identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
2F7D3DA10510540B9F7CCD668E1655EF.text	2F7D3DA10510540B9F7CCD668E1655EF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Montagnula aquatica Y. R. Sun, Yong Wang bis & K. D. Hyde, Plants 12 (4, no. 738): 2 2023	<div><p>Montagnula aquatica Y.R. Sun, Yong Wang bis &amp; K.D. Hyde, Plants 12 (4, no. 738): 2 (2023)</p><p>Descriptions and illustrations.</p><p>See Sun et al. (2023).</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>This species is found in freshwater habitats of Chiang Rai, Thailand, terrestrial habitats of Yunnan, China, inhabiting dead wood of deciduous hosts (Sun et al. 2023, this study).</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China, Yunnan Province, Honghe Hani and <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=102.224785&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.388966" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 102.224785/lat 23.388966)">Yi Autonomous Prefecture</a>, Honghe County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=102.224785&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.388966" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 102.224785/lat 23.388966)">Dayangjiexiang</a> (23.389965°N, 102.225552°E, 1194 m), on dead woody litter of an unidentified plant, 13 March 2023, D.N. Wanasinghe, DWHH23-51 (HKAS 130322), new country and habitat record, living culture KUNCC 23-14425. ibid. 23.388966°N, 102.224786°E, 1215 m, DWHH23-51-2 (HKAS 130323), living culture KUNCC 23-14557 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Based on our phylogenetic analyses, we have determined that the newly collected strains (i.e. KUNCC 23-14425 and KUNCC 23-14557) are monophyletic with the ex-type strain of Montagnula aquatica (MFLU 22-0171). Further morphological investigations comparing our isolate with the type species have revealed similarities in the size range of the ascomata, asci, and ascospores, as well as the ascospore septation (Sun et al. 2023). Therefore, we document KUNCC 23-14425 and KUNCC 23-14557 as new records of Montagnula aquatica in China, accompanied by protein sequence data (tef 1-α and rpb 2) for this species. It is worth noting that the holotype of Montagnula aquatica was previously reported on submerged decaying wood in a freshwater habitat in Thailand, while our collection was made from a terrestrial habitat in China. This observation suggests that this fungus exhibits adaptability to a wide range of habitats, although its exploration in diverse geographic locations remains limited. The inclusion of Montagnula aquatica as a new record in China expands our understanding of the distribution and ecological preferences of this species in both terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Additionally, the protein sequence data obtained for this strain contributes valuable information to the existing knowledge on Montagnula aquatica . Further studies exploring the ecological aspects of this fungus in different geographic locations will provide deeper insights into its adaptability and potential ecological roles.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2F7D3DA10510540B9F7CCD668E1655EF	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.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N.;Nimalrathna, Thilina S.;Qin Xian, Li;Faraj, Turki Kh.;Xu, Jianchu;Mortimer, Peter E.	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N., Nimalrathna, Thilina S., Qin Xian, Li, Faraj, Turki Kh., Xu, Jianchu, Mortimer, Peter E. (2024): Taxonomic novelties and global biogeography of Montagnula (Ascomycota, Didymosphaeriaceae). MycoKeys 101: 191-232, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259
