zhang, paratype NF 692.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
E05B0A3E73E05A5EB76B69DE11A8B8FF.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Derived from the Latin words “ longus ” and “ spora, ” indicating that its spores are elongated.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
E05B0A3E73E05A5EB76B69DE11A8B8FF.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Longisporomyces filisporum X. Yu. Zhang, Q. Y. Zhang & B. Fan, sp. nov.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
E05B0A3E73E05A5EB76B69DE11A8B8FF.taxon	description	Description. Colonies pale yellow to off-white fluffy, tomentose, with irregular edges. Hyphae verruculose or smooth, multi-septate, elongated, rarely branching, various in shapes, some are straight, some wavy or curved. Some hyphae aggregate into bundles and grow upward, forming thicker mycelial masses on MEA. Asexual state: Conidiophores and conidiogenous cells absent or conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidia are formed directly on the hyphae in an apical or lateral manner, slender filiform, straight or flexuous, smooth, multi-septate, and sometimes in chains. Sexual state not observed.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
CD5A953331F15AEEBCEC87C8A7EFE840.taxon	description	Fig. 13	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
CD5A953331F15AEEBCEC87C8A7EFE840.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Derived from the Latin word “ endophyticum, ” indicating its ecological niche as an endophyte.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
CD5A953331F15AEEBCEC87C8A7EFE840.taxon	description	Description. Mycelium composed of hyaline to pale brown, multi-septate, branched, smooth- to verruculose-walled hyphae, 2.5 – 3.9 μm. Asexual morph blastic-acropetal; conidiogenous cells developing from swollen hyphal segments, pale brown to brown, thick-walled, verruculose, straight to slightly curved, occasionally in short series Conidia produced successively at the apex of conidiogenous cells, forming acropetal chains; conidia hyaline to pale brown, verruculose, aseptate, ellipsoidal, relatively thick-walled, (5.2 –) 6.0 – 10.4 (– 13.5) × (2.6 –) 3.5 – 4.5 (– 4.9) μm (Fig. 13 D – H). Conidia frequently germinate laterally or apically by means of short, thin-walled germ tubes, which may elongate into hyaline hyphae or give rise to new conidial chains (Fig. 13 H). Although the conidia are relatively thick-walled and pigmented, they are not chlamydospores, as they are actively produced in conidial chains. Sexual state unknown.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
CD5A953331F15AEEBCEC87C8A7EFE840.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies are black to dark olive in colour on MEA and OA, growing very slowly with a slightly fuzzy texture, dense in the centre and relatively loose at the edges. On SNA, aerial hyphae appear white and cottony. The optimal temperature for growth is 20 – 25 ° C, reaching 3 – 6 mm diam in 10 d. No growth at 5 ° C and 35 ° C.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
5E381E4296AF599DA42DE9A6726EE37F.taxon	description	Fig. 15	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
5E381E4296AF599DA42DE9A6726EE37F.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Derived from the Latin word “ pennatum ”, the specific epithet refers to the distinctive pinnate arrangement of conidiophores and conidia.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
