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2. Antiquities and Archaeological Sites of Southeast and Northwest Greece : Acropolis, Delphi, Meteora, Pindus Mountains, and Thermopylae
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Scoon, Roger N. and Scoon, Roger N.
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- 2021
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3. On the Greatest Challenge in the Management of Living Religious Heritage: Linking the Authenticity of Heritage and the Authenticity of Tourist Experiences to the Authenticity of Religious Tradition
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Poulios, Ioannis, Barbosa, Simone Diniz Junqueira, Editorial Board Member, Filipe, Joaquim, Editorial Board Member, Ghosh, Ashish, Editorial Board Member, Kotenko, Igor, Editorial Board Member, Yuan, Junsong, Editorial Board Member, Zhou, Lizhu, Editorial Board Member, Moropoulou, Antonia, editor, Korres, Manolis, editor, Georgopoulos, Andreas, editor, Spyrakos, Constantine, editor, and Mouzakis, Charalambos, editor
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- 2019
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4. Meteora: a Billion Years of Geological History in Greece to Create a World Heritage Site.
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Rassios, Anne Ewing, Ghikas, Dina, Dilek, Yildirim, Vamvaka, Agni, Batsi, Anna, and Koutsovitis, Petros
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The rock pinnacles of the Meteora UNESCO World Heritage Site, Central Greece, are global geologic icons but are inadequately studied. Herein, we summarize decades of observations leading to a geohistory and geoenvironmental model of the unique conditions that were essential for their creation. Via this synthesis, we hope thus to encourage further specialized studies of the West Thessaly-Meteora region and to promote the value of updating geological research within World Heritage Sites. The Meteora rock spires owe their existence to ten critical geologic episodes spread over a period of nearly a billion years. Early Miocene sedimentary deposits that make up the rock spires are derived largely from the metamorphic core complex of the exhumed Pelagonian (~ Precambrian to Permian) continental complex and include fragments of “blueschist” derived from the Miocene exhumation of Mount Olympos (subducted Triassic-Eocene carbonate banks). The Miocene sediments are deposited as turbidite formations overlain by “Gilbert-style” deltaic conglomerates. The cobble-turbidite formations comprise submarine canyon fills. The rock spires themselves result from initiation of Pleistocene erosion into a peneplain estimated, very roughly, to ~ 700,000 years in age. This geoenvironment is similar to today’s active sedimentation ongoing off the Malibu coast of California in that the deposits include “Gilbert-style” deltas and turbidites originating from an exhuming metamorphic complex, simultaneously eroding and depositing within off-shore canyons. This comparative model requires a reinterpretation of the “consensus” interpretation of the Miocene oceanic margin south of the Meteora region to one hosting more active energetic deposition and a deeper basin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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5. A Byzantine icon of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker
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TSIOURIS (Ιωάννης ΤΣΙΟΥΡΗΣ), Ioannis
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Meteora ,άγιος Νικόλαος ,φορητές εικόνες ,Μακεδονία ,14th century ,portable icons ,St Nicholas ,Macedonia ,14ος αιώνας ,Μετέωρα - Abstract
Στον ναό των Αγίων Aποστόλων Πέτρου και Παύλου στο Καστράκι Καλαμπάκας φυλάσσεται φορητή εικόνα του αγίου Νικολάου. Η απεικόνιση του αγίου σε συγκρατημένη κίνηση, η επιβλητικότητα της μορφής του, η απόδοση των προσωπογραφικών του χαρακτηριστικών, το πλάσιμο των γυμνών μελών τόσο του αγίου όσο και του Χριστού και της Παναγίας, η φωτοσκίαση, η δομή των πτυχώσεων και τα διακοσμητικά σχέδια μαρτυρούν την εργασία ενός πολύ ικανού ζωγράφου. Τα εικονογραφικά, και κυρίως τα τεχνοτροπικά, χαρακτηριστικά τοποθετούν την εικόνα στο τελευταίο τέταρτο του 14ου αιώνα., A portable icon of St Nicholas is preserved in the church of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in the village of Kastraki, near Meteora. The depiction of St Nicholas in restrained motion, the commanding figure, the rendering of his facial features, the bare parts of the Saint, as well as of Christ and the Virgin and also the halo’s decoration attest to the work of a remarkable painter. The iconographic and, above all, the stylistic features date the icon in the last quarter of the 14th century.
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- 2023
6. Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina and her depictions in post-byzantine mural paintings
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Agoritsas Demetrios C.
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Ioannina ,Epirus ,Meteora ,mural paintings ,post-byzantine art ,Chronicle of Ioannina ,Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina ,Despot Thomas Preljubović ,History (General) and history of Europe - Abstract
The Serbian Despot of Ioannina Thomas Preljubović and his wife Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina were frequently connected with religious endowments and artefacts that were donated in churches and monasteries. One of them, an icon of the “Doubting Thomas” with the depiction of Maria Palaiologina among the Apostles, was donated by Maria to the monastery of Metamorphosis (Great Meteoron) most probably in the memory of her husband Thomas. This rare iconographic type is traced in post-byzantine painted monuments in Epirus, Thessaly and Macedonia from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. The transmission of the above iconography is due to the spiritual and artistic influence of two important monastic centers, the Philanthropenos monastery in Ioannina and the Varlaam monastery in Meteora region, whose founders - the Philanthropenos and Apsaras families - were strongly connected to the Serbian rulers of Ioannina and especially Maria Palaiologina.
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- 2014
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7. Hebeloma in the Malay Peninsula: Masquerading within Psathyrella
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Nicole Schütz, Egon Horak, Ursula Eberhardt, Henry J. Beker, and Su See Lee
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Agaricomycetes ,Dipterocarpaceae ,Asia ,Far East ,Psathyrella ,Agaricomycetidae ,Zoology ,Psathyrellaceae ,Fagaceae ,ectomycorrhiza ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,03 medical and health sciences ,Genus ,Molecular Systematics ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Unikonta ,Hebeloma ,Agaricales ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,030304 developmental biology ,tropical forests ,Singapore ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,biology ,Nomenclature ,Basidiomycota ,Botany ,Synchytriales ,Malaysia ,Fungi ,biology.organism_classification ,Hymenogastraceae ,Geography ,Biogeography ,QK1-989 ,Spore print ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Gigaspermataceae ,Anamika ,Research Article - Abstract
In 1994 Corner published five new species within the genus Psathyrella, all having been collected on the Malay Peninsula between 1929 and 1930. Three of these species belong to the genus Hebeloma and with their vinaceous colored lamellae and spore print, when fresh, they belong to H. sect. Porphyrospora. Of these three species, only one, P. flavidifolia, was validly published and thus we herewith recombine it as H. flavidifolium. The other two species, P. splendens and P. verrucispora, are synonyms of H. parvisporum and H. lactariolens, respectively. We also describe a new Malayan species, H. radicans, which also belongs to H. sect. Porphyrospora. These findings confirm the western Pacific Rim as a diversity hotspot for H. sect. Porphyrospora. The records described within this paper, represent the first recognition that the genus Hebeloma, and indeed that members of the ectomycorrhizal Hymenogastraceae, are present on the Malay Peninsula.
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- 2021
8. Morphological and molecular identification of Diaporthe species in south-western China, with description of eight new species
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Xiu-Guo Zhang, Ji-Wen Xia, Wen-Xiu Sun, Zhuang Li, and Shengting Huang
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0106 biological sciences ,Asia ,Range (biology) ,Diaporthaceae ,Review Article ,01 natural sciences ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Harknessiaceae ,Sordariomycetidae ,03 medical and health sciences ,Meteora ,Diaporthe ,Ascomycota ,Phylogenetics ,Pezizomycetes ,Molecular Systematics ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Internal transcribed spacer ,Diaporthales ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Phylogeny ,Taxonomy ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,biology ,Synchytriales ,Fungi ,Species diversity ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,biology.organism_classification ,QK1-989 ,Sordariomycetes ,Taxonomy (biology) ,8 new taxa ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Diaporthe species have often been reported as plant pathogens, endophytes and saprophytes, commonly isolated from a wide range of infected plant hosts. In the present study, twenty strains obtained from leaf spots of twelve host plants in Yunnan Province of China were isolated. Based on a combination of morphology, culture characteristics and multilocus sequence analysis of the rDNA internal transcribed spacer region (ITS), translation elongation factor 1-α (TEF), β-tubulin (TUB), calmodulin (CAL), and histone (HIS) genes, these strains were identified as eight new species: Diaporthe camelliae-sinensis, D. grandiflori, D. heliconiae, D. heterostemmatis, D. litchii, D. lutescens, D. melastomatis, D. pungensis and two previously described species, D. subclavata and D. tectonendophytica. This study showed high species diversity of Diaporthe in tropical rain forests and its hosts in south-western China.
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- 2021
9. Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals new species in Rhytismataceae (Rhytismatales, Leotiomycetes, Ascomycota) from Guizhou Province, China
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Kevin D. Hyde, Jian-Kui Liu, Jin-Feng Zhang, Anusha H. Ekanayaka, and Zuo-Yi Liu
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0106 biological sciences ,Leotiomycetes ,Asia ,Rhytismatales ,Microfungi ,four new taxa ,Morphology (biology) ,Rhytismataceae ,Terriera ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,03 medical and health sciences ,karst formations ,Ascomycota ,Pezizomycetes ,lcsh:Botany ,Unikonta ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Phylogenetic tree ,biology ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,Morpho ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Taxon ,Evolutionary biology ,Hypoderma ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Research Article - Abstract
Karst formations represent a unique eco-environment. Research in the microfungi inhabiting this area is limited. During an ongoing survey of ascomycetous microfungi from karst terrains in Guizhou Province, China, we discovered four new species, which are introduced here as Hypoderma paralinderae , Terriera karsti , T. meitanensis and T. sigmoideospora placed in Rhytismataceae , based on phylogenetic analyses and morphological characters. Molecular analyses, based on concatenated LSU-ITS-mtSSU sequence data, were used to infer phylogenetic affinities. Detail descriptions and comprehensive illustrations of these new taxa are provided and relationships with the allied species are discussed, based on comparative morphology and molecular data.
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- 2020
10. A global meta-analysis of ITS rDNA sequences from material belonging to the genus Ganoderma (Basidiomycota, Polyporales) including new data from selected taxa
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Elias Polemis, Milton A. Typas, Georgios I. Zervakis, and Vassiliki Fryssouli
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Agaricomycetes ,phylogeny ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Ganodermataceae ,03 medical and health sciences ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,Sensu ,Agaricomycotina ,lcsh:Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Unikonta ,Internal transcribed spacer ,Biogeography fungal diversity ITS medicinal mushroom phylogeny taxonomy ,Clade ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Phylogenetic tree ,biology ,Basidiomycota ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Ganoderma ,biology.organism_classification ,medicinal mushroom ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,fungal diversity ,Taxon ,Biogeography ,Evolutionary biology ,Taxonomy (biology) ,ITS ,Polyporales - Abstract
GanodermaP. Karst. is a cosmopolitan genus of white-rot fungi which comprises species with highly-prized pharmaceutical properties, valuable biotechnological applications and of significant phytopathological interest. However, the status of the taxonomy within the genus is still highly controversial and ambiguous despite the progress made through molecular approaches. A metadata analysis of 3908 nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA sequences obtained from GenBank/ENA/DDBJ and UNITE was performed by targeting sequences annotated asGanoderma, but also sequences from environmental samples and from material examined for the first time.Ganodermataxa segregated into five main lineages (Clades A to E). Clade A corresponds to the core of laccate species and includesG. shanxienseand three major well-supported clusters: Cluster A.1 (‘G. lucidumsensu lato’) consists of taxa from Eurasia and North America, Cluster A.2 of material with worldwide occurrence includingG. resinaceumand Cluster A.3 is composed of species originating from all continents except Europe and comprisesG. lingzhi. Clade B includesG. applanatumand allied species with a Holarctic distribution. Clade C comprises taxa from Asia and Africa only. Clade D consists of laccate taxa with tropical/subtropical occurrence, while clade E harbours the highest number of non-laccate species with a cosmopolitan distribution. The 92Ganoderma-associated names, initially used for sequences labelling, correspond to at least 80 taxa. Amongst them, 21 constitute putatively new phylospecies after our application of criteria relevant to the robustness/support of the terminal clades, intra- and interspecific genetic divergence and available biogeographic data. Moreover, several other groups or individual sequences seem to represent distinct taxonomic entities and merit further investigation. A particularly large number of the public sequences was revealed to be insufficiently and/or incorrectly identified, for example, 87% and 78% of entries labelled asG. australeandG. lucidum, respectively. In general, ITS demonstrated high efficacy in resolving relationships amongst most of theGanodermataxa; however, it was not equally useful at elucidating species barriers across the entire genus and such cases are outlined. Furthermore, we draw conclusions on biogeography by evaluating species occurrence on a global scale in conjunction with phylogenetic structure/patterns. The sequence variability assessed in ITS spacers could be further exploited for diagnostic purposes.
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- 2020
11. Mrakia panshiensis sp. nov. a new member of the Cystofilobasidiales from soil in China, and description of the teleomorphic-stage of M. arctica
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Chun-Yue Chai, Feng-Li Hui, Cheng-Feng Shi, and Kai-Hong Zhang
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Asia ,soil-inhabiting yeasts ,Mrakia frigida ,Biology ,Cystofilobasidiales Mrakiaceae one new species soil-inhabiting yeasts taxonomy ,Cystofilobasidiales ,03 medical and health sciences ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,Fungal Diversity ,lcsh:Botany ,Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Unikonta ,Tremellomycetes ,Mrakia gelida ,one new species ,Internal transcribed spacer ,Mrakiaceae ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,030304 developmental biology ,Mrakia ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,Phylogenetic tree ,030306 microbiology ,Basidiomycota ,Synchytriales ,Fungi ,Mrakia robertii ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Cystofilobasidium ,Cystofilobasidiaceae ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Research Article - Abstract
In a study on the fungal diversity in Northeast China, twelve yeast isolates were obtained from soils collected in three provinces, Helongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning. Morphological assessment and phylogenetic analyses of the nuc rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and the D1/D2 domains of the nuc 28S rDNA (nuc 28S) gene of the 12 cultures placed them in the genus Mrakia, namely Mrakia aquatica, Mrakia arctica, Mrakia frigida, Mrakia gelida and Mrakia robertii. A total of three isolates represented a hitherto undescribed species, which is described here as M. panshiensissp. nov. (MB 834813). The species M. panshiensissp. nov. shares several morphological characters with M. niccombsii, M. aquatica, M. fibulata and M. hoshinonis. These species can be distinguished based on physiological traits and pairwise rDNA sequence similarities. The study also describes for the first time the formation of teliospores by previously described M. arctica.
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- 2020
12. The fruticose genera in the Ramalinaceae (Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes): their diversity and evolutionary history
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Antoine Simon, Nicolas Magain, Martin Guissard, Richard Spjut, and Emmanuël Sérusiaux
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Lecanorales ,Atacama ,Namib ,01 natural sciences ,Lichenized Fungi ,taxonomy ,Meteora ,Genus ,Molecular Systematics ,lcsh:Botany ,Ramalina ,Identification Key ,Phylogeny ,Palavascia ,biology ,Nomenclature ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Europe ,Type species ,Biogeography ,Vizcaíno deserts ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Crustose ,Research Article ,Ramalinaceae ,010603 evolutionary biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Ascomycota ,Pezizomycetes ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Baja California ,Niebla ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Lecanoromycetes ,Namibialina ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Vermilacinia ,biology.organism_classification ,030104 developmental biology ,Taxon ,Africa ,Atacama Baja California Namib Namibialina Niebla Ramalina taxonomy Vermilacinia Vizcaíno deserts ,Americas ,Lecanoromycetidae - Abstract
We present phylogenetic analyses of the fruticose Ramalinaceae based on extensive collections from many parts of the world, with a special focus on the Vizcaíno deserts in north-western Mexico and the coastal desert in Namibia. We generate a four-locus DNA sequence dataset for accessions ofRamalinaand two additional loci forNieblaandVermilacinia. Four genera are strongly supported: the subcosmopolitanRamalina, the new genusNamibialinaendemic to SW Africa, and a duo formed byNieblaandVermilacinia, endemic to the New World except the sorediateV. zebrinathat disjunctly occurs in Namibia. The latter three genera are restricted to coastal desert and chaparral where vegetation depends on moisture from ocean fog.Ramalinais subcosmopolitan and much more diverse in its ecology.We show thatRamalinaand its sister genusNamibialinadiverged from each other at c. 48 Myrs, whereasVermilaciniaandNieblasplit at c. 30 Myrs. The phylogeny of the fruticose genera remains unresolved to their ancestral crustose genera.Species delimitation withinNamibialinaandRamalinais rather straightforward. The phylogeny and taxonomy ofVermilaciniaare fully resolved, except for the two youngest clades of corticolous taxa, and support current taxonomy, including four new taxa described here. Secondary metabolite variation inNieblagenerally coincides with major clades which are comprised of species complexes with still unresolved phylogenetic relationships. A micro-endemism pattern of allopatric species is strongly suspected for both genera, except for the corticolous taxa withinVermilacinia. BothNieblaand saxicolousVermilaciniahave chemotypes unique to species clades that are largely endemic to the Vizcaíno deserts.The following new taxa are described:Namibialinagen. nov.withN. melanothrix(comb. nov.) as type species, a single new species ofRamalina(R. krogiae) and four new species ofVermilacinia(V. breviloba,V. lacunosa,V. pustulataandV. reticulata). The new combinationV. granulansis introduced. Two epithets are re-introduced for EuropeanRamalinaspecies:R. crispans(=R. peruvianaauct. eur.) andR. rosacea(=R. bourgeanaauct. p.p). A lectotype is designated forVermilacinia procera. A key to saxicolous species ofVermilaciniais presented.
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- 2020
13. Three new species of Junghuhnia (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) from China
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Fang Wu, Ping Du, and Xue-Mei Tian
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0106 biological sciences ,Agaricomycetes ,Asia ,Hypha ,Steccherinaceae ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Meteora ,03 medical and health sciences ,Polypore ,lcsh:Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Polyporales ,DNA barcoding ,Hymenium ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Phylogeny ,Molecular systematics ,Steccherinaceae polypore wood-inhabiting fungi ,Junghuhnia ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,biology ,Basidiomycota ,Synchytriales ,Fungi ,Meruliaceae ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,wood-inhabiting fungi ,Nandina ,polypore ,Hymenophore ,Clamp connection ,Research Article ,Identification key - Abstract
In this study, taxonomic and phylogenetic analyses of Junghuhnia were performed. Three new species were characterised according to morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic analysis using ITS and nLSU sequences. They are J. austrosinensissp. nov., J. nandinaesp. nov. and J. subcollabenssp. nov.Junghuhnia austrosinensis is characterised by resupinate, thin basidiomata with white to buff-yellow hymenophore, small pores (9–11 per mm), clamped generative hyphae possessing hymenial cystidia, ellipsoid basidiospores (2.5–3 × 1.7–2 µm) and growth on fallen bamboo or angiosperm branch. Junghuhnia nandinae is characterised by resupinate basidiomata with pink to salmon pores and a distinct white margin, clamp generative hyphae, interwoven tramal hyphae, ellipsoid basidiospores measuring 2.6–3.2 × 1.8–2 µm and growth on Nandina domestica. Junghuhnia subcollabens is characterised by resupinate basidiomata with pale salmon to brownish vinaceous hymenophore, small pores (10–12 per mm), generative hyphae with simple septa and clamp connections, interwoven tramal hyphae, lunate basidiospores measuring 2.9–3.4 × 1.6–1.8 µm and thriving on rotten wood of angiosperms.
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- 2020
14. Two new species of Perenniporia (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)
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Shi-Liang Liu, Chao-Ge Wang, and Fang Wu
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Agaricomycetes ,Asia ,Hypha ,phylogeny ,Perenniporia ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Polyporaceae ,Meteora ,03 medical and health sciences ,Polypore ,lcsh:Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Polyporales ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,biology ,Basidiomycota ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,phylogeny polypore taxonomy wood-decaying fungi ,South America ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,wood-decaying fungi ,polypore ,Basidiocarp ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Research Article - Abstract
Two new species of Perenniporia, P. pseudotephroporasp. nov. and P. subcorticolasp. nov., are introduced respectively from Brazil and China based on morphological characteristics and molecular data. Perenniporia pseudotephropora is characterised by perennial, pileate basidiocarps with distinctly stratified tubes, grey pores, tissues becoming dark in KOH, a dimitic hyphal system with slightly dextrinoid arboriform skeletal hyphae and broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, truncate, weakly dextrinoid, cyanophilous basidiospores, measuring 4.9–5.2 × 4–4.8 μm. Perenniporia subcorticola is characterised by resupinate basidiocarps, yellow pores with thick dissepiments, tissues becoming dark in KOH, flexuous skeletal hyphae, ellipsoid, truncate and slightly dextrinoid basidiospores, measuring 4.2–5 × 3.5–4.2 µm. The morphologically-similar species and phylogenetically closely-related species to the two new species are discussed.
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- 2020
15. Taxonomy and phylogeny of Sidera (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota): four new species and keys to species of the genus
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Fang Wu, Xue-Mei Tian, Rui Du, Genevieve M Gate, and Yu-Cheng Dai
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0106 biological sciences ,Agaricomycetes ,Identification key ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Cantharellales ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,03 medical and health sciences ,Hymenochaetales ,Polypore ,lcsh:Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Internal transcribed spacer ,Phylogeny ,Rickenellaceae ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Sidera ,wood-rotting fungi ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,biology ,Basidiomycota ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Phylogeny Rickenellaceae taxonomy wood-rotting fungi ,Basidiocarp ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Cantharellaceae - Abstract
Sidera is a polypore genus with white to cream or buff basidiomata, whose species in Hymenochaetales are poorly known. We study the phylogeny and diversity of Sidera based on our recent collections from tropic and subtropic Asian-Pacific regions. Phylogenetic analyses based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and nuclear large subunit (nLSU) ribosomal RNA gene regions indicate that ten terminal lineages are well supported within Sidera. Based on morphological examination and phylogeny, four new species, viz. Sidera minutissima, S. parallela, S. srilankensis and S. tenuis are described, and a new combination, Sidera minutipora, is proposed. All these species are illustrated. Sidera minutissima is characterized by tiny basidiomata with bluish pores when fresh, generative hyphae dominating at the dissepiment edges, the presence of cystidioles, and allantoid basidiospores measuring 3.8–4.4 × 0.9–1.3 μm. Sidera parallela differs from other poroid species in the genus by having parallel tramal hyphae in combination with lunate basidiospores measuring 2.8–3.3 × 0.9–1.2 μm. Sidera srilankensis have generative and skeletal hyphae co-dominating at the dissepiment edges, and lunate basidiospores measuring 3.5–4 × 1–1.3 μm. Sidera tenuis is distinguished by small pores (8–10 per mm) and relatively long allantoid basidiospores measuring 4.2–5 × 0.8–1 μm. Sidera minutipora is characterized by buff to olivaceous buff basidiomata when dry, 5–7 pores per mm, rosette-like crystals rare, and allantoid basidiospores measuring 3.7–4.3 × 1–1.3 μm. An identification key to all accepted species is provided.
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- 2020
16. The genus Clavariadelphus (Clavariadelphaceae, Gomphales) in China
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Zai-Wei Ge, Xian Li, Hong-Yan Huang, Li-Ping Tang, Jie Zhao, and Ping Zhang
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0106 biological sciences ,Agaricomycetes ,Zoology ,Clavarioid fungi taxonomy molecular systematics new taxa species diversity ,Clavariadelphus ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,new taxa ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Gomphales ,taxonomy ,03 medical and health sciences ,Meteora ,Clavariadelphaceae ,Clavarioid fungi ,lcsh:Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Unikonta ,molecular systematics ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,species diversity ,Phylogenetic tree ,biology ,Basidiomycota ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Species diversity ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Taxon ,Molecular phylogenetics ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Phallomycetidae - Abstract
Clavariadelphus species (Clavariadelphaceae, Gomphales) in China were examined using morphology, molecular phylogenetic analyses of ITS data and chemical reactions. Eleven taxa were identified in China, including four species known previously to occur in China (C. griseoclavus, C. ligula, C. sachalinensis and C. yunnanensis), two new record species from China (C. elongatus and C. himalayensis), four novel species (C. alpinus, C. amplus, C. gansuensis and C. khinganensis) and one species that could not be described due to the paucity of material. Finally, we also provided a taxonomic key for the identification of Clavariadelphus species in China.
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- 2020
17. Checklist of thallus-forming Laboulbeniomycetes from Belgium and the Netherlands, including Hesperomyces halyziae and Laboulbenia quarantenae spp. nov
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Danny Haelewaters and André De Kesel
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0301 basic medicine ,Laboulbeniales ,Dytiscidae ,Identification key ,Bembidion ,Meteora ,Laboulbeniaceae ,lcsh:Botany ,SPECIFICITY ,integrative taxonomy ,TREE ,Palavascia ,biology ,Laboulbeniomycetes ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,Species Inventories ,030108 mycology & parasitology ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,ALIGNMENT ,Hesperomyces ,COLEOPTERA ,Agathidium ,Laboulbenia ,Herpomycetales ,Research Article ,Western Europe ,Zoology ,arthropod-associated fungi ,2 new taxa ,2 new taxa arthropod-associated fungi Ascomycota Herpomycetales integrative taxonomy key Laboulbeniales ,03 medical and health sciences ,GENUS ,key ,Ascomycota ,Pezizomycetes ,Unikonta ,DNA barcoding ,Rodaucea ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,Leiodidae ,IDENTIFICATION ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Biology and Life Sciences ,FUNGI ,DNA ,biology.organism_classification ,EVOLUTION ,030104 developmental biology - Abstract
In this paper we present an updated checklist of thallus-forming Laboulbeniomycetes (Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina), that is, the orders Herpomycetales and Laboulbeniales, from Belgium and the Netherlands. Two species are newly described based on morphology, molecular data (ITS, LSU ribosomal DNA) and ecology (host association). These areHesperomyces halyziaeonHalyzia sedecimguttata(Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from both countries andLaboulbenia quarantenaeonBembidion biguttatum(Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Belgium. In addition, nine new country records are presented. For Belgium:Laboulbenia aubryionAmara aranea(Coleoptera, Carabidae) andRhachomyces spinosusonSyntomus foveatus(Coleoptera, Carabidae). For the Netherlands:Chitonomyces melanurusonLaccophilus minutus(Coleoptera, Dytiscidae),Euphoriomyces agathidiionAgathidium laevigatum(Coleoptera, Leiodidae),Laboulbenia fasciculataonOmophron limbatum(Coleoptera, Carabidae),Laboulbenia metabletionSyntomus foveatusandS. truncatellus(Coleoptera, Carabidae),Laboulbenia pseudomaseionPterostichus melanarius(Coleoptera, Carabidae),Rhachomyces canariensisonTrechus obtusus(Coleoptera, Carabidae), andStigmatomyces hydrelliaeonHydrellia albilabris(Diptera, Ephydridae). Finally, an identification key to 140 species of thallus-forming Laboulbeniomycetes in Belgium and the Netherlands is provided. Based on the combined data, we are able to identify mutual gaps that need to be filled as well as weigh the impact of chosen strategies (fieldwork, museum collections) and techniques in these neighboring countries. The aim of this work is to serve as a reference for studying Laboulbeniomycetes fungi in Europe.
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18. Morpho-molecular diversity of Linocarpaceae (Chaetosphaeriales): Claviformispora gen. nov. from decaying branches of Phyllostachys heteroclada
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Rajesh Jeewon, Chunlin Yang, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Xiulan Xu, Qian-Gang Xiao, and Yinggao Liu
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Asia ,Liliopsida ,Poaceae ,Phyllostachys heteroclada ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Sordariomycetidae ,Meteora ,03 medical and health sciences ,Chaetosphaeriales ,Ascomycota ,Phylogenetics ,Genus ,Linocarpaceae ,Pezizomycetes ,lcsh:Botany ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Plantae ,Phyllostachys ,Phylogeny ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,biology ,Phylogenetic tree ,Nomenclature ,Poales ,bambusicolous fungi ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,bambusicolous fungi one new genus and species phylogeny taxonomy ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,Morpho ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Tracheophyta ,Taxon ,Sordariomycetes ,Taxonomy (biology) ,one new genus and species ,Neolinocarpon ,Research Article - Abstract
In this paper, Claviformisporagen. nov. in Linocarpaceae is introduced from Phyllostachys heteroclada in Sichuan Province, China. The new genus is characterised by its distinct morphological characters, such as ostiole with periphyses, asci with a thick doughnut-shaped, J- apical ring and clavate ascospore without septum-like band and appendage. Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Inference phylogenetic analyses, based on DNA sequence data from ITS, LSU, SSU and TEF-1α regions, provide further evidence that the fungus is a distinct genus within this family. The new genus is compared with similar genera, such as Linocarpon and Neolinocarpon. Descriptions, illustrations and notes are provided for the new taxon.