15EC9B913FA0566C99B6842140ED4B7B.text	15EC9B913FA0566C99B6842140ED4B7B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Montagnula aquilariae T. Y. Du & Tibpromma, Mycosphere 14 (1): 705 2023	<div><p>Montagnula aquilariae T.Y. Du &amp; Tibpromma, Mycosphere 14 (1): 705 (2023)</p><p>Fig. 5</p><p>Description.</p><p>Saprobic on dead woody litter of an unknown deciduous host. Teleomorph Ascomata 450-600 μm high × 480-550 μm diam., immersed to semi-erumpent, gregarious or rarely clustered, globose to subglobose, ostiolate. Ostiole 120-220 × 70-110 µm (x- = 139 × 89 μm, n = 5), papillate, central, straight, dark brown to black, filled with hyaline cells, periphyses are lacking. Peridium 20-40 μm thick on the sides and can reach up to 60 μm near the apex, with an outer layer consisting of heavily pigmented cells that have thick walls and exhibit a textura angularis to textura globulosa texture at the apex, textura angularis texture at the sides and base; the innermost layer consists of narrow, hyaline compressed rows of cells that merge with pseudoparaphyses. Hamathecium of 2-4 μm broad, dense, narrow, branched, cellular pseudoparaphyses. Asci 100-120 × 16-22 µm (x- = 110.8 × 18.4 μm, n = 20), bitunicate, fissitunicate, cylindrical-clavate to clavate, pedicel 30-50 μm long, 8-spored, biseriate, with a minute ocular chamber best seen in immature ascus. Ascospores 20-25 × 8.5-11 µm (x- = 21.8 × 9.6 μm, n = 30), ellipsoidal to narrowly oblong, straight or somewhat curved, ends conically rounded, golden-brown to dark brown, 1-septate, constricted at the septum, large guttules in each cell, verruculose, with a thin mucilaginous sheath. Anamorph Undetermined.</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>This species is found in terrestrial habitats of Yunnan, China, specifically inhabiting dead woody twigs of deciduous hosts, including Aquilaria sinensis (Hyde et al. 2023, this study).</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China, Yunnan Province, Kunming City, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=102.750015&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.141724" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 102.750015/lat 25.141724)">Kunming Institute of Botany</a> (25.141723°N, 102.750013°E, 1970 m), on dead woody litter of an unidentified plant, 24 April 2022, L. Qinxian, KIB22-17-1 (HKAS 126542), living culture KUNCC 23-14430 ; ibid. 25.141487°N, 102.748863°E, 1982 m, K2B22-17-3 (HKAS 126543), living culture KUNCC 23-14431; ibid. K2B22-17-4 (HKAS 126544), living culture KUNCC 23-14432 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Montagnula aquilariae was recently introduced by Hyde et al. (2023) based on samples obtained from Aquilaria sinensis in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province. In our new collections, three strains (KUNCC 23-14430, KUNCC 23-14431, KUNCC 23-14432) exhibited a monophyletic relationship with the previously known strains of Montagnula aquilariae (KUNCC 22-10815 [ex-type] and KUNCC 22-10816). Through further morphological, ecological, and nucleotide (SSU, LSU, ITS, tef 1-α) comparisons, we have confirmed that these new strains indeed belong to Montagnula aquilariae . Our research also provides additional insights into the characteristics of Montagnula aquilariae . Specifically, we report the verruculose feature of the ascospores and present rpb 2 sequence data for this fungus, advancing our knowledge of its morphological and genetic attributes.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/15EC9B913FA0566C99B6842140ED4B7B	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.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N.;Nimalrathna, Thilina S.;Qin Xian, Li;Faraj, Turki Kh.;Xu, Jianchu;Mortimer, Peter E.	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N., Nimalrathna, Thilina S., Qin Xian, Li, Faraj, Turki Kh., Xu, Jianchu, Mortimer, Peter E. (2024): Taxonomic novelties and global biogeography of Montagnula (Ascomycota, Didymosphaeriaceae). MycoKeys 101: 191-232, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259
578C3145D42A50B7B15C424F97A756E7.text	578C3145D42A50B7B15C424F97A756E7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Montagnula Berl., Icones Fungorum. Pyrenomycetes 2: 68 1896	<div><p>Montagnula Berl., Icones Fungorum. Pyrenomycetes 2: 68 (1896)</p><p>Notes.</p><p>This study presents an updated and comprehensive phylogenetic classification of the genus Montagnula, incorporating SSU, LSU, ITS, tef 1-α, and rpb 2 DNA sequence analyses. By combining morphological and phylogenetic considerations, we have identified four new species, M. lijiangensis, M. menglaensis, M. shangrilana and M. thevetiae within the genus. Additionally, this research accounts for the existing species viz., M. aquatica, M. aquilariae, M. chromolaenicola and M. donacina . The note sections of this publication provide detailed information on these taxonomic accounts, including additional discussion and supporting evidence. Each newly identified species adds to the known biodiversity within the genus, expanding our knowledge of the ecological and morphological characteristics exhibited by Montagnula taxa.