TABLE 2 in Calcarisporium yuanyangense sp. nov. (Calcarisporiaceae, Hypocreales), a fungal pathogen isolated from Ophiocordyceps nutans

TABLE 2. Comparison of morphological characters of Calcarisporium yuanyangense and other species of Calcarisporium.
SpeciesSourceColony on PDAConidiophoresConidiaReferenceCalcarisporium arbusculaDiverse fungal fruitbodiesWoolly-felty texture, mycelium, white when young and greyish-pink when mature, 25–29 mm diam in 10 days at 20 ℃Hyaline, well differentiated, conidiogenous cells 12–26 × 2–3 μmOval to ellipsoidal (length/width ratio <5/1), 4–6 × 1.4–1.8 μmde Hoog (1978)C. acerosumDead bark of Fagus crenataNot describedHyaline, basal part moderately brown, densely verticillateAcerose to narrowly obclavate (length/width Matsushima ratio>8/1), 10.5–18 × (1975) 1.2–1.8 μmC. cordycipiticolaThe fruiting body of Cordyceps militarisDense villous texture, mycelium purely white, 18–22 mm diam in 10 days at 20 ℃Hyaline, less differentiated, conidiogenous cells 18–70 × 1.2–3.0 μmOval to ellipsoidal (length/width ratio <5/1), 3–5 × 1.5–2.5 μmSun et al. (2016)C. ovalisporumRust fungiCottony texture, mycelium yellowish- white, 33–49 mm diam in 10 days at 20 ℃Hyaline, less differentiated, conidiogenous cells 5–12 × 1.4–1.8 μmOval to ellipsoidal (length/width ratio <5/1), 3–5 × 1.2–1.8 μmde Hoog (1978)C. phaeopodiumDead leafNot describedHyaline, basal part brown to dark, with proliferation; conidiogenous cells discrete, subulate, 6–14.5 × 2–3 μmacerose to narrowly Somrithipol obclavate (length/width and Jones ratio>8/1), 7.5–12.5 × (2006) 0.7–1 μmC. xylariicolaThe fruiting body of Xylaria sp.Colonies effuse, whitishHyaline, erect, verticillately branched, Conidiogenous cells 10–18 × 1–3 μmovoid to ellipsoid, acuminate (length/ width ratio <5/1), 3–5.5 × 2–3 μmSun et al. (2017)C. yuanyangenseOphiocordyceps nutanswoolly-felty texture, mycelium yellowish- whiteHyaline, verticillately branched, Conidiogenous cells 12.31–51.84 × 1.40–3.08 μmovoid to ellipsoid, acuminate (length/ width ratio <5/1), 6.33–9.68 × 1.87–2.63 μmThis study