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19. A taxonomic reassessment of the genus Balsamia from China
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Yu-Yan Xu, Ting Li, Li Fan, and Xiang-Yuan Yan
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Helvellaceae ,Peridium ,Asia ,Ascomycota Helvellaceae Hypogeous fungi phylogeny taxonomy ,phylogeny ,Pezizomycetidae ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Pezizales ,Barssia ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,03 medical and health sciences ,Ascomycota ,Hypogeous fungi ,Pezizomycetes ,lcsh:Botany ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Balsamia ,China ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,biology ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,Chorioactidaceae ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Molecular analysis ,Ascocarp ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Research Article - Abstract
Molecular analysis of the genus Balsamia was conducted with ITS and 28S sequences available, including newly gained sequences from Chinese specimens. Combined with the morphological examinations, a new hypogeous species, Balsamia lishanensis was described and illustrated from North China, which is morphologically characterized by reddish brown ascomata covered with fine warts, the whitish gleba with numerous small chambers, 3–5 layers peridium with reddish brown polygonal cells and the smooth and regular ellipsoid ascospores with one large oil drop. Two species previously described as Barssia were transferred to Balsamia. Balsamia platyspora was confirmed to be in existence in China based on newly collected specimen. A key to the Chinese Balsamia species was provided.
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20. Hygrophorus subsection Hygrophorus (Hygrophoraceae, Agaricales) in China
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Tie-Zhi Liu, Yue-Qiu Li, Xiao-Lan He, Ming Zhang, Chao-Qun Wang, Nian-Kai Zeng, Jian-Wei Liu, Jiang Xu, Wei-Qiang Qin, Tie-Zheng Wei, Tai-Hui Li, Ya-Heng Shen, and Xiang-Hua Wang
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Agaricomycetes ,Asia ,Agaricomycetidae ,Hygrophorus ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,waxycap ,03 medical and health sciences ,taxonomy ,Meteora ,Hygrophoraceae ,lcsh:Botany ,Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Unikonta ,Agaricales ,Internal transcribed spacer ,East Asia ,Phylogeny ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,molecular systematics ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,biology ,Phylogenetic tree ,Basidiomycota ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Taxon ,woodwax ,Molecular phylogenetics ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Gigaspermataceae ,Research Article ,East Asia molecular systematics taxonomy waxycap woodwax - Abstract
Hygrophorus subsect. Hygrophorus has been relatively well-studied in Europe and North America, but studies on the taxa in Asia, particularly in China, are still limited. In this study, phylogenetic overviews of genus Hygrophorus, based on the nuclear large subunit (LSU) ribosomal RNA gene and of subsect. Hygrophorus, based on the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions were generated. Four new species, i.e. H. brunneodiscus, H. fuscopapillatus, H. glutiniceps and H. griseodiscus are described from southern China; and a rarely reported edible species H. hedrychii is described in detail, based upon the materials from north-eastern China. The main characteristics of the species under subsect. Hygrophorus worldwide are summarised in a table.
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21. Three new Diaporthe species from Shaanxi Province, China
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Cheng-Ming Tian, Ning Jiang, and Qin Yang
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Systematics ,Diaporthaceae Dieback DNA phylogeny Systematics Taxonomy ,Diaporthaceae ,Harknessiaceae ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Sordariomycetidae ,Meteora ,03 medical and health sciences ,Intergenic region ,Ascomycota ,Diaporthe ,lcsh:Botany ,Pezizomycetes ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Diaporthales ,DNA phylogeny ,Internal transcribed spacer ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,biology ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,Sordariomycetes ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Dieback - Abstract
Diaporthe species (Sordariomycetes, Diaporthales) are often reported as important plant pathogens, saprobes and endophytes on a wide range of plant hosts. In this study, Diaporthe specimens were collected from symptomatic twigs and branches at the Huoditang Forest Farm in Shaanxi Province, China. Identification was done using a combination of morphology and comparison of DNA sequence data of the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS), calmodulin (cal), histone H3 (his3), partial translation elongation factor-1α (tef1) and β-tubulin (tub2) gene regions. Three new Diaporthe species are proposed: D. albosinensis, D. coryli and D. shaanxiensis. All species are illustrated and their morphology and phylogenetic relationships with other Diaporthe species are discussed.
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22. First record of Harpellales, Orphellales (Kickxellomycotina) and Amoebidiales (Mesomycetozoea) from Bulgaria, including a new species of Glotzia
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Desislava Stoianova and Laia Guàrdia Valle
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0106 biological sciences ,Not assigned ,Ichthyosporea ,Zancudomyces ,Harpellales ,Microbiologia ,Balkans ,Mesomycetozoea ,01 natural sciences ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Meteora ,Insectes aquàtics ,lcsh:Botany ,Trichomycetes ,0303 health sciences ,Intestins ,Palavascia ,biology ,Gut fungi ,trichomycetes ,symbiosis ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Europe ,Zoopagomycotina ,Amoebidiales ,Biogeography ,Aquatic insects ,Choanozoa ,aquatic insects ,Kickxellomycotina ,Research Article ,Rare species ,Zoology ,Legeriomycetaceae ,010603 evolutionary biology ,aquatic insects Balkans gut fungi symbiosis trichomycetes Zoopagomycotina ,03 medical and health sciences ,Sensu ,Orphellales ,Unikonta ,Protozoa ,Symbiosis ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,Synchytriales ,Fungi ,biology.organism_classification ,Glotzia ,gut fungi ,Arthropod ,Zygomycota - Abstract
This paper presents the results obtained from a short survey performed in Bulgaria, southeast Europe, where the trichomycetes (sensu lato), an ecological group of arthropod gut endosymbionts, were previously completely unknown. The present study initiates the comprehension of these cryptic organisms, members of the Kickxellomycotina (Harpellales, Orphellales) and the Mesomycetozoea (Amoebidiales), in this Balkan country. Eighteen new geographic records for Bulgaria are reported, including 10 species of Harpellales, three species of Orphellales and five species of Amoebidiales. Within the Harpellales, the species Glotzia balkanensissp. nov. is described. This new species is most related to the rare species G. centroptili Gauthier ex Manier & Lichtw. and G. stenospora White & Lichtw., but is differentiated by spore and thallial characteristics. Photographs are provided and biogeographic implications of these records are discussed.
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23. Additions to the genus Chroogomphus (Boletales, Gomphidiaceae) from Pakistan
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Khushbakht Zamir, Ammara Sattar, Munazza Kiran, Abdul Nasir Khalid, and Danny Haelewaters
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Agaricomycetes ,Gomphidiaceae ,Agaricomycetidae ,Zoology ,phylogeny ,ECTOMYCORRHIZAE ,2 new taxa ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,03 medical and health sciences ,Chroogomphus ,FORESTS ,Phylogenetics ,lcsh:Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,evolution ,RUTILUS ,Unikonta ,macrofungi ,Internal transcribed spacer ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,IDENTIFICATION ,biology ,Boletales ,Basidiomycota ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Biology and Life Sciences ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,MYCORRHIZAE ,multi-locus phylogeny ,Taxon ,Phaeoradulum guadelupense ,2 new taxa Basidiomycota Boletales coniferous forests macrofungi phylogeny taxonomy ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Subgenus ,coniferous forests - Abstract
With only three published reports, the genus Chroogomphus (Boletales, Gomphidiaceae) is poorly studied in Pakistan. During recent sampling events in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province, Pakistan, several collections of Chroogomphus were made, representing undescribed taxa. Based on morphological and molecular data, two new species are described: Chroogomphus pakistanicus and C. pruinosus. We present a description and illustrations for both taxa. A molecular phylogenetic reconstruction, based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS1–5.8S–ITS2) barcode region, shows that C. pakistanicus and C. pruinosus are placed in two different subgenera of Chroogomphus (subg. Chroogomphus and subg. Siccigomphus, respectively).
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24. Two new species of Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) from southern China based on morphological characters and molecular evidence
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Yu-Cheng Dai and Qian Chen
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Agaricomycetes ,food.ingredient ,Biology ,Fuscoporia ,Hymenochaetaceae ,phylogeny ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,03 medical and health sciences ,Hymenochaetales ,food ,lcsh:Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,030304 developmental biology ,wood-rotting fungi ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,Phylogenetic tree ,Basidiomycota ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Seta ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Basidiocarp ,Taxonomy (biology) - Abstract
Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetaceae) is characterized by annual to perennial, resupinate to pileate basidiocarps, a dimitic hyphal system, presence of hymenial setae, and hyaline, thin-walled, smooth basidiospores. Phylogenetic analyses based on the nLSU and a combined ITS, nLSU and RPB2 datasets of 18 species of Fuscoporia revealed two new lineages that are equated to two new species; Fuscoporia ramulicolasp. nov. grouped together with F. ferrea, F. punctatiformis, F. subferrea and F. yunnanensis with a strong support; Fuscoporia acutimarginatasp. nov. formed a strongly supported lineage distinct from other species. The individual morphological characters of the new species and their related species are discussed. A key to Chinese species of Fuscoporia is provided.
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25. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Leptographium olivaceum complex (Ophiostomatales, Ascomycota), including descriptions of six new species from China and Europe
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Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Michael J. Wingfield, Riikka Linnakoski, Xudong Zhou, and Mingliang Yin
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Leptographium ,Bark beetle ,Asia ,Far East ,bark beetle ,Ophiostomataceae ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Sordariomycetidae ,03 medical and health sciences ,Meteora ,Intergenic region ,Ophiostomatales ,Ascomycota ,Phylogenetics ,lcsh:Botany ,Pezizomycetes ,Botany ,Unikonta ,DNA barcoding ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Phylogeny ,integrative taxonomy ,030304 developmental biology ,Taxonomy ,new species ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,biology ,Phylogenetic tree ,Synchytriales ,Fungi ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Ascocarp ,Sordariomycetes ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Research Article - Abstract
TheLeptographium olivaceacomplex encompasses species in the broadly defined genusLeptographium(Ophiostomatales, Ascomycota) that are generally characterized by synnematous conidiophores. Most species of the complex are associates of conifer-infesting bark beetles in Europe and North America. The aims of this study were to reconsider the delineation of known species, and to confirm the identity of several additional isolates resemblingL. olivaceathat have emerged from recent surveys in China, Finland, Poland, Russia, and Spain. Phylogenetic analyses of sequence data for five loci (ACT, TUB, CAL, ITS2-LSU, and TEF-1α) distinguished 14 species within the complex. These included eight known species (L. cucullatum,L. davidsonii,L. erubescens,L. francke-grosmanniae,L. olivaceum,L. olivaceapini,L. sagmatosporum, andL. vescum) and six new species (herein described asL. breviuscapum,L. conplurium,L. pseudoalbum,L. rhizoidum,L. sylvestris, andL. xiningense). New combinations are provided forL. cucullatum,L. davidsonii,L. erubescens,L. olivaceum,L. olivaceapini,L. sagmatosporumandL. vescum. New Typifications: Lectotypes are designated forL. olivaceum,L. erubescensandL. sagmatosporum. Epitypes were designated forL. olivaceapiniandL. sagmatosporum. In addition to phylogenetic separation, the synnematous asexual states and ascomata with almost cylindrical necks and prominent ostiolar hyphae, distinguish theL. olivaceumcomplex from others inLeptographium.
