taxonID	type	description	language	source
6FE1DFDBE4545343BBAD1E9AF439B702.taxon	etymology	Etymology. gui. zhou. en’sis. N. L. gen. masc. adj. guizhouensis of Guizhou, referring to the geographic origin of the type strain of this species.	en	Hu, Shuang, Zhu, Qi-Yang, Zhu, Hai-Yan, Liu, Jun-Yu, Shi, Yue, Qiu, Yan-Jie, Wen, Zhang, Li, Ai-Hua, Han, Pei-Jie, Bai, Feng-Yan (2025): Yeast diversity in traditional fermented foods of ethnic minorities in China, with the descriptions of four new yeast species. IMA Fungus 16: e 146163, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.146163
6FE1DFDBE4545343BBAD1E9AF439B702.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. After growth on YM agar for 3 days at 25 ° C, colonies are light yellow, butyrous, circular, and slightly raised, with a smooth surface and entire margins. Cells are ovoid to ellipsoidal, 2 – 3 × 3 – 5 µm. Budding is multilateral (Fig. 7 a). After 1 month in YM broth at 25 ° C, sediment is present, but pellicle is absent. After growth on PDA agar for 2 weeks at 25 ° C, septate hyphae with a diameter of about 2.2 µm are formed. Conidiophores are formed on the hyphae and bare spherical or short-ovoid blastoconidia (Fig. 7 b). The sexual state was not observed. Physiological characteristics of the new species are listed in Table 2.	en	Hu, Shuang, Zhu, Qi-Yang, Zhu, Hai-Yan, Liu, Jun-Yu, Shi, Yue, Qiu, Yan-Jie, Wen, Zhang, Li, Ai-Hua, Han, Pei-Jie, Bai, Feng-Yan (2025): Yeast diversity in traditional fermented foods of ethnic minorities in China, with the descriptions of four new yeast species. IMA Fungus 16: e 146163, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.146163
6FE1DFDBE4545343BBAD1E9AF439B702.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China.	en	Hu, Shuang, Zhu, Qi-Yang, Zhu, Hai-Yan, Liu, Jun-Yu, Shi, Yue, Qiu, Yan-Jie, Wen, Zhang, Li, Ai-Hua, Han, Pei-Jie, Bai, Feng-Yan (2025): Yeast diversity in traditional fermented foods of ethnic minorities in China, with the descriptions of four new yeast species. IMA Fungus 16: e 146163, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.146163
09A5D9497F405ECA859356FBDF7504D4.taxon	etymology	Etymology. al’ba. L. gen. fem. adj. alba, white, referring to the color of colonies.	en	Hu, Shuang, Zhu, Qi-Yang, Zhu, Hai-Yan, Liu, Jun-Yu, Shi, Yue, Qiu, Yan-Jie, Wen, Zhang, Li, Ai-Hua, Han, Pei-Jie, Bai, Feng-Yan (2025): Yeast diversity in traditional fermented foods of ethnic minorities in China, with the descriptions of four new yeast species. IMA Fungus 16: e 146163, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.146163
09A5D9497F405ECA859356FBDF7504D4.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. After growth on YM agar for 5 days at 25 ° C, colonies are white, butyrous, and slightly raised, with a smooth, moist surface and entire margins. Cells are ellipsoidal to fusiform, 2 – 3 × 3 – 6 µm. Budding is monopolar, and pseudohyphae or true hyphae are not formed (Fig. 7 h). After 4 weeks in YM broth at 25 ° C, sediment and pellicle are present. After growth on PDA agar for 2 weeks at 25 ° C, oil droplet-like structures were observed within the cells (Fig. 7 i). Sexual structures were not observed. Physiological characteristics of the new species are listed in Table 2.	en	Hu, Shuang, Zhu, Qi-Yang, Zhu, Hai-Yan, Liu, Jun-Yu, Shi, Yue, Qiu, Yan-Jie, Wen, Zhang, Li, Ai-Hua, Han, Pei-Jie, Bai, Feng-Yan (2025): Yeast diversity in traditional fermented foods of ethnic minorities in China, with the descriptions of four new yeast species. IMA Fungus 16: e 146163, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.146163
09A5D9497F405ECA859356FBDF7504D4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China, India.	en	Hu, Shuang, Zhu, Qi-Yang, Zhu, Hai-Yan, Liu, Jun-Yu, Shi, Yue, Qiu, Yan-Jie, Wen, Zhang, Li, Ai-Hua, Han, Pei-Jie, Bai, Feng-Yan (2025): Yeast diversity in traditional fermented foods of ethnic minorities in China, with the descriptions of four new yeast species. IMA Fungus 16: e 146163, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.146163
