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Article

Morphology and Phylogeny Reveal Three New Species of Cytospora Associated with Tree Cankers in China

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College of Forestry and Horticulture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China
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Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
J. Fungi 2024, 10(2), 139; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10020139
Submission received: 15 January 2024 / Revised: 3 February 2024 / Accepted: 7 February 2024 / Published: 9 February 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Pathogenic Fungi: Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Morphology)

Abstract

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Cytospora (Cytosporaceae, Diaporthales) is a fungal genus that usually inhabits plants as endophytes, saprobes, as well as pathogens. Species of this genus are characterized by possessing allantoid hyaline conidia and ascospores. Samples with typical Cytospora canker symptoms on Prunus davidiana, P. padus and Salix sp. were collected in Tibet and Xinjiang, China. Species were identified using both morphological and molecular approaches of combined loci of internal transcribed spacer region rDNA (ITS), the partial actin (act) region, RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (rpb2), the translation elongation factor 1-alpha (tef1) gene and the partial be-ta-tubulin (tub2) gene. Six isolates in the present study formed three distinct clades from previously known species. Cytospora hejingensis sp. nov. from Salix sp., C. jilongensis sp. nov. from P. davidiana and C. kunsensis from P. padus were proposed herein. The current study improves the understanding of species concept in Cytospora.

1. Introduction

Cytospora is a species-rich genus in family Cytosporaceae (order Diaporthales) and commonly inhabits plant tissues [1,2,3,4]. This genus was proposed in 1818 with four species, namely C. betulina, C. epimyces, C. resinae and C. ribis [5]. Another species C. chrysosperma was subsequently introduced [6] and later selected as the type species of this genus [7]. Cytospora can be different from the other diaporthalean genera by having allantoid hyaline conidia and ascospores [1,4,8,9,10].
Species of Cytospora were primarily identified and distinguished by their morphology and host [5,6,7]. However, recent studies employing molecular phylogeny revealed many cryptic species with similar morphology on the same host of known species of this genus [11,12,13,14,15]. For example, up to 28 Cytospora species were discovered from Eucalyptus spp. in South Africa with the help of DNA sequence evidence [2], eight from willow (Salix spp.) trees in China [16], six from Castanea mollissima in China [17], six from Populus hosts in China [18] and six from apple trees in Iran [19]. The taxonomy of Cytospora is currently more dependent on combined evidence of DNA sequence data, morphological features and ecology than species morphology and host associations [1,20].
Several species of Cytospora are reported to cause plant diseases including canker, wilt and dieback [21,22,23,24]. For example, C. carpobroti causes Carpobrotus edulis wilt disease in South Africa [21]; C. oleicola and C. olivarum are pathogenic to olives in the USA [22]; C. parasitica results in apple cankers in China [23]; and Cytospora pistaciae causes dieback and canker disease of pistachios in Italy [24]. There are still many cryptic species of Cytospora pathogenic to plants waiting for description.
In the present study, Cytospora canker symptoms were found from different tree hosts named Prunus davidiana, P. padus and Salix sp. in Tibet and Xinjiang, China. The aims of the present study were to identify the casual agents of the lesions, to introduce and describe new Cytospora species using both molecular and morphological approaches, and to discuss the species differences based on newly collected specimens.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Specimens and Strains

Investigations to collect fungal specimens were conducted in Tibet and Xinjiang during 2021 and 2022. During the surveys, dead and dying twigs and branches of tree hosts were checked manually, and then twigs and branches with obvious fungal fruiting bodies were recorded and collected. Samples were packed in paper bags and posted back for isolation.
Ascomata on branches of Prunus padus and Salix sp., and conidiomata on branches of P. davidiana were sectioned using sterile blades, and mucoid spore masses were removed and placed onto the surface of potato dextrose agar (PDA; potato, 200 g; glucose, 20 g; agar, 20 g; distilled water, to complete 1000 mL) media using sterile insect needles. Then, plates were incubated at 25 °C in darkness until spores germinated. Pieces of mycelium were cut and removed and placed onto a new PDA plate under a stereomicroscope to obtain the pure strains. Specimens and isolates were preserved in the China Forestry Culture Collection Center (CFCC; http://cfcc.caf.ac.cn/ (accessed on 2 January 2024)).

2.2. Morphological Observations

The Cytospora species observations were based on ascomata and conidiomata naturally formed on twigs and branches of Prunus davidiana, P. padus and Salix sp. The sexual and asexual fruiting bodies were sectioned using sterile blades and photographed using the Leica stereomicroscope (M205) (Leica Microsystems, Wetzlar, Germany). The asci, ascospores, conidiophores, conidiogenous cells and conidia were measured and photographed by a Nikon Eclipse 80i microscope (Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, Japan). The colony characteristics were observed and recorded on PDA plates at 25 °C in darkness.

