Table 2. Features distinguishing Discosia ravennica, D. fraxinea and D. neofraxinea. FeaturesDiscosia ravennica (this study)Discosia fraxinea (Nag Raj 1993)Discosia neofraxinea (Senanayake et al. 2015)Host occurrenceLeaves of Pyrus sp.Amelanchier vulgaris, Crataegus sp., Fraxinus americana, Populus sp., Sorbus americana and undetermined leavesLeaves of Fagus sylvaticaKnown distributionItalyAustria, France, Germany, U.S.A.ItalyConidiomataSuperficialErumpentSuperficialBasal stromaComposed of cells of textura angularisComposed of cells of textura prismaticaComposed of cells of textura prismaticaConidiogenous cells8-30 × 0.7-1.5 µm Subcylindrical to elongate-ampuliform7-40 × 1.5-2.5 µm Subcylindrical to langeniform or ampuliform6-40 × 1-2 μm CylindricalConidia12-16 × 1.5-3 µm (x- = 13.8 × 2.3 µm)12.5-19 × 2.5-3.5 µm (x- = 16.2 × 3 µm)15-18 × 2.5-3.5 μm (x- = 16 × 3 μm)

Published as part of Bundhun, Digvijayini, Jeewon, Rajesh, Senanayake, Indunil C., Erio Camporesi,, Aluthmuhandiram, Janith V. S., Tang, Alvin M. C., Ji-Chuan Kang,, Bhoyroo, Vishwakalyan & Hyde, Kevin D., 2021, Morpho-molecular characterization of Discosia ravennica sp. nov. and a new host record for Sporocadus rosigena, pp. 173 in MycoKeys 79 on page 173, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.79.60662