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/578C3145D42A50B7B15C424F97A756E7	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.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N.;Nimalrathna, Thilina S.;Qin Xian, Li;Faraj, Turki Kh.;Xu, Jianchu;Mortimer, Peter E.	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N., Nimalrathna, Thilina S., Qin Xian, Li, Faraj, Turki Kh., Xu, Jianchu, Mortimer, Peter E. (2024): Taxonomic novelties and global biogeography of Montagnula (Ascomycota, Didymosphaeriaceae). MycoKeys 101: 191-232, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259
F82A329CCBA25A45BBBDB1CE8FD17D0A.text	F82A329CCBA25A45BBBDB1CE8FD17D0A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Montagnula chromolaenicola Mapook & K. D. Hyde, Fungal Diversity 101: 35 2020	<div><p>Montagnula chromolaenicola Mapook &amp; K.D. Hyde, Fungal Diversity 101: 35 (2020)</p><p>Descriptions and illustrations.</p><p>See Mapook et al. (2020).</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>This species was observed in terrestrial habitats in Mae Hong Son, Thailand, specifically on dead stems of Chromolaena odorata (Mapook et al. 2020). Additionally, it has also been found in terrestrial habitats in Yunnan, China, where it inhabits dead wood of deciduous hosts (this study).</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China, Yunnan Province, Honghe County, Honghe Hani and <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=102.225555&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.389965" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 102.225555/lat 23.389965)">Yi Autonomous Prefecture</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=102.225555&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.389965" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 102.225555/lat 23.389965)">Dayangjiexiang</a> (23.389965°N, 102.225552°E, 1201 m), on a dead woody climber of an unidentified host, 13 March 2023, D.N. Wanasinghe, DWHH23-17A (HKAS 130321), living culture KUNCC 23-14426 . ibid. 23.389295°N, 102.224780°E, 1200 m, on dead twigs of Lagerstroemia sp. DWHH23-33-2 (HKAS 126543), living culture KUNCC 23-14427 ; ibid. DWHH23-33-3 (HKAS 130320), living culture KUNCC 23-14558 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Through our phylogenetic analyses, we have determined that the newly isolated strains HH33 and HH17A exhibit a monophyletic relationship with the ex-type strain of Montagnula chromolaenicola (MFLUCC 17-1469). Upon conducting further investigations and morphological comparison of our collection with the type species, we have discovered several similarities. These include the size range of the ascomata, asci, and ascospores, as well as the ascospore septation (Mapook et al. 2020). Consequently, we hereby document our new collections (i.e. HKAS 130321, HKAS 126543 and HKAS 130320) as new records of Montagnula chromolaenicola in China. In a recent study by Sun et al. (2023), Montagnula chromolaenicola, M. puerensis, M. saikhuensis, and M. thailandica were synonymized under the name M. donacina due to the absence of obvious branches in their phylogenetic tree and the close morphological resemblance between these species. However, it is important to note that most of these strains lack informative sequence data for tef 1-α or rpb 2. Our observations, on the other hand, have revealed that the inclusion of protein data in this group leads to the formation of distinct branches and independent lineages. Therefore, we propose retaining the older names for these species, except for Montagnula thailandica, until further research resolves this group using all available sequence data.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F82A329CCBA25A45BBBDB1CE8FD17D0A	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.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N.;Nimalrathna, Thilina S.;Qin Xian, Li;Faraj, Turki Kh.;Xu, Jianchu;Mortimer, Peter E.	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N., Nimalrathna, Thilina S., Qin Xian, Li, Faraj, Turki Kh., Xu, Jianchu, Mortimer, Peter E. (2024): Taxonomic novelties and global biogeography of Montagnula (Ascomycota, Didymosphaeriaceae). MycoKeys 101: 191-232, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259