2.3. DNA Extraction and Amplification

The total genomic DNA of Cytospora species were obtained from colonies growing on PDA plates by using the CTAB method [25]. The internal transcribed spacer region rDNA (ITS), the partial actin (act) region, RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (rpb2), the translation elongation factor 1-alpha (tef1) gene and the partial be-ta-tubulin (tub2) gene were amplified using primer pairs ITS1/ITS4, ACT512F/ACT783R, fRPB2-5f/fRPB2-7cR, 983F/2218R, Bt2a/Bt2b, respectively [26,27,28,29,30]. These regions were amplified as follows: an initial denaturation step of 5 min at 94 °C, followed by 35 cycles of 30 s at 94 °C, 50 s at 52 °C (ITS), 54°C (tef1 and tub2), 55 °C (rpb2) or 58 °C (act), and 1 min at 72 °C, and a final elongation step of 7 min at 72 °C. The polymerase chain reaction products were sequenced using an ABI PRISM 3730XL DNA Analyser with a BigDye Terminator Kit v.3.1 (Invitrogen, Waltham, MA, USA) at the Shanghai Invitrogen Biological Technology Company Limited (Beijing, China).

2.4. Molecular Phylogeny

Sequences obtained in the present study were preliminarily identified by the BLAST search to confirm their classification. The referenced sequences of Cytospora were collected from recent publications (Table 1) and downloaded [1,24,25]. Strain CBS 160.32 (species Diaporthe vaccinii) was selected as the outgroup taxon. The five individual loci ITS, act, rpb2, tef1 and tub2 were aligned using MAFFT v. 6.0 and manually adjusted using MEGA v. 6.0 [31,32]. Then, five loci were combined and analyzed based on maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayes methods in the CIPRES Science Gateway platform [33]. The GTR substitution model was employed and 1000 non-parametric bootstrap replicates were set for ML phylogenic analysis. Four simultaneous Markov Chain runs for 1,000,000 generations were set during Bayesian analysis. The resulting trees were visualized in FigTree v. 1.4.0 and edited using Adobe Illustrator 2020.

3. Results

3.1. Phylogeny

In the phylogenetic analysis, the combined dataset of ITS, act, rpb2, tef1 and tub2 consisted of 202 strains. The final alignment comprised 2561 characters including 588 characters in ITS, 211 characters in act, 617 characters in rpb2, 536 characters in tef1 and 609 characters tub2. The final ML optimization likelihood value of the best RAxML tree was −48,006.19, and the matrix had 1534 distinct alignment patterns, with 29.35% undetermined characters or gaps. Estimated base frequencies were as follows: A = 0.242905, C = 0.286434, G = 0.242250 and T = 0.228411; substitution rates AC = 1.374316, AG = 3.693698, AT = 1.471034, CG = 0.981185, CT = 6.248472 and GT = 1.0; and gamma distribution shape parameter α = 0.321644. The topology of our phylogenetic tree is nearly identical to previous publications. The topology of isolates from the present study in the RAxML and Bayesian analyses were congruent. Isolates CFCC 59571 and C3479 formed a distinct clade to CFCC 89984 (C. melnikii), MFLUCC 15-0509 and MFLUCC 15-0861 (C. salicacearum) with high support values (BS = 100, BPP = 1). Isolates CFCC 59570 and C3488 formed a clade close to CFCC 50014 and CFCC 89634 (C. gigaspora) with full support values (BS = 100, BPP = 1). Isolates CFCC 59570 and C3488 clustered together with CFCC 89956 and CFCC 89960 (C. japonica), CFCC 53164 (C. ochracea), CF 20197660 (C. sorbina), CF 20197026 and CF 20197029 (C. tibetensis), and CFCC 53179 and CFCC 53180 (C. pruni-mume) supported by high values (BS = 100, BPP = 1). Hence, six isolates from the present study formed three new clades distinct from previously known species named Cytospora hejingensi sp. nov., C. jilongensis sp. nov. and C. kunsensis sp. nov. (Figure 1).