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26. Neptunomyces aureus gen. et sp. nov. (Didymosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales) isolated from algae in Ria de Aveiro, Portugal
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Artur Alves, Micael F. M. Gonçalves, Tânia F. L. Vicente, Ana Cristina Esteves, and Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
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Didymosphaeriaceae ,phylogeny ,Anamorphic Fungi ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Dawsophila ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,03 medical and health sciences ,Ascomycota ,Phylogenetics ,Genus ,lcsh:Botany ,Pezizomycetes ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Marine fungi ,Pleosporales ,Ribosomal DNA ,Phylogeny ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Portugal ,biology ,marine fungi ,fungi ,Synchytriales ,Fungi ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Europe ,Taxon ,Dothideomycetes ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Gracilaria ,Research Article - Abstract
A collection of fungi was isolated from macroalgae of the generaGracilaria,EnteromorphaandUlvain the estuary Ria de Aveiro in Portugal. These isolates were characterized through a multilocus phylogeny based on ITS region of the ribosomal DNA, beta-tubulin (tub2) and translation elongation factor 1 alpha (tef1-α) sequences, in conjunction with morphological and physiological data. These analyses showed that the isolates represented an unknown fungus for which a new genus,Neptunomycesgen. nov.and a new species,Neptunomyces aureussp. nov.are proposed. Phylogenetic analyses supported the affiliation of this new taxon to the family Didymosphaeriaceae.
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27. Two new species of Lactifluus (Fungi, Russulales) from tropical Quercus forest in eastern Mexico
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Leticia Montoya, Antero Ramos, Victor M. Bandala, and Abraham Caro
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Fructification ,Agaricomycetes ,milkcaps new taxa ,food.ingredient ,Lactifluus ,oak forests ,Fagaceae ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Meteora ,Magnoliopsida ,Quercus ,03 medical and health sciences ,food ,Russulaceae ,Phylogenetics ,lcsh:Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Ectomycorrhizal fungi ,Plantae ,Russulales ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,biology ,Phylogenetic tree ,Basidiomycota ,Synchytriales ,Fungi ,biology.organism_classification ,Quercus oleoides ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Tracheophyta ,Neotropical fungi ,Taxon ,Fagales ,Americas ,Subgenus ,Research Article - Abstract
Two new species of Lactifluus subgenus Lactifluus were discovered during a three-year monitoring of the ectomycorrhizal fungi in a tropical oak forest from central Veracruz, Mexico. Systematic sampling of basidiomes allowed recording of the morphological variation of fruit-bodies in different growth stages along with their fructification season. Both new species were distinguished, based on macro- and micromorphological features and on molecular data. A phylogenetic analysis of a concatenated nuc rDNA ITS, D1 and D2 domains of nuc 28S rDNA (LSU) and the 6–7 region of the second largest subunit of the RNA polymerase II (rpb2) sequence dataset of species of Lactifluus is provided. In the phylogeny inferred, one of the new species is sister to L. dissitus Van de Putte, K. Das & Verbeken and the other belongs to the group of species of L. piperatus (L.) Kuntze, sister to an unidentified species from U.S.A. The studied taxa grow under Quercus oleoides in the study site. The species are presented and illustrated here.
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28. Clitopilus lampangensis (Agaricales, Entolomataceae), a new species from northern Thailand
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Jaturong Kumla, Witchaphart Sungpalee, Nakarin Suwannarach, Kriangsak Sri-ngernyuang, and Saisamorn Lumyong
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0106 biological sciences ,Agaricomycetes ,Asia ,Agaricomycetidae ,phylogeny ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Calliderma indigofera ,tropics ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Meteora ,03 medical and health sciences ,Phylogenetics ,Genus ,lcsh:Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,morphology ,Unikonta ,Agaricales ,Clitopilus ,Entolomataceae ,Ribosomal DNA ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,biology ,Phylogenetic tree ,Basidiomycota ,Synchytriales ,Fungi ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,gill mushroom ,Evolutionary biology ,Gigaspermataceae ,Research Article - Abstract
A new species of agaricomycetes, Clitopilus lampangensis, is described based on collections from northern Thailand. This species was distinguished from previously described Clitopilus species by its pale yellow to grayish yellow pileus with the presence of wider caulocystidia. Molecular phylogenetic analyses, based on the data of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and the large subunit (LSU) of the nuclear ribosomal DNA, and the second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (rbp2) genes, also support the finding that C. lampangensis is distinct from other species within the genus Clitopilus. A full description, color photographs, illustrations and a phylogenetic tree showing the position of C. lampangensis are provided.
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29. Understanding the evolution of phenotypical characters in the Micarea prasina group (Pilocarpaceae) and descriptions of six new species within the group
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Guzow-Krzeminska, Beata, Serusiaux, Emmanuel, van den Boom, Pieter P. G., Brand, A. Maarten, Launis, Annina, Lubek, Anna, Kukwa, Martin, Botany, and Finnish Museum of Natural History
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Lecanorales ,Micarea prasina ,Lichenized Fungi ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,Pilocarpaceae ,Ascomycota ,Micarea ,Pezizomycetes ,lichenised fungi ,lcsh:Botany ,PCR PRIMERS ,RDNA ,morphology ,Unikonta ,Phylogeny ,SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT ,Palavascia ,secondary metabolites ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,Ancestral state reconstruction ,PARMELIACEAE ,RAIN-FOREST ,DNA ,Ascomycote-containing lichens ,mtSSU rDNA ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Europe ,SP NOV ,LICHENIZED ASCOMYCOTA ,1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology ,LEPRARIA LECANORALES ,Lecanoromycetes ,MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS ,Research Article ,Lecanoromycetidae - Abstract
Six new Micarea species are described from Europe. Phylogenetic analyses, based on three loci, i.e. mtSSU rDNA, Mcm7 and ITS rDNA and ancestral state reconstructions, were used to evaluate infra-group divisions and the role of secondary metabolites and selected morphological characters on the taxonomy in the M. prasina group. Two main lineages were found within the group. The Micarea micrococca clade consists of twelve species, including the long-known M. micrococca and the newly described M. microsorediata, M. nignz and M. pauli. Within this Glade, most species produce methoxymicareic acid, with the exceptions of M. levicula and M. viaikprosa producing gyrophoric acid. The M. prasina dade includes the newly described M. azorica closely related to M. prasina s.str., M. aeruginoprusina sp. nov. and M. isidiopnzsina sp. nov. The species within this Glade are characterised by the production of micareic acid, with the exception of M. herbarum which lacks any detectable substances and M. subviridescens that produces prasinic acid. Based on our reconstructions, it was concluded that the ancestor of the M. prasina group probably had a thallus consisting of goniocysts, which were lost several times during evolution, while isidia and soredia evolved independently at multiple times. Our research supported the view that the ancestor of M. prasina group did not produce any secondary substances, but they were gained independently in different lineages, such as methoxymicareic acid which is restricted to M. micrococca and allied species or micareic acid present in the M. prasina clade.
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30. Reassessment of the generic limits for Hydnellum and Sarcodon (Thelephorales, Basidiomycota)
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Ellen Larsson, Sten Svantesson, Urmas Kõljalg, Diana Miscevic, and Karl-Henrik Larsson
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Paraphyly ,Agaricomycetes ,Sarcodon ,Basidiospore ,Thelephorales ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,03 medical and health sciences ,Monophyly ,lcsh:Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Phylogeny ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,030304 developmental biology ,stipitate hydnoid ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,biology ,Basidiomycota ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Basidiocarp ,Taxonomy (biology) ,tooth fungi ,Bankeraceae ,Hydnellum - Abstract
DNA sequences from the nuclear LSU and ITS regions were used for phylogenetic analyses of Thelephorales with a focus on the stipitate hydnoid genera Hydnellum and Sarcodon. Analyses showed that Hydnellum and Sarcodon are distinct genera but that the current division, based on basidioma texture, makes Sarcodon paraphyletic with respect to Hydnellum. In order to make genera monophyletic several species are moved from Sarcodon to Hydnellum and the following new combinations are made: Hydnellumamygdaliolens, H.fennicum, H.fuligineoviolaceum, H.fuscoindicum, H.glaucopus, H.joeides, H.lepidum, H.lundellii, H.martioflavum, H.scabrosum, H.underwoodii, and H.versipelle. Basidiospore size seems to separate the genera in most cases. Hydnellum species have basidiospore lengths in the range 4.45−6.95 µm while the corresponding range for Sarcodon is 7.4−9 µm. S.quercinofibulatus deviates from this pattern with an average spore length around 6 µm. Neotropical Sarcodon species represent a separate evolutionary lineage.