1CC0873061AE54B9A85C5F8459AB30CC.text	1CC0873061AE54B9A85C5F8459AB30CC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Montagnula donacina (Niessl 2017) Wanas., E. B. G. Jones & K. D. Hyde, Index Fungorum 319: 1 2017	<div><p>Montagnula donacina (Niessl) Wanas., E.B.G. Jones &amp; K.D. Hyde, Index Fungorum 319: 1 (2017)</p><p>Descriptions and illustrations.</p><p>See Pitt et al. (2014).</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>This species has been reported worldwide on various hosts within terrestrial habitats (see Table 2). Specifically, it has been documented in Australia ( Calamus australis, Vitis vinifera), Brazil ( Bambusoideae, Saccharum officinarum), Central African Republic ( Coffea robusta), China ( Althaea rosea, Craterellus odoratus, Trachycarpus fortunei), Colombia (unknown plant), France ( Pseudosasa japonica), Georgia ( Zea mays), India ( Acacia sp., Adhatoda vasica, Ailanthus altissima, Annona squamosa, Cajanus cajan, Careya arborea, Citrus aurantiifolia, Clerodendrum infortunatum, C. multiflorum, Duranta repens, Ficus glomerata, Hibiscus sp., Ipomoea carnea, Mallotus philippinensis, Morus alba, Nerium odorum, Pistacia indica, Tectona grandis, Terminalia tomentosa), Japan ( Phyllostachys bambusoides), Myanmar ( Nephelium litchi), Namibia ( Acacia reficiens), Papua New Guinea ( Bambusoideae), Paraguay ( Coffea arabica), Philippines ( Premna cumingiana), Portugal ( Arundo donax), Sierra Leone ( Funtumia africana), Thailand (dead wood) and the USA ( Platanus sp., Wikstroemia sp.).</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China, Yunnan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=102.231415&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.424892" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 102.231415/lat 23.424892)">Honghe</a> (23.424892°N, 102.231417°E, 600 m), on dead woody litter of an unidentified plant, 14 August 2022, D.N. Wanasinghe, DWHH22-23-1 (HKAS 126545), living culture KUNCC 23-14428. ibid. DWHH22-23-2 (HKAS 126546), living culture KUNCC 23-14429 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Wanasinghe et al. (2016) regarded Munkovalsaria as a synonym of Montagnula and established Montagnula donacina (= Munkovalsaria donacina). So far, Montagnula donacina stands as the most extensively distributed species within the genus. Despite its global presence, there is a scarcity of molecular data available for Montagnula donacina . A preliminary analysis revealed only 20 sequence data entries when searching for " Montagnula donacina " in the NCBI database, originating from only seven strains: HFG07004, HKAS 124552, HVVV01, KUMCC 21-0579, KUMCC 21-0631, KUMCC 21-0653, and UESTCC:23.0030. Our phylogenetic analysis demonstrated a close relationship between two strains designated as Montagnula donacina (HVVV01 and HFG07004) and the type strain of Montagnula chromolaenicola (MFLUCC 17-1469). Additionally, we observed that the strains of Montagnula thailandica formed a monophyletic group alongside the remaining Montagnula donacina strains (HKAS 124552, KUMCC 21-0579, KUMCC 21-0631, KUMCC 21-0653, and UESTCC:23.0030). Furthermore, two newly generated sequences, KUNCC 23-14428 and KUNCC 23-14429, were also clustered with the strains of Montagnula donacina . We hereby introduce these two strains as belonging to Montagnula donacina and provide rpb 2 sequence data for this species for the first time.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1CC0873061AE54B9A85C5F8459AB30CC	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.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N.;Nimalrathna, Thilina S.;Qin Xian, Li;Faraj, Turki Kh.;Xu, Jianchu;Mortimer, Peter E.	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N., Nimalrathna, Thilina S., Qin Xian, Li, Faraj, Turki Kh., Xu, Jianchu, Mortimer, Peter E. (2024): Taxonomic novelties and global biogeography of Montagnula (Ascomycota, Didymosphaeriaceae). MycoKeys 101: 191-232, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259