3.2. Description of Cytospora hejingensis sp. nov. from Salix sp.

Cytospora hejingensis R. Ma & Ning Jiang, sp. nov.
MycoBank: MB851771
Etymology: named after the collection site of the holotype, Hejing County.
Description: Associated with branch and twig canker disease of Salix sp. Sexual morph: Ascostromata immersed in the bark, erumpent through the bark surface, scattered, (400–)650–900(–1250) μm diam., with 4–9 perithecia arranged irregularly. Conceptacle absent. Ectostromatic disc inconspicuous, usually surrounded by tightly aggregated ostiolar necks, (100–)150–250(–350) μm diam. Ostioles numerous, black, concentrated, arranged irregularly in a disc, (35–)50–65(–90) μm diam. Perithecia black, spherical, arranged circularly or irregularly, (120–)150–250(–300) μm diam. Asci free, clavate, (38–)45–70(–77) × (7–)8.5–10.5(–12.5) μm, 8-spored. Ascospores biseriate, allantoid, thin-walled, hyaline, aseptate, (6.5–)7–8(–9) × 2–2.5 μm. Asexual morph: undetermined.
Culture characteristics: colonies on PDA flat, spreading, with flocculent mycelium, initially white to grey, secreting a dark green to black pigment in culture medium after 10 days, reaching a 90 mm diameter after 15 days at 25 °C in the dark.
Materials examined: China, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Hejing County, Kunse Forest Park, on cankered twigs and branches of Salix sp., 24 July 2021, Rong Ma (XJAU 3488, holotype); ex-type culture CFCC 59571; ibid. (culture C3488).
Notes: Cytospora hejingensis from Salix sp. in China is phylogenetically close to C. melnikii from Malus domestica in Russia and C. salicacearum from Salix alba in Russia (Figure 1). C. hejingensis is only known in sexual morph, and the other two species in asexual morph. Hence, it is impossible to compare them in morphology. However, C. hejingensis differs from C. melnikii and C. salicacearum by sequence data (22/560 in ITS, 35/211 in act, 36/617 in rpb2 and 27/306 in tef1 from C. melnikii; 25/560 in ITS, 37/211 in act and 26/617 in rpb2 from C. salicacearum) [34].
Figure 2. Morphology of Cytospora hejingensis from Salix sp. (A,B) Ascomata formed on branches. (C) Longitudinal section through the ascomata. (D) Transverse section of ascomata. (E) Asci. (F) Ascospores. Scale bars: (B) = 500 μm; (C) = 200 μm; (D) = 300 μm; (E,F) = 10 μm.
Figure 2. Morphology of Cytospora hejingensis from Salix sp. (A,B) Ascomata formed on branches. (C) Longitudinal section through the ascomata. (D) Transverse section of ascomata. (E) Asci. (F) Ascospores. Scale bars: (B) = 500 μm; (C) = 200 μm; (D) = 300 μm; (E,F) = 10 μm.
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3.3. Description of Cytospora jilongensis sp. nov. from Prunus davidiana

Cytospora jilongensis R. Ma & Ning Jiang, sp. nov.
MycoBank: MB851772
Etymology: named after the collection site of the holotype, Jilong County.
Description: Associated with branch canker disease of Prunus davidiana. Sexual morph: undetermined. Asexual morph: Pycnidial stromata ostiolated, semi-immersed in the host bark, scattered, pulvinate, with multiple locules. Conceptacle dark brown, circular surrounded stromata. Ectostromatic grey, circular to ovoid, (100–)180–240(–370) μm diam., with one ostiole per disc. Ostioles dark, at the same level as the disc, (30–)50–75(–95) μm diam. Locule numerous, arranged circularly or elliptically with independent walls, (250–)400–500(–750) μm diam. Peridium comprising few layers of cells of textura angularis, brown to dark brown. Conidiophores hyaline, branched, thin-walled, filamentous. Conidiogenous cells enteroblastic polyphialidic, 7.5–18.5 × 1.5–2.5 μm. Conidia hyaline, allantoid, smooth, aseptate, thin-walled, (9.3–)10.2–11.6(–12.5) × 2.6–3.2 μm.
Culture characteristics: colonies on PDA flat, spreading, with moderate flocculent mycelium, initially white, becoming orange after 10 days, reaching a 90 mm diameter after 25 days at 25 °C in the dark.
Materials examined: China, Tibet Tibetan Autonomous Region, Shigatse City, Jilong County, Jilong Town, on cankered branches of Prunus davidiana, 12 August 2022, Jin Peng, Jiang Ning and Liu Min (CAF800087, holotype); ex-type culture CFCC 59569; ibid. (culture XZ083).
Notes: Cytospora jilongensis from Prunus davidiana is phylogenetically close to C. japonica from P. cerasifera and P. persica, C. ochracea from Cotoneaster sp., C. sorbina from Sorbus tianschanica, C. tibetensis from Cotoneaster sp. and C. pruni-mume from Prunus mume (Figure 1). However, C. jilongensis (10.2–11.6 × 2.6–3.2 μm) differs from C. japonica (6.5–8.5 × 1.5–2 μm), C. ochracea (8.5–9.0 × 1.5–2.5 μm), C. sorbina (4.5–5.5 × 1–1.5 μm), C. tibetensis (5.0–5.5 × 1.5–2 μm) and C. pruni-mume (5.5–6.5 × 1.5–2 μm) in conidial size and hosts [1,14].
Figure 3. Morphology of Cytospora jilongensis from Prunus davidiana. (A) Symptoms of canker disease on the host. (B,C) Conidiomata formed on branches. (D) Transverse section through the conidioma. (E) Longitudinal section through the conidioma. (FH) Conidiophores and conidiogenous cells. (I,J) Conidia. Scale bars: (B) = 2 mm; (C,D) = 1 mm; (E) = 800 μm; (FJ) = 10 μm.
Figure 3. Morphology of Cytospora jilongensis from Prunus davidiana. (A) Symptoms of canker disease on the host. (B,C) Conidiomata formed on branches. (D) Transverse section through the conidioma. (E) Longitudinal section through the conidioma. (FH) Conidiophores and conidiogenous cells. (I,J) Conidia. Scale bars: (B) = 2 mm; (C,D) = 1 mm; (E) = 800 μm; (FJ) = 10 μm.
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3.4. Description of Cytospora kunsensis sp. nov. from Prunus padus

