Iodosphaeria species

Li, Qi-Rui, Kang, Ji-Chuan & D. Hyde, Kevin, 2015, A multiple gene genealogy reveals the phylogenetic placement of Iodosphaeria tongrenensis sp. nov. in Iodosphaeriaceae (Xylariales), Phytotaxa 234 (2), pp. 121-132 : 128

Key to Iodosphaeria species

1. Asci with a distinct apical apparatus ................................................................................................................................................. 2

1. Asci lacking a distinct apical apparatus............................................................................................................................................. 6

2. Apical apparatus staining blue in Melzer´s reagent .......................................................................................................................... 3

2. Apical apparatus not staining blue in Melzer´s reagent .................................................................................................................... 5

3. Asci longer than 150 μm....................................................................................................................................................................4

3. Asci shorter than 150 μm long...........................................................................................................................................................5

4. Ascospores ellipsoidal, with a mucilaginous sheath .................................................................................................... I. tongrenensis

4. Ascospores ellipsoidal, lacking a mucilaginous sheath...................................................................................................... I. polygoni

5. Ascospores allantoid....................................................................................................................................................... I. phyllophila

5. Ascospores inequilaterally ellipsoid to navicular............................................................................................................. I. podocarpi

6. Ascospore wall verruculose......................................................................................................................................... I. arundinariae

6. Ascospore wall smooth............................................................................................................................................................. I. tarda

7. Ascospores ellipsoidal, with a mucilaginous sheath ........................................................................................................... I. ripogoni

7. Ascospores ellipsoidal to fusiform, lacking a mucilaginous sheath.......................................................................... I. hongkongensis