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