Cytospora kunsensis R. Ma & Ning Jiang, sp. nov.
MycoBank: MB851773
Etymology: named after the collection site of the holotype, Kunse Forest Park.
Description: Associated with branch and twig canker disease of Prunus padus. Sexual morph: Ascostromata immersed in the bark, erumpent through the bark surface, scattered, (750–)950–1100(–1350) μm diam., with 5–11 perithecia arranged circularly. Conceptacle absent. Ectostromatic disc white, surrounded by tightly aggregated ostiolar necks, (100–)150–300(–350) μm diam. Ostioles numerous, black, concentrated, arranged circularly in a disc, (40–)50–75(–90) μm diam. Perithecia black, spherical, arranged circularly or irregularly, (180–)250–350(–420) μm diam. Asci free, clavate, (38–)48–80(–86) × (7.5–)9–12(–13.5) μm, eight-spored. Ascospores biseriate, allantoid, thin-walled, hyaline, aseptate, (10–)12.5–17(–19.5) × 2–2.5 μm. Asexual morph: undetermined.
Culture characteristics: colonies on PDA flat, spreading, with flocculent mycelium, white, with a dark grey color in the center, fast growing, reaching a 90 mm diameter after 7 days and forming abundant black ascomata after 25 days at 25 °C.
Materials examined: China, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Hejing County, Kunse Forest Park, on cankered twigs and branches of Prunus padus, 24 July 2021, Rong Ma (XJAU 3479, holotype); ex-type culture CFCC 59570; ibid. (culture C3479).
Notes: Cytospora kunsensis from Prunus padus is phylogenetically close to C. gigaspora from Salix psammophila (Figure 1). However, C. kunsensis can be distinguished from C. gigaspora by sequence data (19/548 in ITS, 32/211 in act, 56/617 in rpb2, 36/303 in tef1 and 42/421 in tub2) [11].
Figure 4. Morphology of Cytospora kunsensis from Prunus padus. (A,B) Ascomata formed on branches. (C) Longitudinal section through the ascomata. (D) Transverse section of ascomata. (E) Asci. (F) Ascospores. Scale bars: (B) = 500 μm; (C,D) = 300 μm; (E,F) = 10 μm.
Figure 4. Morphology of Cytospora kunsensis from Prunus padus. (A,B) Ascomata formed on branches. (C) Longitudinal section through the ascomata. (D) Transverse section of ascomata. (E) Asci. (F) Ascospores. Scale bars: (B) = 500 μm; (C,D) = 300 μm; (E,F) = 10 μm.
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4. Discussion

In the present study, samples of Cytospora with fruiting bodies were collected from Xinjiang and Tibet, and identified based on both morphological and phylogenetical approaches of combined ITS, act, rpb2, tef1 and tub2 loci. We proposed three new species, i.e., Cytospora hejingensis sp. nov. from Salix sp., C. jilongensis sp. nov. from P. davidiana and C. kunsensis from P. padus.
Of the new species introduced in the current study, two taxa (C. jilongensis and C. kunsensis) were isolated from the plant genus Prunus. Hence, a total of nine species of Cytospora were found in host genus Prunus, where the previous seven species are C. cinnamomea, C. erumpens, C. japonica, C. leucostoma, C. olivacea, C. populinopsis and C. pruni-mume [14]. C. kunsensis is distinguished from C. populinopsis in eight-spored asci, and these two species are only known in sexual morph [1]. The other seven species are known in asexual species with similar conidial morphology but different sequence data of ITS, act, rpb2, tef1 and tub2 loci. The example of Cytospora species from Prunus implies that DNA sequence data are necessary to separate species during pathogen identifications.
Another example is the Cytospora species from the host genus Salix. Until now, over 10 species of Cytospora were discovered from the host genus Salix, including one species Cytospora hejingensis introduced in the current study [35]. Most of them are confirmed to be pathogens associated with canker diseases [35]. The new species from the present study needs a pathogenicity test to evaluate its virulence to willow trees in the future.
In the traditional classification and identification of species in Cytospora, spore morphology and host information are the most important evidence to identify Cytospora species [5,6,7]. However, by using the molecular data, many cryptic species with the same hosts and similar spore morphology were recently revealed [1,14,15,35]. The molecular classification system for Cytospora based on morphology, phylogeny and host information is more scientific than that mainly based on morphology before.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, S.W. and R.M.; methodology, N.J.; software, S.W.; validation, S.W., N.J. and R.M.; formal analysis, S.W., N.J. and R.M.; investigation, S.W., N.J. and R.M.; resources, S.W., N.J. and R.M.; data curation, S.W., N.J. and R.M.; writing—original draft preparation, S.W., N.J. and R.M.; writing—review and editing, S.W., N.J. and R.M.; visualization, S.W., N.J. and R.M.; supervision, S.W., N.J. and R.M.; project administration, R.M.; funding acquisition, R.M. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was funded by the Natural Science Foundation of China, grant number 31960316.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

All sequence data are available in NCBI GenBank (Table 1).