5E381E4296AF599DA42DE9A6726EE37F.taxon	description	Description. Mycelium composed of branched, multi-septate, subhyaline to pale brown hyphae, smooth-walled, 1.9 – 3.3 μm diam. Asexual state consisting of two conidiation modes: Blastic conidiation: Conidiophores arising laterally or terminally from hyphae, subcylindrical to clavate, multi-septate, pale brown, smooth, (41.9 –) 57.6 – 150.0 (– 166.2) × (2.0 –) 2.5 – 4.3 (– 4.9) μm. Conidiogenous cells integrated, terminal, mono- to polyblastic, producing conidia sympodially, (6.8 –) 7.8 – 11.1 (– 11.9) × (1.9 –) 2.3 – 3.1 (– 3.2) μm. Conidia pale brown to brown, smooth or slightly verrucose, thick-walled, clavate to fusiform, mostly aseptate, occasionally one-septate or with two septa, (4.4 –) 5.1 – 7.6 (– 8.8) × (3.7 –) 4.3 – 6.3 (– 7.2) μm (c; Fig. 15 D – F, H). Thallic conidiation: Vegetative hyphae directly transformed into thick-walled chlamydospores, arranged in short chains, subcircular to elliptical, pale brown to brown, smooth to finely verruculose, (5.4 –) 5.7 – 7.5 (– 8.3) × (1.6 –) 1.9 – 2.7 (– 2.8) μm (d; Fig. 15 G). Sexual state not observed.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
5E381E4296AF599DA42DE9A6726EE37F.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on MEA are slow-growing, wrinkled, with irregularly serrated edges, densely packed, and light olive green. On OA and SNA media, the colonies are black to off-white, with the aerial hyphae on SNA being fluffier. The optimal temperature is 20 ° C, reaching 9 – 11 mm diam after 10 d. It can grow a little at 5 ° C. No growth at 35 ° C.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
6A795F7B8E915AA48A962C5CCB4F0AD8.taxon	description	Fig. 14	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
6A795F7B8E915AA48A962C5CCB4F0AD8.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Derived from “ Nanjing, ” indicating that this species was first discovered in Nanjing.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
6A795F7B8E915AA48A962C5CCB4F0AD8.taxon	description	Description. Mycelium composed of hyaline, smooth to slightly rough-walled, multi-septate, branched and slender hyphae, 1.3 – 2.2 μm in diameter. Asexual state: Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiophores are not clearly differentiated; Conidiogenous cells are integrated, terminal or intercalary, hyaline, smooth-walled, monoblastic to polyblastic, producing conidia in acropetal chains through blastic conidiogenesis; conidia are produced directly from the apical or lateral sides of hyphae. Conidia multiseptated, long, filiform, falcate, slender, hyaline, smooth, (10.0 –) 14.7 – 27.4 (– 38.3) × (1.4 –) 1.6 – 2.1 (– 2.2) μm (Fig. 14 D – H). Sexual state unknown.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
6A795F7B8E915AA48A962C5CCB4F0AD8.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on SNA with a floccose to woolly surface, off-white to translucent in appearance, and with a regular, well-defined margin. On OA, aerial hyphae are concentrated in the middle area with very few around it. The optimal temperature is 20 – 25 ° C, reaching 9 – 13 mm in diameter in 10 days on OA. No growth at 5 ° C or 35 ° C.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
1203F8775A22580AA65B7EC949B55458.taxon	description	Fig. 16	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
1203F8775A22580AA65B7EC949B55458.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Derived from the Latin words “ fusiforme ”, referring to the fusiform conidia of this species.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
1203F8775A22580AA65B7EC949B55458.taxon	description	Description. Mycelium composed of septate, subhyaline to pale brown, smooth to warty, branched hyphae, 1.8 – 3.2 μm diam. Asexual state: Conidiophores arising from superficial mycelium, erect to sinuous, brown, unbranched, smooth or verrucous, subcylindrical, straight to flexuous, multi-septate, (21.2 –) 24.4 – 58.7 (– 78.2) × (2.1 –) 2.5 – 3.6 (– 3.9) μm. Conidiogenous cells are terminal, smooth, slightly verrucous, light brown, unseptate, subcylindrical, (4.8 –) 5.2 – 10.5 (– 11.7) × (2.1 –) 2.2 – 3.5 (– 3.7) μm. Conidia are terminal or lateral to the tips of hyphae or conidiogenous cells, smooth, transparent to light brown, without septa, fusiform, some of which are connected in series, (6.4 –) 6.5 – 7.9 (– 8.2) × (2.2 –) 2.4 – 3.3 (– 3.5) μm.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