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31. Phylogenetic placement of Lepraria cryptovouauxii sp. nov. (Lecanorales, Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota) with notes on other Lepraria species from South America
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Martin Kukwa, Agnieszka Jabłońska, Pamela Rodriguez-Flakus, Magdalena Kosecka, Adam Flakus, and Beata Guzow-Krzemińska
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Neotropics ,Lecanorales ,Zoology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,lichenized fungi ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,03 medical and health sciences ,Ascomycota ,Stereocaulaceae ,lcsh:Botany ,Pezizomycetes ,morphology ,Unikonta ,Lichen ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Lepraria ,Lecanoromycetes ,Palavascia ,Phylogenetic tree ,biology ,secondary metabolites ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,030108 mycology & parasitology ,biology.organism_classification ,nucITS rDNA ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Geography ,South american ,Taxonomy (biology) - Abstract
Leprariacryptovouauxiiis described as a new semicryptic species similar toL.vouauxii, from which it differs geographically (South America) and phylogenetically; both species differ in nucleotide position characters in nucITS barcoding marker.Leprariaharrisianais reported as new to South America andL.nothofagias new to Antarctica, Bolivia, and Peru.Leprariaincana(South American records are referred to L.aff.hodkinsoniana) andL.vouauxii(most South American records are referred toL.cryptovouauxii) should be excluded at least temporarily from the lichen list of South America. All records previously referred to asL.alpinafrom Bolivia and Peru belong toL.nothofagi. Most of Bolivian records ofL.pallidabelong toL.harrisiana.LeprariaborealisandL.caesioalbashould be included inL.neglecta. Leprariaachariana,L.impossibilis, andL.sipmanianaare sequenced for the first time.
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32. Diversity of Moesziomyces (Ustilaginales, Ustilaginomycotina) on Echinochloa and Leersia (Poaceae)
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Yingming Li, Roger G. Shivas, Lei Cai, and Bao-Ju Li
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Ustilaginaceae ,Liliopsida ,Ustilaginales ,Ustilaginomycetidae ,Biology ,Poaceae ,plant pathogens ,phylogeny ,Leersia ,Meteora ,03 medical and health sciences ,lcsh:Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Plantae ,Clade ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Ustilaginomycotina ,Ecology ,Phylogenetic tree ,030306 microbiology ,Poales ,Basidiomycota ,World ,Synchytriales ,Fungi ,Ustilaginomycetes ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Tracheophyta ,Herbarium ,Echinochloa ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Moesziomyces ,Research Article - Abstract
A combined ecological, morphological, and molecular approach was used to examine 26 herbarium specimens and eight strains of Moesziomyces. The phylogenetic analysis resolved eight well-supported clades, of which three contained type specimens of known species of Moesziomyces. One clade contained two specimens that produced a teleomorph in the flowers of Echinochloakimberleyensis in Australia. The name Moesziomyceskimberleyensis is proposed for this smut fungus. Another clade contained specimens that produced sori in the flowers of Leersiahexandra. The name Thecaphoraglobuligera (now Moesziomycesglobuligerus) is available for this species, which is lectotypified. The teleomorph of Moesziomycesantarcticus, previously known only from Japan, is found for the first time in China, on Echinochloacrus-galli.
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33. A new record of Ganoderma tropicum (Basidiomycota, Polyporales) for Thailand and first assessment of optimum conditions for mycelia production
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Kevin D. Hyde, Jianchu Xu, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Naritsada Thongklang, Thatsanee Luangharn, and Peter E. Mortimer
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Agaricomycetes ,Asia ,Cultivation ,phylogeny ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Ganodermataceae ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,03 medical and health sciences ,Intergenic region ,Phylogenetics ,lcsh:Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Unikonta ,Polyporales ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Mycelium ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,biology ,Phylogenetic tree ,Basidiomycota ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Thailand ,biology.organism_classification ,Dipterocarpus ,medicinal mushroom ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Maximum parsimony ,Horticulture ,morphological characteristics ,Research Article - Abstract
In this study a new record ofGanodermatropicumis described as from Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. The fruiting body was collected on the base of a livingDipterocarpustree. The sample is described on the basis of morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses, and compared with closely related taxa. Multigene phylogenetic analyses of LSU, ITS, and RPB2 highly support the placement of theG.tropicumgroup with isolates from China and Taiwan (Maximum likelihood 100%, Maximum parsimony 100%, and Bayesian posterior probabilities 1.00). The optimal media, pH, and temperature for mycelial growth of theG.tropicumstrain KUMCC18-0046 was also investigated and is reported as: PDA, MEA, and YPD, at pH 7–8 and 25–28 °C, respectively. This is the first report on the successful growing conditions for mycelial production, but unfortunately fruiting could not be achieved.
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34. A regional study of the genus Phyllopsora (Ramalinaceae) in Asia and Melanesia
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Charles Santhanaraju Vairappan, Sonja Kistenich, Patricia A. Wolseley, Einar Timdal, Mika Bendiksby, Gothamie Weerakoon, and Siril Wijesundara
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Asia ,Ramalinaceae ,Lecanorales ,TLC ,Identification key ,Rainforest ,phylogeny ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Meteora ,03 medical and health sciences ,Ascomycota ,Genus ,Pezizomycetes ,lcsh:Botany ,Unikonta ,Lichen ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,030304 developmental biology ,Molecular systematics ,Taxonomy ,Sri Lanka ,0303 health sciences ,Phyllopsora ,Palavascia ,biology ,Ecology ,Synchytriales ,Malaysia ,Fungi ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,Species Inventories ,biology.organism_classification ,Thailand ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Herbarium ,Geography ,Biogeography ,Biological dispersal ,Lecanoromycetes ,Crustose ,rainforest ,Lecanoromycetidae ,Research Article - Abstract
Phyllopsora is a crustose to squamulose lichen genus inhabiting the bark of trees in moist tropical forests and rainforests. Species identification is generally challenging and is mainly based on ascospore morphology, thallus morphology and anatomy, vegetative dispersal units, and on secondary chemistry. While regional treatments of the genus have been conducted for Africa, South America and Australia, there exists no study focusing on the Asian and Melanesian species. Previously, 24 species of Phyllopsora s. str. have been reported from major national studies and checklists representing 13 countries. We have studied herbarium material of 625 Phyllopsora specimens from 18 countries using morphology, anatomy, secondary chemistry, and molecular data to investigate the diversity of Phyllopsora species in Asia and Melanesia. We report the occurrence of 28 species of Phyllopsora including the following three species described as new to science: P. sabahana from Malaysia, P. siamensis from Thailand and P. pseudocorallina from Asia and Africa. Eight species are reported as new to Asia. A key to the Asian and Melanesian species of Phyllopsora is provided. This Journal is a supporter of open science. Open access to content is clearly marked, with text and/or the open access logo, on all materials published under this model. Unless otherwise stated, open access content is published in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (CC-BY). This particular licence allows the copying, displaying and distribution of the content at no charge, provided that the author and source are credited.
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35. Reinstatement of the corticioid genus Leifia (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) with a new species L. brevispora from Hubei, Central China
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Hong-Ling Wang, Yusufjon Gafforov, Xue-Wei Wang, Shi-Liang Liu, Li-Wei Zhou, and Xian-Ying Zhang
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Morphology ,Agaricomycetes ,Zoology ,Odonticium ,Biology ,phylogeny ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,Hymenochaetales ,Phylogenetics ,lcsh:Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Unikonta ,Hymenium ,Clade ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,Phylogenetic tree ,Basidiomycota ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,1 new taxon ,biology.organism_classification ,Basidium ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,wood-inhabiting fungi ,Hymenophore ,Taxonomy (biology) - Abstract
The monotypic genus Leifia was previously considered to be a later synonym of Odonticium. With the morphological and phylogenetic evidence provided by an additional four East Asian specimens, we propose to reinstate Leifia as an independent genus in Hymenochaetales. Leifia morphologically differs from Odonticium by its grandinioid hymenophore with hyphal strands, numerous thick-walled cystidia with an invaginated apical end and narrowly and thick-walled basidia. The phylogeny generated from the current data set of ITS and 28S regions indicates that Leifia forms a sister clade to Odonticium. Besides the generic type Leifiaflabelliradiata in the Leifia clade, two specimens, collected from Hubei, Central China, are newly introduced as Leifiabrevispora. This new species is the second species of Leifia and differs from the generic type by its shorter basidiospores and distribution in warm-temperate to subtropical areas in East Asia. The additional two specimens, collected from Da Lat, Viet Nam, differ morphologically, both from each other and from known species of Leifia, but more samples need to be examined before further taxonomic decisions can be made.
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36. A new species of Psathyrella (Psathyrellaceae, Agaricales) from Italy
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Giuseppe Pellegrino, Giovanni Sicoli, Antonio B. De Giuseppe, Anna Maria Palermo, and Nicodemo G. Passalacqua
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ORDO ,0106 biological sciences ,Agaricomycetes ,Psathyrella ,Agaricomycetidae ,Fungus ,Biology ,Psathyrellaceae ,Marshes ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Meteora ,03 medical and health sciences ,FAMILIA ,southern Italy ,Fen-sedge ,lcsh:Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Agaricales ,Botanical garden ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,Basidiomycota ,Synchytriales ,Fungi ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Europe ,Taxon ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Gigaspermataceae ,Research Article - Abstract
Sporophores of a newPsathyrellaspecies have been reported for the first time as growing at the base ofCladiummariscusculms in the Botanical Garden of the University of Calabria, Rende, Cosenza, southern Italy. The fungus was initially identified asP.thujina(=P.almerensis) by means of both ecology and macro- and microscopic characteristics of the basidiomes, then referred toP.cladii-mariscisp. nov. after extraction, amplification, purification and analysis of the rDNA ITS region. We came to this conclusion after comparing our specimen with the descriptions of the taxa available in the literature for the genusPsathyrella.