9744156BD8335D0D93D2347AE9C73247.text	9744156BD8335D0D93D2347AE9C73247.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Montagnula lijiangensis Wanas. 2024	<div><p>Montagnula lijiangensis Wanas. sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 6</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The specific epithet “lijiangensis” refers to Lijiang, Yunnan Province, where the holotype was collected.</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>HKAS 126541.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Saprobic on dead woody litter of Quercus sp. Teleomorph Ascomata 500-700 μm high × 500-600 μm diam., immersed, gregarious or rarely clustered, globose to subglobose, ostiolate. Ostiole 100-140 × 80-120 µm (x- = 125 × 96 μm, n = 5), apapillate, central, straight, filled with hyaline cells. Peridium 20-30 μm thin on the sides and can reach up to 70 μm near the apex, with an outer layer consisting of heavily pigmented cells that have thick walls and exhibit a textura angularis texture at the apex, textura angularis texture at the sides and base; the innermost layer consists of narrow, hyaline compressed rows of cells. Hamathecium of 3-7.5 μm broad, dense, narrow, branched, cellular pseudoparaphyses that are swollen at the base. Asci 130-160 × 20-26 µm (x- = 152.8 × 23.9 μm, n = 20), bitunicate, fissitunicate, cylindrical-clavate to clavate, pedicel 30-60 μm long, 8-spored, uni to biseriate, with a minute ocular chamber best seen in immature ascus. Ascospores 22-26 × 10-14 µm (x- = 24.8 × 11.8 μm, n = 30), ellipsoidal to narrowly oblong, mostly straight, with conically rounded ends at the immature stage that become rounded when mature, golden-brown to dark brown, 1-septate and constricted at the septum, with large guttules in each cell, verruculose, surrounded by a thick mucilaginous sheath. Anamorph Undetermined.</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>This species is found in terrestrial habitats of Yunnan, China, inhabiting dead woody twigs of deciduous hosts (this study).</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China, Yunnan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.82455&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.863483" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.82455/lat 26.863483)">Lijiang</a>, Yulong County (26.86389°N, 99.824738°E, 2725 m), on dead woody litter of Quercus sp. ( Fagaceae), 17 August 2021, L. Qinxian, STX09-03-1 (holotype, HKAS 126541, ibid. 26.863484°N, 99.824548°E, 2706 m, STX09-03-3 (HKAS 126540).</p><p>Notes.</p><p>The analysis of two newly generated sequences revealed a monophyletic clade in our phylogenetic analysis (Fig. 1), demonstrating a close phylogenetic relationship to Montagnula aquilariae . This relationship is further supported by morphological features such as asci and ascospores. However, a comparison of nucleotide differences (without gaps) between these two clades (KUNCC 22-10815 and KUNCC 23-14430 vs HKAS 126541) showed 12/508 (2.3%) differences in the ITS region, 15/885 (1.7%) differences in the tef 1-α region, and 19/956 (2%) differences in the rpb 2 region.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9744156BD8335D0D93D2347AE9C73247	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.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N.;Nimalrathna, Thilina S.;Qin Xian, Li;Faraj, Turki Kh.;Xu, Jianchu;Mortimer, Peter E.	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N., Nimalrathna, Thilina S., Qin Xian, Li, Faraj, Turki Kh., Xu, Jianchu, Mortimer, Peter E. (2024): Taxonomic novelties and global biogeography of Montagnula (Ascomycota, Didymosphaeriaceae). MycoKeys 101: 191-232, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259
