Table 3.
The pycnidia, conidiogenous cells, and conidia morphology of the new species compared to known species of Allophoma.
| Species | Pycnidia | Conidiogenous cells | Conidia | References | ||
| Shape | Size (μm) | Size (μm) | Shape | Size (μm) | ||
| Allophoma alba | (sub-)globose to ellipsoidal, whitish at onset | 205−635 × 195−510 | 3.5−6.5 × 4.5−9 | oblong, with both ends rounded, hyaline, smooth and thin-walled, aseptate | 3−4.5 × 1.5−2.3 | Hou et al. (2020b) |
| A. anatii | (sub-)globose to ellipsoidal | 130−400 × 120−370 | 5−7 × 5.5−9 | oblong with both ends rounded or ovoid, smooth and thin-walled, hyaline, aseptate | 3.5−5.5 × 2−3 | Hou et al. (2020b) |
| A. cylindrispora | glabrous, ovoid | 120−210 × 90−140 | 3.5−4 × 4.5−5 | aseptate, hyaline, smooth and thin-walled, cylindrical | 3−4 × 2 | Valenzuela-Lopez et al. (2018) |
| A. hayatii | (sub-)globose with 1−2 narrow and long necks | 125 × 102 | - | oblong to ellipsoidal | 3.3−8 × 2.2−3.3 | Babaahmadi et al. (2018) |
| A. labilis | globose | 250 × 70 | 5−7 × 4−8 | oblong to ellipsoidal | 4−6.5 × 2–3 | De Gruyter and Noordeloos (1992) Boerema et al. 2004 |
| A. minor | globose to broadly ellipsoidal | 150−280 × 150−220 | 4−5.5 × 3−4.5 | ellipsoidal to ovoid or slightly allantoid | 3.5−4.5 × 1.8−2.5 | Aveskamp et al. (2010) |
| A. nicaraguensis | globose to flask-shaped | 30−150 × 28−120 | 3−4.5 × 3.5−4.5 | ellipsoidal to oblong | 2.5−4 × 1.5−2.5 | Chen et al. (2015) |
| A. oligotrophica | globose to subglobose | 50−440 × 145−420 | 4.5−7 × 3.5−6.5 | oblong to cylindrical | 3−4.5 × 1.5−2.5 | Chen et al. (2017) |
| A. piperis | subglobose | 115−245 × 85−230 | 2.5−3.5 × 2−3 | ellipsoidal to ovoid or slightly allantoid | 3.5−5.5 × 1.5−2.5 | Chen et al. (2015) |
| A. pterospermicola | globose to subglobose, brown, glabrous | 60−330 × 67−280 | 6−10 × 3−6 | oval to oblong, occasionally bacilliform | 3−5.5 × 1.5−2 | Marin-Felix et al. (2019) |
| A. siamensis | glabrous, ovoid | 70−90 × 68−85 | 3−6 × 4−5 | hyaline, cylindrical, aseptate | 3−4 × 2−3 | Jayasiri et al. (2019) |
| A. thunbergiae | subglobose to irregular, dark brown | 39−200 × 48−230 | 4.5−7 × 4−5 | oblong to cylindrical, incidentally slightly obovoid | 3−5 × 1.5−2.5 | this study |
| A. tropica | subglobose | 100−300 | 2−6 × 3−6 | ellipsoidal | 3−4 × 1−2 | Boerema et al. (2004) |
| A. zantedeschiae | subglobose or depressed | 90−180 | - | oval or ellipsoidal | 4−7 × 2.5−3.5 | Boerema (1993) |