1203F8775A22580AA65B7EC949B55458.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on MEA surface flat to slightly raised at centre, yellow-green, fuzzy, and have intact edges; reverse dark brown. On OA, colonies are brown, fading toward the centre and edges. The optimal temperature is 25 – 30 ° C, reaching 13 – 16 mm diam in 10 d. At 35 ° C, the fungus shows slight growth, attaining a colony diameter of 3 – 5 mm within 10 days. No growth was observed at 5 ° C.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
31DFF8FBF2F651ECBEECB50905401FB3.taxon	description	Fig. 17	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
31DFF8FBF2F651ECBEECB50905401FB3.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Derived from the Latin word “ guttula ” (a droplet), referring to the droplet-like appearance of the conidia.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
31DFF8FBF2F651ECBEECB50905401FB3.taxon	description	Description. Mycelium composed of brown, septate, branched hyphae, smooth to verruculose, 1.6 – 3.3 μm in diameter. Asexual state: Conidiophores erect, subcylindrical, dark brown, straight, verrucous, (19.5 –) 21.8 – 63.0 (– 80.8) × (1.4 –) 1.5 – 2.2 (– 2.5) μm. Conidiogenous cells formed by the degeneration of conidiophores or terminally, pale to brown, verrucous, cylindrical, (2.6 –) 3.0 – 3.9 (– 4.1) × (2.1 –) 2.2 – 2.4 (– 2.5) μm. Conidia terminal or lateral, drop-shaped to gourd-shaped, brown to transparent, smooth to slightly verrucous, 0 – 1 septate, (4.5 –) 5.1 – 8.1 (– 9.9) × (3.4 –) 338 – 4.5 (– 4.7) μm. Sexual state unknown.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
31DFF8FBF2F651ECBEECB50905401FB3.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies grow circular and flat, yellowish-green to dark olivaceous, producing droplets on MEA, with floccose aerial mycelium on SNA and OA. The optimal temperature for growth is 25 ° C, reaching 11 – 13 mm in diameter after 10 days. No growth occurs at 5 ° C or 35 ° C.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
D67F9C5A8148598E9F88684E343F1FB9.taxon	description	Fig. 18	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
D67F9C5A8148598E9F88684E343F1FB9.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Derived from the Latin words “ longus ” and “ spora ”, the species epithet refers to the elongated conidia produced by the fungus.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
D67F9C5A8148598E9F88684E343F1FB9.taxon	description	Description. Mycelium composed of branched, septate, pale brown, verruculose hyphae, 1.5 – 3 μm diam. Numerous orange-coloured granules are observed among the hyphae (Fig. 18 G). Asexual state: Conidiophores erect or curved, cylindrical, hyaline to pale brown, aseptate, smooth, (17.2 –) 30.9 – 58.1 (– 79.5) × (1.9 –) 2.3 – 3.1 (– 3.7) μm. Conidiogenous cells absent; conidia produced directly from the sides or apices of hyphae, hyaline, subcylindrical with a slightly narrowed base, slightly verruculose, mostly aseptate, occasionally with one septum, (6.1 –) 7.7 – 16.2 (– 21.2) × (2.3 –) 2.7 – 3.3 (– 3.6) μm. Sexual state unknown.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
D67F9C5A8148598E9F88684E343F1FB9.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on MEA with irregular margins and slightly raised centres, bearing abundant aerial mycelium, yellowish-green to cream-coloured. On SNA and OA, aerial mycelium is sparse; colonies appear dark olivaceous on OA and deep yellowish-green on SNA. The optimal temperature is 25 ° C, with colonies reaching 12 – 14 mm in diameter in 10 days. No growth at 5 ° C or 35 ° C.	en	Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zhang, Qiu-Yue, Li, De-Wei, Sun, Jing-Zu, Fan, Ben (2025): Novel endophytic fungi from Pinus: introducing three new genera and six new species within Capnodiales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) sensu lato. IMA Fungus 16: e 175931, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.175931