509F52C579255295AEDB8E8BD4CA9D05.taxon	etymology	Etymology. jiu. qu. N. L. gen. neut. n. jiuqu of a Chinese traditional fermentation starter, referring to the isolation substrate of the type strain.	en	Hu, Shuang, Zhu, Qi-Yang, Zhu, Hai-Yan, Liu, Jun-Yu, Shi, Yue, Qiu, Yan-Jie, Wen, Zhang, Li, Ai-Hua, Han, Pei-Jie, Bai, Feng-Yan (2025): Yeast diversity in traditional fermented foods of ethnic minorities in China, with the descriptions of four new yeast species. IMA Fungus 16: e 146163, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.146163
509F52C579255295AEDB8E8BD4CA9D05.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. After growth on YM agar for 5 days at 25 ° C, colonies are white and butyrous, with a glossy, moist surface and entire margins. Cells are ovoid to ellipsoidal, 2 – 4 × 4 – 6 µm (Fig. 7 e). Septate hyphae and arthroconidia (2 – 2.5 × 3 – 6 µm) are present after growth on MEA / YCB / PDA agar for 2 weeks at 25 ° C (Fig. 7 f, g). After 4 weeks in YM broth at 25 ° C, sediment and pellicle were observed. Sexual structures were not observed. Physiological characteristics of the new species are listed in Table 2.	en	Hu, Shuang, Zhu, Qi-Yang, Zhu, Hai-Yan, Liu, Jun-Yu, Shi, Yue, Qiu, Yan-Jie, Wen, Zhang, Li, Ai-Hua, Han, Pei-Jie, Bai, Feng-Yan (2025): Yeast diversity in traditional fermented foods of ethnic minorities in China, with the descriptions of four new yeast species. IMA Fungus 16: e 146163, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.146163
509F52C579255295AEDB8E8BD4CA9D05.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China.	en	Hu, Shuang, Zhu, Qi-Yang, Zhu, Hai-Yan, Liu, Jun-Yu, Shi, Yue, Qiu, Yan-Jie, Wen, Zhang, Li, Ai-Hua, Han, Pei-Jie, Bai, Feng-Yan (2025): Yeast diversity in traditional fermented foods of ethnic minorities in China, with the descriptions of four new yeast species. IMA Fungus 16: e 146163, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.146163
091A715E7211594E8537900192697F07.taxon	etymology	Etymology. shi. ru’ii. N. L. gen. sing. n. shiruii of Shiru, referring to Shiru Jia at Tianjin University of Science and Technology in recognition of his contributions to the research on traditional fermented foods in China.	en	Hu, Shuang, Zhu, Qi-Yang, Zhu, Hai-Yan, Liu, Jun-Yu, Shi, Yue, Qiu, Yan-Jie, Wen, Zhang, Li, Ai-Hua, Han, Pei-Jie, Bai, Feng-Yan (2025): Yeast diversity in traditional fermented foods of ethnic minorities in China, with the descriptions of four new yeast species. IMA Fungus 16: e 146163, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.146163
091A715E7211594E8537900192697F07.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. After growth on YM agar for 5 days at 25 ° C, colonies are white and villous, with a rough surface and irregular margins. Cells are circular to ovoid, 3 – 3.5 × 3.5 – 6 µm. Budding is multilateral. Pseudohyphae consist of elongated cells that are formed (Fig. 7 c). After 4 weeks in YM broth at 25 ° C, sediment and pellicle are formed. After growth on YCB / PDA agar for 2 weeks at 25 ° C, oval or elongated cells (3.5 – 5 × 4.5 – 24 µm) and probably oil droplets are formed (Fig. 7 d). The sexual stage was not detected. Physiological characteristics of the new species are listed in Table 2.	en	Hu, Shuang, Zhu, Qi-Yang, Zhu, Hai-Yan, Liu, Jun-Yu, Shi, Yue, Qiu, Yan-Jie, Wen, Zhang, Li, Ai-Hua, Han, Pei-Jie, Bai, Feng-Yan (2025): Yeast diversity in traditional fermented foods of ethnic minorities in China, with the descriptions of four new yeast species. IMA Fungus 16: e 146163, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.146163
091A715E7211594E8537900192697F07.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China, Slovakia, Egypt, Turkey, Holland, the Czech Republic, Iran, Australia, Mexico, Algeria, Finland, and Italy.	en	Hu, Shuang, Zhu, Qi-Yang, Zhu, Hai-Yan, Liu, Jun-Yu, Shi, Yue, Qiu, Yan-Jie, Wen, Zhang, Li, Ai-Hua, Han, Pei-Jie, Bai, Feng-Yan (2025): Yeast diversity in traditional fermented foods of ethnic minorities in China, with the descriptions of four new yeast species. IMA Fungus 16: e 146163, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.146163