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1. Phylogram of Cytospora resulting from a maximum likelihood analysis, based on a combined matrix of ITS, act, rpb2, tef1 and tub2. Numbers above the branches indicate ML bootstraps (left, ML BS ≥ 50%) and Bayesian posterior probabilities (right, BPP ≥ 0.90). The tree is rooted with Diaporthe vaccinii (CBS 160.32). Isolates obtained from the present study are marked in blue.
Figure 1. Phylogram of Cytospora resulting from a maximum likelihood analysis, based on a combined matrix of ITS, act, rpb2, tef1 and tub2. Numbers above the branches indicate ML bootstraps (left, ML BS ≥ 50%) and Bayesian posterior probabilities (right, BPP ≥ 0.90). The tree is rooted with Diaporthe vaccinii (CBS 160.32). Isolates obtained from the present study are marked in blue.
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Table 1. Strains and their GenBank accession numbers used in this study.
Table 1. Strains and their GenBank accession numbers used in this study.
SpeciesStrainGenBank Accession Numbers
ITSactrpb2tef1tub2
Cytospora ailanthicolaCFCC 89970MH933618MH933526MH933592MH933494MH933565
Cytospora albodiscaCFCC 53161MW418406MW422899MW422909MW422921MW422933
Cytospora albodiscaCFCC 54373MW418407MW422900MW422910MW422922MW422934
Cytospora albaCFCC 55462TNR182387OK303457OK303516OK303577OK303644
Cytospora albaCFCC 55463MZ702596OK303458OK303517OK303578OK303645
Cytospora ampulliformisMFLUCC 16-0583TKY417726KY417692KY417794
Cytospora ampulliformisMFLUCC 16-0629KY417727KY417693KY417795
Cytospora amygdaliCBS 144233TMG971853MG972002 MG971659
Cytospora atrocirrhataCFCC 89615KR045618KF498673KU710946KP310858KR045659
Cytospora atrocirrhataCFCC 89616KR045619KF498674KU710947KP310859KR045660
Cytospora beilinensisCFCC 50493TMH933619MH933527 MH933495MH933561
Cytospora beilinensisCFCC 50494MH933620MH933528 MH933496MH933562
Cytospora berberidisCFCC 89927TKR045620KU710990KU710948KU710913KR045661
Cytospora berberidisCFCC 89933KR045621KU710991KU710949KU710914KR045662
Cytospora bungeanaCFCC 50495TMH933621MH933529MH933593MH933497MH933563
Cytospora bungeanaCFCC 50496MH933622MH933530MH933594MH933498MH933564
Cytospora californicaCBS 144234TMG971935MG972083 MG971645
Cytospora carbonaceaCFCC 89947KR045622KP310842KU710950KP310855KP310825
Cytospora carpobrotiCMW48981TMH382812 MH411212MH411207
Cytospora celtidicolaCFCC 50497TMH933623MH933531MH933595MH933499MH933566
Cytospora celtidicolaCFCC 50498MH933624MH933532MH933596MH933500MH933567
Cytospora centrivillosaMFLUCC 16-1206TMF190122 MF377600
Cytospora centrivillosaMFLUCC 17-1660MF190123 MF377601
Cytospora ceratospermaCFCC 89624KR045645 KU710976KP310860KR045686
Cytospora ceratospermaCFCC 89625KR045646 KU710977KP310861KR045687
Cytospora ceratospermopsisCFCC 89626TKR045647KU711011KU710978KU710934KR045688
Cytospora ceratospermopsisCFCC 89627KR045648KU711012KU710979KU710935KR045689
Cytospora chrysospermaCFCC 89629KF765673 KF765705
Cytospora chrysospermaCFCC 89981MH933625MH933533MH933597MH933501MH933568
Cytospora chrysospermaCFCC 89982KP281261KP310835 KP310848KP310818
Cytospora cinnamomeaCFCC 53178TMK673054MK673024 MK672970
Cytospora coryliCFCC 53162TMN854450 MN850751MN850758MN861120
Cytospora corylinaCFCC 54684TMW839861MW815937MW815951MW815886MW883969
Cytospora corylinaCFCC 54685MW839862MW815938MW815952MW815887MW883970
Cytospora cotiniMFLUCC 14-1050TKX430142 KX430144
Cytospora cotoneastricolaCF 20197027MK673072MK673042MK673012MK672958MK672988
Cytospora cotoneastricolaCF 20197028MK673073MK673043MK673013MK672959MK672989
