Table 3 in Morphological and molecular analyses reveal two new species of Gibellula (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) from China

Table 3. Comparison of the morphological characters of Gibellula longispora sp. nov. and related species.
SpeciesConidiophore (μm)Metulae (μm)Phialide (μm)Conidia (μm)Gibellula longispora sp. nov. 1verrucose, (19-) 60-153.5 (-170) × 8-10obovoid to cylindrical, 6.5-9.5 × (4.5-) 5-7clavate to broadly cylindrical, (6.5-) 7-9.5 (-11) × (1.5-) 2-3fusiform, 5-7 × 1-2Gibellula Gibellula pigmentosinum 2smooth to verrucose, (55-) 97.5-170 (-226) × (5-) 7-10 (-12.5)broadly obovoid, (5.5-) 6-8 (-10) × (3-) 4-6 (-7.5)obovoid to clavate, (5-) 5.5-8 (-9) × 2-3 (-4.5)obovoid with an acute apex (2.5-) 3.5-5 (-5.5) × 1-2 (-3)Gibellula flava 3verrucose, 33.5-123.5(-182.5) × (3-) 4-9.5 (-11.5)obovoid to broadly obovoid, (4.5-) 5.5-7 × 3.5-5.5narrowly obovate to clavate, 5.5-7 × 1.5-2.5fusiform, (2.5-) 3-4 (-5.5) × 1-2(-3)Gibellula pulchra 4verrucose, 155-170 × (6-) 7.5-10cylindrical, 6.2-7.5 × 5clavate, 7.5-8 × 1.5-2.5fusiform to fusiform-ellipsoid, 3-5 × 1.5-2.5Gibellula clavispora 5smooth or occasionally roughened 96-113 longobovoid, 8.6-10.8 × 2.2clavate 5.4-6.5 × 1.1-2.2clavate, single, 5.4-6.5 × 1.1-2.2Gibellula shennongjiaensis 6verrucose, 77-107 longelliptical, 5.4-7.6 × 2.1-4.3clavate,5.4-10.8 × 1.1-2.2cylindrical or fusiform, 3.2-6.5 × 1.1-1.6
Note: 1Current study, 2 Kuephadungphan et al. 2020, 3 Chen et al. 2021, 4 Chen et al. 2016, 5 Faruk et al. 2004, 6 Zou et al. 2016.