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Six species of mycosphaerellaceous fungi on ferns from mainland China and Taiwan island are investigated by morphology and analysis of the internal transcribed spacer of the ribosomal RNA genes. Two species of Pseudocercospora from spots on living leaves of ferns (Polypodiales) in Taiwan are newly described. One species found on Microlepia spp. (Dennstaedtiaceae) differs from Ps. lonchitidis, the single other species considered as occurring on members of the Dennstaedtiaceae, by narrower conidiophores and conidia. Another species found on Tectaria harlandii (Tectariaceae) differs from the majority of Pseudocercospora species by the internal hyphae which are often thick-walled and/or covered by conspicuous incrustations, and from the single other species known from the same host family, Ps. helminthostachydis, by narrower conidiophores and conidia. Mycosphaerella gleicheniae, Periconiella lygodii, Ps. lygodii, and Zasmidium dicranopteridis are recorded for the first time from mainland China and Ps. pteridicola from Taiwan. Based on new collections from both regions and the type, Pseudocercospora lygodii is transferred to Passalora.
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Students of the Department of Life Sciences, NCU, are thanked for their technical assistance with molecular methods and preparing media. Dr. S.S. Tzean is thanked for arranging the loan from PPMH and Dr. U. Braun for providing important literature. The financial support by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (NSC100-2621-B-008-001-MY3) is acknowledged. Collection at Wuyishan was supported by Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Industrial Green Technology (Wuyi University). Dr. F. Oberwinkler is thanked for processing the review in order to avoid a conflict of interest. The constructive corrections by the reviewers are gratefully appreciated.
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Kirschner, R., Wang, H. New species and records of mycosphaerellaceous fungi from living fern leaves in East Asia. Mycol Progress 14, 65 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-015-1085-4
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