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37. Rostania revised: testing generic delimitations in Collemataceae (Peltigerales, Lecanoromycetes)
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Mats Wedin, Mónica A.G. Otálora, Martin Westberg, and Alica Košuthová
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Systematics ,Biologisk systematik ,thallus anatomy ,cyanolichens ,Classification ,nomenclature ,systematics ,taxonomy ,Biological Systematics ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,DNA sequencing ,03 medical and health sciences ,Monophyly ,Meteora ,Ascomycota ,Peltigerales ,Genus ,Pezizomycetes ,lcsh:Botany ,Unikonta ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Phylogeny ,Lecanoromycetes ,Palavascia ,Phylogenetic tree ,World ,Botany ,Synchytriales ,Fungi ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,Botanik ,biology.organism_classification ,Collemataceae ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,030104 developmental biology ,Evolutionary biology ,Molecular phylogenetics ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Research Article - Abstract
Here, we test the current generic delimitation of Rostania (Collemataceae, Peltigerales, Ascomycota) utilizing molecular phylogeny and morphological investigations. Using DNA sequence data from the mitochondrial SSU rDNA and two nuclear protein-coding genes (MCM7 and β-tubulin) and utilizing parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic methods, Rostania is shown to be non-monophyletic in the current sense. A new generic delimitation of Rostania is thus proposed, in which the genus is monophyletic, and three species (Rostania coccophylla, R. paramensis, R. quadrifida) are excluded and transferred to other genera. Rostania occultata is further non-monophyletic, and a more detailed investigation of species delimitations in Rostania s. str. is needed. The new combinations Leptogium paramense and Scytinium quadrifidum are proposed., MycoKeys (47), ISSN:1314-4049, ISSN:1314-4057
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38. The genus Hebeloma in the Rocky Mountain Alpine Zone
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Nicole Schütz, Ursula Eberhardt, Henry J. Beker, Cathy L. Cripps, Vera S. Evenson, and Egon Horak
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Systematics ,Agaricomycetes ,Agaricomycetidae ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Meteora ,fungal biodiversity ,Genus ,lcsh:Botany ,Molecular Systematics ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Unikonta ,Hebeloma ,Younger Dryas ,systematics ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,030304 developmental biology ,Taxonomy ,ectomycorrhizal ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,Arctic-alpine ,biology ,Ecology ,Basidiomycota ,Synchytriales ,Fungi ,Alpine climate ,biology.organism_classification ,Hymenogastraceae ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Geography ,Habitat ,North America ,Gigaspermataceae ,ITS ,Agaricales ,Arctic–alpine ,Research Article ,A.H. Smith - Abstract
Numerous taxa ofHebelomahave been reported in association withSalix,Dryas, andBetulain arctic-alpine habitats. However, species are notoriously difficult to delineate because morphological features overlap, and previously there was little reliable molecular data available. Recent progress in ITS-sequencing within the genus, coupled with an extensive database of parametrically described collections, now allows comparisons between species and their distributions. Here we report 16 species ofHebelomafrom the Rocky Mountain alpine zone from some of the lowest latitudes (latitude 36°–45°N) and highest elevations (3000–4000 m) for arctic-alpine fungi in the northern hemisphere. Twelve of these species have been reported from arctic-alpine habitats in Europe and Greenland and are now molecularly confirmed from the Middle and Southern Rockies, greatly expanding their distribution. These are:Hebelomaalpinum,H.aurantioumbrinum,H.dunense,H.hiemale,H.marginatulum,H.mesophaeum,H.nigellum,H.oreophilum,H.subconcolor,H.spetsbergense,H.vaccinum, andH.velutipes. Hebelomahygrophilumis known from subalpine habitats in Europe, but was never recorded in arctic-alpine ecology. Three species recorded from the Rockies, but as yet not reported from Europe, areH.alpinicola,H.avellaneum, andH.excedens. The last two have never previously been reported from an arctic-alpine habitat. For all three of these species, the holotypes have been studied morphologically and molecularly, and have been incorporated into the analysis.
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39. New species and records of Pyxine (Caliciaceae) in China
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An-Cheng Yin, Dong Liu, Mei-Xia Yang, Yan Yun Zhang, Xin Yu Wang, Li Juan Li, Li-Song Wang, and Christoph Scheidegger
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,China ,Asia ,Pyxine ,Lichexanthone ,phylogeny ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Lichenized Fungi ,03 medical and health sciences ,Meteora ,Stipe (botany) ,Ascomycota ,Pezizomycetes ,lichenised fungi ,lcsh:Botany ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Physciaceae ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,new species ,Palavascia ,biology ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Caliciaceae ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,030108 mycology & parasitology ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Ascocarp ,Key (lock) ,Teloschistales ,Lecanoromycetes ,Population Genetics ,Research Article ,Lecanoromycetidae - Abstract
In this study, the diversity of Pyxine Fr. in China was assessed based on morphological and chemical traits and molecular data are inferred from ITS and mtSSU sequences. Nineteen species were recognised, including three that are new to science (i.e. P.flavicans M. X. Yang & Li S. Wang, P.hengduanensis M. X. Yang & Li S. Wang and P.yunnanensis M. X. Yang & Li S. Wang) and three records new to China were found (i.e. P.cognata Stirt., P.himalayensis Awas. and P.minuta Vain.). Pyxineyunnanensis is diagnosed by the small size of the apothecia, a white medulla of the stipe and the presence of lichexanthone. Pyxineflavicans is characterised by broad lobes, a pale yellow medulla of the stipe and the presence of atranorin. Pyxinehengduanensis can be distinguished by its pale yellow medulla, marginal labriform soralia and the absence of atranorin. Detailed descriptions of each new species are presented, along with a key to the known species of Pyxine in China.
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40. First Molecular Characterization of the Elusive Marine Protist Meteora sporadica.
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Galindo, Luis Javier, López-García, Purificación, and Moreira, David
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DATABASE searching ,RIBOSOMAL RNA ,LAGOONS ,MORPHOLOGY ,DEEP-sea corals - Abstract
Meteora sporadica is a protist species first described by Hausmann et al. (2002) in deep-sea sediments from the Sporades Basin, Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Due to its unusual morphology and locomotion, very different from those of other high-rank eukaryotic taxa, it was classified as an incertae sedis species. Unfortunately, its morphological characterization was not accompanied by the generation of molecular data, preventing its placement in molecular phylogenetic trees including other protist lineages. Here, we report the observation of protist cells in sediments from a shallow marine lagoon in the Mediterranean Sea with morphological characteristics indistinguishable from those of Meteora sporadica. Given this similarity and the geographical proximity to the type location, we consider that the organism that we observed likely corresponded to the type species, M. sporadica , which seems to be a benthic predator spanning from shallow to deep-sea habitats. We determined the 18S rRNA gene sequence of M. sporadica from micromanipulated cells. Searches in sequence databases did not yield closely related hits, suggesting that Meteora is a rare organism. Phylogenetic analyses did not show any close affinity with other eukaryotic groups, supporting its initial incertae sedis status and suggesting that it may define a new high-rank level eukaryotic lineage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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41. Melanospora (Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota) and its relatives
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Josep Guarro, Alberto M. Stchigel, Andrew N. Miller, José F. Cano-Lira, Yasmina Marin-Felix, Dania García, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, and Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Evolutionary Phytopathology
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0301 basic medicine ,Melanospora ,Echinusitheca ,Melanosporales ,Microthecium ,soil ,Meteora ,03 medical and health sciences ,Ascomycota ,Genus ,Pezizomycetes ,lcsh:Botany ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Dactylidispora ,Animalia ,Phylogeny ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,4 new taxa ,Palavascia ,biology ,World ,Sphaerodes ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,Sordariomycetes ,030108 mycology & parasitology ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Pseudomicrothecium ,Ascocarp ,030104 developmental biology ,Ceratostomataceae ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Research Article - Abstract
The order Melanosporales comprises a large group of ascomycetes, most of them mycoparasites, characterized by the production of usually ostiolate, translucent ascomata, unitunicate asci, and unicellular, pigmented ascospores with germ pores or germ slits. The most studied taxa areMelanosporaandSphaerodes, but the boundaries with other morphologically closely related genera are not well resolved. In this study, the taxonomy ofMelanosporaand related taxa have been re-evaluated based on the analysis of nuclear rDNA, actin and elongation factor genes sequences of fresh isolates and numerous type and reference strains. The genusMelanosporahas been restricted to species with ostiolate ascoma whose neck is composed of intermixed hyphae, and with a phialidic asexual morph.Microtheciumhas been re-established for species ofMelanosporaandSphaerodeswithout a typical ascomatal neck or, if present, being short and composed of angular cells similar to those of the ascomatal wall, and usually producing bulbils. Three new genera have been proposed:Dactylidispora, possessing ascospores with a raised rim surrounding both terminal germ pores;Echinusitheca, with densely setose, dark ascomata; andPseudomicrothecium, characterized by ascospores with indistinct germ pores. Dichotomous keys to identify the accepted genera of the Melanosporales, and keys to discriminate among the species ofMelanosporaandMicrothecium, as well as a brief description of the accepted species of both genera, are also provided.
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42. Gliophorus glutinosus sp. nov. (Hygrophoraceae, Agaricales) from Eastern Himalayan region of India
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Alfredo Vizzini, Kanad Das, and Dyutiparna Chakraborty
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Agaricomycetes ,Asia ,Agaricomycetidae ,phylogeny ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,Hygrophoraceae ,lcsh:Botany ,Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Unikonta ,Agaricales ,Gliophorus ,macrofungi ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Palavascia ,Agaricomycotina ,biology ,Basidiomycota ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Species Inventories ,Decurrent ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Sikkim ,Taxon ,Pileipellis ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Gigaspermataceae ,Research Article ,Identification key - Abstract
An interesting species of the genus Gliophorus (sect.Glutinosae), collected from Sikkim Himalaya in India, is described here asG.glutinosussp. nov.after thorough morphological examination and phylogenetic analysis. The species is mainly characterised by its strongly glutinous basidiomata throughout, particularly on the twisted stipe, decurrent lamellae with glutinous edge, gelatinised cheilocystidia, presence of pleuropseudocystidia and absence of clamps in hyphae of the pileipellis. This communication includes detailed morphological description, illustrations, comparison with the allied taxa, nrITS based phylogeny of this novel taxon and a key to the species under Gliophorussect.Glutinosae.
