Morphology and phylogeny of two new species within Cordycipitaceae (Hypocreales) from China.

ABSTRACT: Simplicillium and Leptobacillium, sister genera in the family Cordycipitaceae, exhibit a broad range of hosts or substrates. The identification of two novel species, from Simplicillium and Leptobacillium, was achieved by analysing morphological characteristics and phylogenetic data obtained from six molecular markers (ITS, nrSSU, nrLSU, tef-1α, rpb1 and rpb2). The two recently documented species are S.puwenense and L.longiphialidum. Morphologically, S.puwenense possessed slender solitary rod-shaped or columnar phialides with elliptical oval or cylindrical conidia forming small spherical heads at the apex of phialides. On the other hand, L.longiphialidum had solitary columnar phialides with elliptic or subspherical

SUBMITTER: Lu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11933907 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature