Two new species of Diaporthe (Diaporthaceae, Diaporthales) in China.

Species of Diaporthe have been reported as plant endophytes, pathogens and saprobes on a wide range of plant hosts. Strains of Diaporthe were isolated from leaf spots of Smilaxglabra and dead culms of Xanthiumstrumarium in China, and identified based on morphology and molecular phylogenetic analyses of combined internal transcribed spacer region (ITS), calmodulin ( cal ), histone H3 ( his3 ), translation elongation factor 1-alpha ( tef1 ) and β-tubulin ( tub2 ) loci. As a result, two new species named Diaportherizhaoensis and D.smilacicola are identified, described and illustrated in the present study.