TABLE 4 in Botryosphaeriaceae on palms-a new species of Neodeightonia, N. chamaeropicola, and new records from diseased foliage of ornamental palms in Portugal

TABLE 4. Comparative morphological data on asexual morphs of Neodeightonia species known from culture.
Taxon 1ConidiomataConidiogeneous cellsConidiaNeodeightoniaGobose to subglobose,Cylindrical, ampulliform,Ellipsoid to obovoid, rounded ends, hyaline, aseptate,chamaeropicolauniloculate, darkhyaline,thick-walled, becoming pale to dark brown,(CDP 1446T)brown to black,8.3–24.2 × 3.4–8.6 μm1-septate, striate in appearance,aparaphysate6.8–12.4 × 2.7–4.6 μm(x̄ = 8.07 × 3.70 μm, n= 50; L/W = 2.2)NeodeightoniaGlobose, uniloculate,Cylindrical, hyaline,Ellipsoid to ovoid, rounded ends, rarely truncatelicuriensisdark brown to black,8.7–16.2 × 2.3–4.4 μm,base, hyaline, aseptate, thick-(COAD1780T)aparaphysate,-walled, becoming dark brown, up to3-septate, ocassionaly striate in appearance, 14.6–20.5 × 8.3–11.4 μmNeodeightoniaGlobose, uniloculate,Cylindrical to subcylindrical,Ellipsoid to obovoid, rounded ends, rarely truncatepalmicoladark brown,hyaline, 9−20 × 3−6 μmbase, hyaline, aseptate, thick-(MFLUCCparaphysate-walled, becoming cinnamon to sepia, 1-septate,10- 0822T)17.5−24.5 × 9.5−12.5 μm(x̄ = 21.5 × 11.0 μm, n = 50)NeodeightoniaStromatic,Cylindrical, hyalineOvoid to ellipsoid, rounded ends, hyaline, aseptate,phoenicummultiloculate, darkthick-walled, becoming dark brown, 1-septate, striate(CBS 122528T)brown to black, aparaphysatein appearance, 15.5–21.5 × 10–12 μm (x̄ = 19.1 × 11.5 μm; L/W = 1.7)Neodeightonia rattanica (MFLUCC 15-0712T)Stromatic, uni-to multiloculate, purplish to black, paraphysateCylindrical to subcylindrical, hyaline, 6–11 × 2–3 μmEllipsoid to obovoid, rounded ends, hyaline, aseptate, thick-walled, becoming pale to dark brown, 19–22 × 7–9 μm (x̄ = 20.7 × 8.4 μm, n = 20)Neodeightonia rattanicola (MFLUCC 15-0319T)Stromatic, mostly uniloculate, dark brown to black, paraphysateCylindrical to subcylindrical, hyaline, 4.4–12.5 × 1.5–4.3 μmEllipsoid to obovoid, rounded ends, hyaline, aseptate, thick-walled, becoming pale to dark brown, 13–20 × 7–8 μm (x̄ = 17.3 × 8 μm, n = 20)Neodeightonia septata (MFLUCC 22–0004T)Cylindrical or subglobose, uni- to multiloculate, dark brown to black, aparaphysateCylindrical, hyaline, 4–8 × 3–5 μmEllipsoidal to obovoid, rounded ends, hyaline, aseptate, becoming pale to dark brown, 1-septate, 15–19 × 8–9 μm (x̄ = 17 × 9 μm, n = 50)Neodeightonia subglobosaGlobose, stromatic, uni- to multiloculate,HyalineSpherical to subglobose, hyaline, aseptate, thick- walled, becoming pale to dark brown, smooth to(CBS 448.91T)*brown to black, aparaphysatefinely rough-walled, striate in appearance, 9–12 × 6–9 μmNeodeightonia subglobosa (MFLUCC 11–0482R)*Globose to subglobose, black, coriaceous, aparaphysateCylindrical, hyaline, 5–12.5 × 2–3 μmGlobose to subglobose, hyaline, aseptate, smooth- walled, 11–13.5 × 8–10.5 μm (x̄ = 12.6 × 9.3 μm, n = 20)
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1 Status of the strains, R: reference, T: ex-type;. Descriptions presented are according to: present study (for N. chamaeropicola), Adamčík et al. (2015) (for N. licuriensis), Liu et al. (2010) (for N. palmicola), Phillips et al. (2008, 2013) (for N. phoenicum), Konta et al. (2016a) (for N. rattanica and N. rattanicola), Wu et al. (2022) (for N. septata), Phillips et al. (2008, 2013) and Dai et al. (2017) (for N. subglobosa CBS 448.91 and MFLUCC 11–0482, respectively).
* Neodeightonia subglobosa was introduced by Punithalingam (1969) based on a collection from Bambusa arundinacea in Sierra Leone, but no available culture was linked to the type specimen (IMI 57769c). Phillips et al. (2008) illustrated the asexual morph of N. subglobosa and provided sequence data based on the strain CBS 448.91, which was isolated from the keratomycosis of the eye of a human host in an unknown location by Kirkness et al. (1991) as Sphaeropsis subglobosa. Later, Phillips et al. (2013) indicated CBS 448.91 as the extype strain of N. subglobosa without any justification. An informal description of CBS 448.91 has been previously presented by Crous et al. (2006). Dai et al. (2017) isolated new strains of N. subglobosa on dead culms of bamboo from Thailand and designated a reference specimen for the species (MFLU 15–1189). Subsequently, the species was re-described and illustrated and thus the description provided by Dai et al. (2017) is here considered, along with that from Phillips et al. (2008).