Morphology and Phylogeny of <i>Pestalotiopsis</i> ( <i>Sporocadaceae</i> , <i>Amphisphaeriales</i> ) from <i>Fagaceae</i> Leaves in China

Abstract

Pestalotiopsis is a common fungal genus inhabiting plant tissues as endophytes, pathogens, and saprophytes. Fagaceae is a plant family including many important tree species, such as Castanea mollissima and Quercus spp. In this study, diseased leaves of Fagaceae in China were investigated, and 16 Pestalotiopsis species were identified based on morphology and phylogeny of combined loci of internal transcribed spacers (ITS), the translation elongation factor 1-α ( tef1 ), and the beta-tubulin ( tub2 ) genes.