Cytospora curvataMFLUCC 15-0865TKY417728KY417694
Cytospora curvisporaCFCC 54000TMW839851MW815931MW815945MW815880MW883963
Cytospora curvisporaCFCC 54001MW839853MW815932MW815946MW815881MW883964
Cytospora davidianaCXY 1350TKM034870
Cytospora diopuiensisCFCC 55479OQ344753OQ410625OQ398735OQ398762OQ398791
Cytospora diopuiensisCFCC 55527OQ344754OQ410626OQ398736OQ398763OQ398792
Cytospora discotomaCFCC 53137TMW418404MW422897MW422907MW422919MW422931
Cytospora discotomaCFCC 54368MW418405MW422898MW422908MW422920MW422932
Cytospora donetzicaMFLUCC 15-0864KY417729KY417695KY417797
Cytospora donetzicaMFLUCC 16-0574TKY417731KY417697KY417799
Cytospora donglingensisCFCC 53159TMW418412MW422903MW422915MW422927MW422939
Cytospora donglingensisCFCC 53160MW418414MW422905MW422917MW422929MW422941
Cytospora elaeagniCFCC 89632KR045626KU710995KU710955KU710918KR045667
Cytospora elaeagniCFCC 89633KF765677KU710996KU710956KU710919KR045668
Cytospora elaeagnicolaCFCC 52882TMK732341MK732344MK732347
Cytospora elaeagnicolaCFCC 52883MK732342MK732345MK732348
Cytospora erumpensCFCC 50022MH933627MH933534 MH933502MH933569
Cytospora erumpensCFCC 53163MK673059MK673029MK673000MK672948MK672975
Cytospora eucalyptiCBS 144241MG971907MG972056 MG971617
Cytospora euonymicolaCFCC 50499TMH933628MH933535MH933598MH933503MH933570
Cytospora euonymicolaCFCC 50500MH933629MH933536MH933599MH933504MH933571
Cytospora euonyminaCFCC 89993TMH933630MH933537MH933600MH933505MH933590
Cytospora euonyminaCFCC 89999MH933631MH933538MH933601MH933506MH933591
Cytospora fraxinigenaMFLU 17-0880TNR154859
Cytospora fugaxCXY 1371KM034852 KM034891
Cytospora fugaxCXY 1381KM034853 KM034890
Cytospora fusisporaNFCCI 4372MN227694
Cytospora galegicolaMFLUCC 18-1199TMK912128MN685810MN685820
Cytospora gigalocusCFCC 89620TKR045628KU710997KU710957KU710920KR045669
Cytospora gigalocusCFCC 89621KR045629KU710998KU710958KU710921KR045670
Cytospora gigasporaCFCC 50014KR045630KU710999KU710959KU710922KR045671
Cytospora gigasporaCFCC 89634TKF765671KU711000KU710960KU710923KR045672
Cytospora globosaMFLU 16-2054TMT177935 MT432212MT454016
Cytospora granatiCBS 144237TMG971799MG971949 MG971514
Cytospora haidianensisCFCC 54056MT360041MT363978MT363987MT363997MT364007
Cytospora haidianensisCFCC 54057TMT360042MT363979MT363988MT363998MT364008
Cytospora hejingensisCFCC 59571TPP060455PP059657PP059663PP059667PP059673
Cytospora hejingensisC3479PP060456PP059658PP059664PP059668PP059674
Cytospora hippophaësCFCC 89639KR045632KU711001KU710961KU710924KR045673
Cytospora hippophaësCFCC 89640KF765682KF765730KU710962KP310865KR045674
Cytospora japonicaCFCC 89956KR045624KU710993KU710953KU710916KR045665
Cytospora japonicaCFCC 89960KR045625KU710994KU710954KU710917KR045666
Cytospora jilongensisCFCC 59569TPP060457PP059659 PP059669PP059675
Cytospora jilongensisXZ083PP060458PP059660 PP059670PP059676
Cytospora joaquinensisCBS 144235MG971895MG972044 MG971605
Cytospora junipericolaMFLU 17-0882TMF190125 MF377580
Cytospora juniperinaCFCC 50501TMH933632MH933539MH933602MH933507
Cytospora juniperinaCFCC 50502MH933633MH933540MH933603MH933508MH933572
Cytospora kantschaveliiCXY 1383KM034867
Cytospora kuanchengensisCFCC 52464TMK432616MK442940MK578076
Cytospora kuanchengensisCFCC 52465MK432617MK442941MK578077
Cytospora kunsensisCFCC 59570TPP060459PP059661PP059665PP059671PP059677
Cytospora kunsensisC3488PP060460PP059662PP059666PP059672PP059678
Cytospora leucospermaCFCC 89622KR045616KU710988KU710944KU710911KR045657
Cytospora leucospermaCFCC 89894KR045617KU710989KU710945KU710912KR045658
Cytospora longisporaCBS 144236TMG971905MG972054NAMG971615NA