E04FC54E5CD259B68BFC75EEE1F17429.text	E04FC54E5CD259B68BFC75EEE1F17429.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Montagnula menglaensis Wanas. 2024	<div><p>Montagnula menglaensis Wanas. sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 7</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The specific epithet “menglaensis” refers to Mengla County, Yunnan Province, where the holotype was collected.</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>HKAS 130318.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Saprobic on dead culms of Indocalamus tessellatus (Munro) Keng f. Teleomorph Ascomata 200-300 μm high × 240-320 μm diam., immersed, gregarious or rarely clustered, globose to subglobose. Peridium 10-25 μm thin with an outer layer consisting of heavily pigmented cells that have thick walls and exhibit a textura angularis texture at the sides and base; the innermost layer consists of narrow, hyaline compressed rows of cells. Hamathecium of 3-7.5 μm broad, dense, branched, cellular pseudoparaphyses that are swollen at some septa. Asci 60-80 × 9-11 µm (x- = 71 × 9.8 μm, n = 15), bitunicate, fissitunicate, cylindrical-clavate, pedicel 15-30 μm long, 8-spored, uni to biseriate, with a minute ocular chamber best seen in immature ascus. Ascospores 10.5-14 × 4.5-5.5 µm (x- = 12.6 × 5.1 μm, n = 20), ellipsoidal, mostly straight, with conically rounded ends, golden-brown to dark brown, 1-septate and constricted at the septum, upper cell wider than the lower cell, with large guttules in each cell, verruculose, and surrounded by a thin mucilaginous sheath which is thicker at both ends. Anamorph Coelomycetous on PDA. Conidiomata pycnidial, gregarious, immersed to superficial, globose to subglobose, dark brown to black. Pycnidial wall thin, composed of brown cells of textura angularis. Conidiogenous cells did not observed. Conidia 2.3-3.3 × 1.4-2 μm (x- = 3 × 1.7 μm, n = 30), hyaline, aseptate, round to oblong or ellipsoidal, with small guttules.</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>Ascospores germinated on PDA within 24 h. Following a two-week incubation period at 25 °C, the colonies on PDA medium reached a diameter of 5 cm. These colonies exhibited an undulate margin, initially appearing creamy whitish and transitioning to orange, raised in the center. The colonies were orange at the center and a creamy orange towards the periphery when observed from the reverse side.</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>This species is found in terrestrial habitats of Yunnan, China, inhabiting dead woody twigs of deciduous hosts (this study).</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China, Yunnan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=101.43504&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.588394" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 101.43504/lat 21.588394)">Xishuangbanna</a>, Mengla County (21.588394°N, 101.435042°E, 776 m), on dead culms of Indocalamus tessellatus, 29 January 2022, L. Qinxian, ML23-7-3 (holotype, HKAS 130318), ex-type KUNCC 23-14424 ; ibid. 21.589178°N, 101.435752°E, 782 m, ML23-7-2 (HKAS 130316), living culture KUNCC 23-14422; ibid. ML23-7-5 HKAS 130317), living culture KUNCC 23-14423 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Montagnula menglaensis is described as a novel species based on its holomorph. The anamorph of Montagnula is rarely encountered; however, Crous et al. (2020) recently reported Montagnula cylindrospora based on its anamorphic features. The conidia of Montagnula menglaensis resemble to those of M. cylindrospora, although the latter fungus exhibits a more cylindrical shape.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E04FC54E5CD259B68BFC75EEE1F17429	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.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N.;Nimalrathna, Thilina S.;Qin Xian, Li;Faraj, Turki Kh.;Xu, Jianchu;Mortimer, Peter E.	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N., Nimalrathna, Thilina S., Qin Xian, Li, Faraj, Turki Kh., Xu, Jianchu, Mortimer, Peter E. (2024): Taxonomic novelties and global biogeography of Montagnula (Ascomycota, Didymosphaeriaceae). MycoKeys 101: 191-232, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259
