Morphological and Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal Three New Species of Pestalotiopsis ( Sporocadaceae , Amphisphaeriales ) from Hainan, China.

Species of Pestalotiopsis were mainly introduced as endophytes, plant pathogens or saprobes from various hosts. In this study, ten strains were isolated from Ficus macrocarpa , Phoebe zhennan and Spatholobus suberectus in China. Based on multilocus phylogenies from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS), the partial translation elongation factor 1-alpha gene ( tef1α ) and the partial beta-tubulin gene ( tub2 ), in conjunction with morphological characteristics, we describe three new species, viz., Pestalotiopsis ficicola sp. nov., P. phoebes sp. nov. and P. spatholobi sp. nov.