Cytospora longistiolataMFLUCC 16-0628KY417734KY417700KY417802NANA
Cytospora lumnitzericolaMFLUCC 17-0508TMG975778MH253457MH253461NANA
Cytospora maliCFCC 50028MH933641MH933548MH933606MH933513MH933577
Cytospora maliCFCC 50029MH933642MH933549MH933607MH933514MH933578
Cytospora mali-spectabilisCFCC 53181TMK673066MK673036MK673006MK672953MK672982
Cytospora melnikiiCFCC 89984MH933644MH933551MH933609MH933515MH933580
Cytospora myrtagenaCFCC 52454MK432614MK442938MK578074
Cytospora myrtagenaCFCC 52455MK432615MK442939MK578075
Cytospora niveaMFLUCC 15-0860KY417737KY417703KY417805
Cytospora niveaCFCC 89641KF765683KU711006KU710967KU710929KR045679
Cytospora notastromaNE_TFR5JX438632 JX438543
Cytospora notastromaNE_TFR8JX438633 JX438542
Cytospora ochraceaCFCC 53164TMK673060MK673030MK673001MK672949MK672976
Cytospora oleicolaCBS 144248TMG971944MG972098 MG971660
Cytospora olivaceaCFCC 53174MK673058MK673028MK672999 MK672974
Cytospora olivaceaCFCC 53175MK673062MK673032MK673003 MK672978
Cytospora palmCXY 1276JN402990 KJ781296
Cytospora palmCXY 1280TJN411939 KJ781297
Cytospora paracinnamomeaCFCC 55453TMZ702594OK303456OK303515OK303576OK303643
Cytospora paracinnamomeaCFCC 55455TMZ702598OK303460OK303519OK303580OK303647
Cytospora parakantschaveliiMFLUCC 15-0857TKY417738KY417704KY417806
Cytospora parapistaciaeCBS 144506TMG971804MG971954 MG971519
Cytospora paraplurivoraFDS-439OL640182OL631586 OL631589
Cytospora paraplurivoraFDS-564TOL640183OL631587 OL631590
Cytospora parasiticaCFCC 53173MK673070MK673040MK673010MK672957MK672986
Cytospora paratranslucensMFLUCC 15-0506TKY417741KY417707KY417809
Cytospora paratranslucensMFLUCC 16-0627KY417742KY417708KY417810
Cytospora phialidicaMFLUCC 17-2498MT177932 MT432209MT454014
Cytospora piceaeCFCC 52841TMH820398MH820406MH820395MH820402MH820387
Cytospora piceaeCFCC 52842MH820399MH820407MH820396MH820403MH820388
Cytospora pingbianensisMFLUCC 18-1204TMK912135MN685817MN685826
Cytospora pistaciaeCBS 144238TMG971802MG971952 MG971517
Cytospora platycladiCFCC 50504TMH933645MH933552MH933610MH933516MH933581
Cytospora platycladiCFCC 50505MH933646MH933553MH933611MH933517MH933582
Cytospora platycladicolaCFCC 50038TKT222840MH933555MH933613MH933519MH933584
Cytospora platycladicolaCFCC 50039KR045642KU711008KU710973KU710931KR045683
Cytospora plurivoraCBS 144239TMG971861MG972010 MG971572
Cytospora populiCFCC 55472TMZ702609OK303471OK303530OK303591OK303658
Cytospora populiCFCC 55473MZ702610OK303472OK303531OK303592OK303659
Cytospora populicolaCBS 144240MG971891MG972040 MG971601
Cytospora populinaCFCC 89644TKF765686KU711007KU710969KU710930KR045681
Cytospora populinopsisCFCC 50032TMH933648MH933556MH933614MH933520MH933585
Cytospora populinopsisCFCC 50033MH933649MH933557MH933615MH933521MH933586
Cytospora predappioensisMFLUCC 17-2458TMG873484
Cytospora predappioensisMFLU 17-0327MH253451MH253449MH253450
Cytospora prunicolaMFLU 17-0995TMG742350MG742353MG742352
Cytospora pruni-mumeCFCC 53179MK673057MK673027 MK672947MK672973
Cytospora pruni-mumeCFCC 53180TMK673067MK673037MK673007MK672954MK672983
Cytospora pruinopsisCFCC 50034TKP281259KP310836KU710970KP310849KP310819
Cytospora pruinopsisCFCC 53153MN854451MN850763MN850752MN850759MN861121
Cytospora pruinosaCFCC 50036KP310800KP310832 KP310845KP310815
Cytospora pruinosaCFCC 50037MH933650MH933558 MH933522MH933589
Cytospora pubescentisMFLUCC 18-1201TMK912130MN685812MN685821
Cytospora punicaeCBS 144244MG971943MG972091 MG971654
Cytospora quercicolaMFLU 17-0881MF190128
Cytospora ribisCFCC 50026KP281267KP310843KU710972KP310856KP310826