BD5D61303E2255BDBBF2DB95AD1C1DA2.text	BD5D61303E2255BDBBF2DB95AD1C1DA2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Montagnula shangrilana Wanas. 2024	<div><p>Montagnula shangrilana Wanas. sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 8</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The specific epithet “shangrilana” refers to Shangri-La, Yunnan Province, where the holotype was collected.</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>HKAS 126539.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Saprobic on dead woody litter of Rhododendron sp. Teleomorph Ascomata 120-180 μm high × 150-210 μm diam., immersed to semi-erumpent, gregarious or rarely clustered, globose to subglobose, ostiolate. Ostiole 80-110 × 50-80 µm (x- = 100 × 64 μm, n = 6), papillate, central, straight, filled with hyaline cells. Peridium 10-20 μm thin on the sides and can reach up to 40 μm near the apex, with an outer layer consisting of heavily pigmented cells that have thick walls and exhibit a textura angularis arrangement at the apex, textura angularis texture at the sides; the innermost layer consists of hyaline compressed rows of cells. Hamathecium of 2-4.5 μm broad, dense, branched, cellular pseudoparaphyses. Asci 90-140 × 20-30 µm (x- = 116.2 × 24 μm, n = 10), bitunicate, fissitunicate, cylindrical-clavate, pedicel 25-40 μm long, 8-spored, uni to biseriate, with a minute ocular chamber best seen in immature ascus. Ascospores 48-60 × 17-22 µm (x- = 55.8 × 19.3 μm, n = 20), ellipsoidal to narrowly oblong, mostly straight, with conically rounded ends at the immature stage that become rounded when mature, golden-brown to dark brown, 3-septate, with large guttules in each cell, verruculose, surrounded by a thick mucilaginous sheath. Anamorph Undetermined.</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>Ascospores germinated on PDA within 24 h. Following a two-week incubation period at 25 °C, the colonies on PDA medium reached a diameter of 5 cm. These colonies exhibited a filiform margin, initially appearing whitish and transitioning to greenish gray, raised in the center. The colonies were grey at the center and a greenish gray towards the periphery and radiated when observed from the reverse side.</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>This species is found in terrestrial habitats of Yunnan, China, inhabiting dead woody twigs of deciduous hosts, in a subalpine environment (this study).</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China, Yunnan Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=100.03448&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.289707" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 100.03448/lat 27.289707)">Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture</a>, Shangri-La (27.289707°N, 100.034477°E, 2744 m), on dead woody litter of Rhododendron sp. ( Ericaceae), 22 August 2021, L. Qinxian, WTS8-2-2 (holotype, HKAS 126539), ex-type KUNCC 23-14434 ; ibid. (27.290007°N, 100.035233°E, 2833 m, WTS8-2 (HKAS 126538), living culture KUNCC 23-14433.</p><p>Notes.</p><p>In the combined SSU, LSU, ITS, tef 1-α, and rpb 2 phylogenetic analysis, two strains of Montagnula shangrilana (HKAS 126538, HKAS 126539) formed a monophyletic clade closely related to M. camporesii (MFLUCC 16-1369), M. cirsii (MFLUCC 13-0680), and M. scabiosae (MFLUCC 14-0954). While there were slight variations in size, shape, and color, all four species shared the common characteristic of 3-transversely septate ascospores. The sequence data of Montagnula camporesii, M. cirsii, and M. scabiosae showed no significant differences in their base pair comparisons, suggesting that they may be conspecific. Morphologically, these three species exhibited clavate asci and ellipsoid to fusiform, brown, overlapping, 3-septate ascospores. In contrast, our newly discovered species differed from these three species by 10/508 (1.96%) differences in the ITS region, 13/885 (1.5%) differences in the tef 1-α region, and 15/956 (1.56%) differences in the rpb 2 region (only M. camporesii possesses rpb 2).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BD5D61303E2255BDBBF2DB95AD1C1DA2	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.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N.;Nimalrathna, Thilina S.;Qin Xian, Li;Faraj, Turki Kh.;Xu, Jianchu;Mortimer, Peter E.	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N., Nimalrathna, Thilina S., Qin Xian, Li, Faraj, Turki Kh., Xu, Jianchu, Mortimer, Peter E. (2024): Taxonomic novelties and global biogeography of Montagnula (Ascomycota, Didymosphaeriaceae). MycoKeys 101: 191-232, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259