Cytospora ribisCFCC 50027KP281268KP310844 KP310857KP310827
Cytospora rosaeMFLU 17-0885MF190131
Cytospora rosicolaCF 20197024TMK673079MK673049MK673019MK672965MK672995
Cytospora rosigenaMFLUCC 18-0921TMN879872
Cytospora rostrataCFCC 89909KR045643KU711009KU710974KU710932KR045684
Cytospora rostrataCFCC 89910KR045644KU711010KU710975KU710933
Cytospora rusanoviiMFLUCC 15-0853KY417743KY417709KY417811
Cytospora rusanoviiMFLUCC 15-0854TKY417744KY417710KY417812
Cytospora salicacearumMFLUCC 15-0509KY417746KY417712KY417814
Cytospora salicacearumMFLUCC 15-0861KY417745KY417711KY417813
Cytospora salicicolaMFLUCC 14-1052TKU982636KU982637
Cytospora salicicolaMFLUCC 15-0866KY417749KY417715KY417817
Cytospora salicinaMFLUCC 15-0862KY417750KY417716KY417818
Cytospora salicinaMFLUCC 16-0637KY417751KY417717KY417819
Cytospora schulzeriCFCC 50042KR045650KU711014KU710981KU710937KR045691
Cytospora sibiraeaeCFCC 50045TKR045651KU711015KU710982KU710938KR045692
Cytospora sibiraeaeCFCC 50046KR045652KU711016KU710983KU710939KR045693
Cytospora sophoraeCFCC 50047KR045653KU711017KU710984KU710940KR045694
Cytospora sophoraeCFCC 89598KR045654KU711018KU710985KU710941KR045695
Cytospora sophoricolaCFCC 89596KR045656KU711020KU710987KU710943KR045697
Cytospora sophoricolaCFCC 89595TKR045655KU711019KU710986KU710942KR045696
Cytospora sophoriopsisCFCC 55469MZ702583OK303445OK303504OK303565OK303632
Cytospora sophoriopsisCFCC 89600KR045623KU710992KU710951KU710915KP310817
Cytospora sorbiMFLUCC 16-0631TKY417752KY417718KY417820
Cytospora sorbicolaMFLUCC 16-0584TKY417755KY417721KY417823
Cytospora sorbicolaMFLUCC 16-0633KY417758KY417724KY417826
Cytospora sorbinaCF 20197660TMK673052MK673022 MK672943MK672968
Cytospora spiraeaeCFCC 50049TMG707859MG708196MG708199
Cytospora spiraeaeCFCC 50050MG707860MG708197MG708200
Cytospora spiraeicolaCFCC 53138TMN854448 MN850749MN850756MN861118
Cytospora spiraeicolaCFCC 53139MN854449 MN850750MN850757MN861119
Cytospora tamaricicolaCFCC 50507MH933651MH933559MH933616MH933525MH933587
Cytospora tamaricicolaCFCC 50508TMH933652MH933560MH933617MH933523MH933588
Cytospora tanaiticaMFLUCC 14-1057TKT459411KT459413
Cytospora thailandicaMFLUCC 17-0262TMG975776MH253459MH253463
Cytospora thailandicaMFLUCC 17-0263TMG975777MH253460MH253464
Cytospora tibetensisCF 20197026MK673076MK673046MK673016MK672962MK672992
Cytospora tibetensisCF 20197029MK673077MK673047MK673017MK672963MK672993
Cytospora tibouchinaeCPC 26333TKX228284
Cytospora translucensCXY 1351KM034874 KM034895
Cytospora translucensCXY 1359KM034871 KM034894
Cytospora ulmiMFLUCC 15-0863TKY417759
Cytospora verrucosaCFCC 53157TMW418408 MW422911MW422923MW422935
Cytospora verrucosaCFCC 53158MW418410MW422901MW422913MW422925MW422937
Cytospora vinaceaCBS 141585TKX256256 KX256277KX256235
Cytospora viridistromaCBS 202.36TMN172408 MN271853
Cytospora viticolaCyt2KX256238 KX256259KX256217
Cytospora viticolaCBS 141586TKX256239 KX256260KX256218
Cytospora xinjiangensisCFCC 53182MK673064MK673034MK673004MK672951MK672980
Cytospora xinjiangensisCFCC 53183TMK673065MK673035MK673005MK672952MK672981
Cytospora xinglongensisCFCC 52458MK432622MK442946MK578082
Cytospora xinglongensisCFCC 52459MK432623MK442947MK578083
Cytospora xylocarpiMFLUCC 17-0251TMG975775MH253458MH253462
Cytospora zhaitangensisCFCC 56227TOQ344750OQ410623OQ398733OQ398760OQ398789
Cytospora zhaitangensisCFCC 57537OQ344751OQ410624OQ398734OQ398761OQ398790
Diaporthe vacciniiCBS 160.32KC343228JQ807297 KC343954KC344196
Note. Ex-type strains are marked with T and isolates from the present study are in bold.
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