03DE911B99C15A3CAB3313DA09C0F3AA.text	03DE911B99C15A3CAB3313DA09C0F3AA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Montagnula thevetiae Wanas. 2024	<div><p>Montagnula thevetiae Wanas. sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 9</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The specific epithet “thevetiae” refers to the host Thevetia peruviana from which the holotype was isolated.</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>HKAS 126964.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Saprobic on dead twigs of Thevetia peruviana . Teleomorph Ascomata 140-160 μm high × 150-190 μm diam., immersed, gregarious or rarely clustered, globose to subglobose, ostiolate. Ostiole 40-65 × 50-90 µm (x- = 50 × 78 μm, n = 6), papillate, central, straight, filled with hyaline to brown cells. Peridium 10-20 μm thin on the sides and can reach up to 30 μm near the apex, with an outer layer consisting of heavily pigmented cells that have thick walls and textura angularis arrangement, the inner layer consists of hyaline compressed rows of cells. Hamathecium of 2-3.5 μm broad, dense, branched, cellular pseudoparaphyses. Asci 110-160 × 25-35 µm (x- = 126.4 × 30.3 μm, n = 12), bitunicate, fissitunicate, cylindrical-clavate, pedicel 25-35 μm long, 8-spored, uni to biseriate, with a minute ocular chamber best seen in immature ascus. Ascospores 30-40 × 11.5-14 µm (x- = 37.3 × 12.8 μm, n = 20), ellipsoidal to narrowly oblong, straight to curved, with conically rounded ends, brown to dark brown, 1-septate, constricted at the septum, with large guttules in each cell, verruculose, surrounded by a thin mucilaginous sheath. Anamorph Undetermined.</p><p>Culture characteristics.</p><p>Ascospores germinated on PDA within 24 h. Following a two-week incubation period at 25 °C, the colonies on PDA medium reached a diameter of 4 cm. These colonies exhibit an irregular, flattened to slightly raised morphology and display various color sectors ranging from white, creamy orange to pale brown. The reverse side of the colonies appears creamy orange, with occasional dark patches that can be observed.</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>This species is found in terrestrial habitats of Yunnan, China, inhabiting dead woody twigs of Thevetia peruviana (this study).</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China, Yunnan Province, Kunming city, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=102.74905&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.14086" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 102.74905/lat 25.14086)">Kunming Institute of Botany</a> (25.142238°N, 102.750354°E, 1971 m), on dead twigs of Thevetia peruviana, 24 April 2022, L. Qinxian, K2B22-26-2 (holotype, HKAS 126964), ibid. (25.140859°N, 102.749045°E, 1968 m, K2B22-26 (HKAS 126963).</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Montagnula thevetiae is isolated from the dead twigs of Thevetia peruviana . The newly obtained sequences of this fungus formed a monophyletic clade closely related to Montagnula menglaensis . Morphologically, they share similarities in having 1-septate ascospores, although Montagnula thevetiae exhibits a darker pigmentation. On the other hand, Montagnula thevetiae differs from M. menglaensis by 15/1023 (1.46%) differences in the SSU region, 19/895 (2.12%) differences in the LSU region, 32/508 (6.3%) differences in the ITS region, 27/885 (3%) differences in the tef 1-α region, and 86/956 (9%) differences in the rpb 2 region.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE911B99C15A3CAB3313DA09C0F3AA	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.		Pensoft via Plazi	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N.;Nimalrathna, Thilina S.;Qin Xian, Li;Faraj, Turki Kh.;Xu, Jianchu;Mortimer, Peter E.	Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N., Nimalrathna, Thilina S., Qin Xian, Li, Faraj, Turki Kh., Xu, Jianchu, Mortimer, Peter E. (2024): Taxonomic novelties and global biogeography of Montagnula (Ascomycota, Didymosphaeriaceae). MycoKeys 101: 191-232, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.101.113259