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43. A new species of Cintractiella (Ustilaginales) from the volcanic island of Kosrae, Caroline Islands, Micronesia
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Mehrdad Abbasi, Kenneth R. Wood, Teeratas Kijpornyongpan, M. Catherine Aime, and Timothy Flynn
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0106 biological sciences ,phytopathogens ,Ustilaginales ,Ustilaginomycetidae ,Cintractiellaceae ,Tribe (biology) ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Meteora ,South Pacific ,03 medical and health sciences ,Genus ,lcsh:Botany ,Astraeus hygrometricus ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Cyperaceae ,religion.religious_leadership_jurisdiction ,sedges ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Cintractiella ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Caroline Islands ,Palavascia ,Ustilaginomycotina ,biology ,Basidiomycota ,Mapania ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Ustilaginomycetes ,1 new taxon ,Biodiversity ,biology.organism_classification ,religion ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Smut - Abstract
Cintractiella is an unusual genus of smut fungi containing two described species that produce sori as adventitious gall-like spikelets on members of tribe Hypolytreae (subfam. Mapanioideae, Cyperaceae). In September 200, during a botanical expedition on the volcanic island of Kosrae located in the eastern Caroline Islands and within the Federated States of Micronesia, a specimen of Mapaniapacifica was collected displaying Cintractiella-like sori in adventitious spikelets on the host leaves. Sori were hypophyllous, occurring in groups of spikelets composed of olivaceous-brown scale-like leaves, 1–1.5 mm wide and up to 6 mm long. Microscopic comparison with the protologue and drawings of the type material of C.lamii show several differences in teliospore and sori characters between it and the newly collected material on Mapania. To our knowledge, this represents only the second known collection of any member of Cintractiella on vegetative organs of Hypolytreae and a third species for this genus and the only known smut species infecting Mapania, herein described as Cintractiellakosraensissp. nov.
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44. Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal three new species of Diaporthe from Yunnan, China
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Wen-Xiu Sun, Xiu-Guo Zhang, Shengting Huang, and Jiwen Xia
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Asia ,Range (biology) ,Diaporthaceae ,Zoology ,three taxa new to science ,Biology ,phylogeny ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Harknessiaceae ,Sordariomycetidae ,03 medical and health sciences ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,Diaporthe ,Ascomycota ,Phylogenetics ,Molecular Systematics ,Pezizomycetes ,Unikonta ,Diaporthales ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Phylogenetic tree ,Host (biology) ,Botany ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Species diversity ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,biology.organism_classification ,QK1-989 ,Sordariomycetes ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Research Article - Abstract
Species of Diaporthe have often been reported as plant pathogens, endophytes or saprobes, commonly isolated from a wide range of plant hosts. Sixteen strains isolated from species of ten host genera in Yunnan Province, China, represented three new species of Diaporthe, D. chrysalidocarpi, D. machili and D. pometiae as well as five known species D. arecae, D. hongkongensis, D. middletonii, D. osmanthi and D. pandanicola. Morphological comparisons with known species and DNA-based phylogenies based on the analysis of a multigene (ITS, TUB, TEF, CAL and HIS) dataset support the establishment of the new species. This study reveals that a high species diversity of Diaporthe with wide host ranges occur in tropical rainforest in Yunnan Province, China.
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45. Notes on Trochila (Ascomycota, Leotiomycetes), with new species and combinations
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M. Catherine Aime, Donald H. Pfister, Luis Quijada, Paula Andrea Gómez-Zapata, and Danny Haelewaters
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Asclepias syriaca ,Leotiomycetes ,Boston Harbor Islands ,CHECKLIST ,Trinidad ,01 natural sciences ,Meteora ,taxonomy ,Genus ,fungicolous fungi ,Hemiphacidiaceae ,FUNGAL DIVERSITY ,4 new taxa ,Palavascia ,Ecology ,Phylogenetic tree ,biology ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,Helotiales ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Evolution ,PHYLOGENY ,Pseudopeziza ,fungarium specimens ,010603 evolutionary biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Ascomycota ,OUTLINE ,Phylogenetics ,Pezizomycetes ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Trochila ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,HELOTIALES ,biological collections ,IDENTIFICATION ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Biology and Life Sciences ,DNA ,South America ,biology.organism_classification ,030104 developmental biology ,GEN ,QK1-989 - Abstract
Studies of Trochila (Leotiomycetes, Helotiales, Cenangiaceae) are scarce. Here, we describe two new species based on molecular phylogenetic data and morphology. Trochila bostonensis was collected at the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Massachusetts. It was found on the stem of Asclepias syriaca, representing the first report of any Trochila species from a plant host in the family Apocynaceae. Trochila urediniophila is associated with the uredinia of the rust fungus Cerotelium fici. It was discovered during a survey for rust hyperparasites conducted at the Arthur Fungarium, in a single sample from 1912 collected in Trinidad. Macro- and micromorphological descriptions, illustrations, and molecular phylogenetic analyses are presented. The two new species are placed in Trochila with high support in both our six-locus (SSU, ITS, LSU, rpb1, rpb2, tef1) and two-locus (ITS, LSU) phylogenetic reconstructions. In addition, two species are combined in Trochila: Trochila colensoi (formerly placed in Pseudopeziza) and T. xishuangbanna (originally described as the only species in Calycellinopsis). This study reveals new host plant families, a new ecological strategy, and a new country record for the genus Trochila. Finally, our work emphasizes the importance of specimens deposited in biological collections such as fungaria.
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46. Lasiodiplodia syzygii sp. nov. (Botryosphaeriaceae) causing post-harvest water-soaked brown lesions on Syzygium samarangense in Chiang Rai, Thailand
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Kun Geng, Yong Wang, Xiang-Yu Zeng, Chao-Rong Meng, K. W. Thilini Chethana, Qian Zhang, and Zai-Fu Yang
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0301 basic medicine ,Lasiodiplodia ,Asia ,QH301-705.5 ,Myrtaceae ,Syzygium ,Biodiversity & Conservation ,Subtropics ,Fungus ,Biology ,Dawsophila ,03 medical and health sciences ,Meteora ,Magnoliopsida ,Ascomycota ,Pezizomycetes ,Ornamental plant ,Unikonta ,wax apple ,Biology (General) ,Plantae ,new pathogen ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Wax ,Palavascia ,Ecology ,Cenozoic ,Myrtales ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,030108 mycology & parasitology ,Botryosphaeriaceae ,biology.organism_classification ,Horticulture ,Tracheophyta ,030104 developmental biology ,visual_art ,Dothideomycetes ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,Taxonomic Paper ,Pycnidium ,Botryosphaeriales ,fruit disease ,Syzygium samarangense - Abstract
Syzygium samarangense (Wax apple) is an important tropical fruit tree with high economic and nutrient value and is widely planted in the tropics or subtropics of Asia. Post-harvest water-soaked brown lesions were observed on mature fruits of ornamental wax apples in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. A fungus with morphological characters, similar to Lasiodiplodia, was consistently isolated from symptomatic fruits. Phylogenetic analyses, based on ITS, LSU, TEF1-a and tub2, revealed that our isolates were closely related to, but phylogenetically distinct from, Lasiodiplodia rubropurpurea. Morphological comparisons indicated that pycnidia and conidiogenous cells of our strains were significantly larger than L. rubropurpurea. Comparisons of base-pair differences in the four loci confirmed that the species from wax apple was distinct from L. rubropurpurea and a new species, L. syzygii sp. nov., is introduced to accommodate it. Pathogenicity tests confirmed the newly-introduced species as the pathogen of this post-harvest water-soaked brown lesion disease on wax apples.
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47. New species and records of Diaporthe from Jiangxi Province, China
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Chengming Tian, Qin Yang, and Ning Jiang
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Systematics ,Range (biology) ,Diaporthaceae ,Biology ,DNA sequencing ,Harknessiaceae ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Sordariomycetidae ,Meteora ,03 medical and health sciences ,taxonomy ,Ascomycota ,Diaporthe ,Pezizomycetes ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Diaporthales ,Internal transcribed spacer ,DNA phylogeny ,systematics ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Palavascia ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,Ribosomal RNA ,biology.organism_classification ,Taxon ,QK1-989 ,Sordariomycetes ,Taxonomy (biology) ,five new taxa ,forest trees - Abstract
Diaporthe species have often been reported as important plant pathogens, saprobes and endophytes on a wide range of plant hosts. Although several Diaporthe species have been recorded, little is known about species able to infect forest trees in Jiangxi Province. Hence, extensive surveys were recently conducted in Jiangxi Province, China. A total of 24 isolates were identified and analysed using comparisons of DNA sequence data for the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS), calmodulin ( cal ), histone H3 ( his3 ), partial translation elongation factor-1α ( tef1 ) and β-tubulin ( tub2 ) gene regions, as well as their morphological features. Results revealed five novel taxa, D. bauhiniae , D. ganzhouensis , D. schimae , D. verniciicola , D. xunwuensis spp. nov. and three known species, D. apiculatum , D. citri and D. multigutullata .
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48. Corrigendum: Spjut R, Simon A, Guissard M, Magain N, Sérusiaux E (2020) The fruticose genera in the Ramalinaceae (Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes): their diversity and evolutionary history. MycoKeys 73: 1–68. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.73.47287
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Richard Spjut, Antoine Simon, Martin Guissard, Nicolas Magain, and Emmanuël Sérusiaux
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Lecanorales ,Lichenized Fungi ,Meteora ,Ascomycota ,Molecular Systematics ,lcsh:Botany ,Pezizomycetes ,None ,Unikonta ,Identification Key ,Phylogeny ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Ramalinaceae ,Taxonomy ,Palavascia ,Nomenclature ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,Corrigenda ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Europe ,Africa ,Lecanoromycetes ,Americas ,Lecanoromycetidae - Abstract
We present phylogenetic analyses of the fruticose Ramalinaceae based on extensive collections from many parts of the world, with a special focus on the Vizcaíno deserts in north-western Mexico and the coastal desert in Namibia. We generate a four-locus DNA sequence dataset for accessions of
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49. Morphological and phylogenetic characterisations reveal three new species of Samsoniella (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) from Guizhou, China
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Wan-Hao Chen, Jian-Dong Liang, Zong-Qi Liang, Wei-Yi Tian, and Yan-Feng Han
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0106 biological sciences ,Asia ,Far East ,nutritional preference ,Isaria-like morphology nutritional preference phylogeny ,Hypocreales ,Morphology (biology) ,phylogeny ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Anamorphic Fungi ,03 medical and health sciences ,Meteora ,Ascomycota ,Phylogenetics ,Molecular Systematics ,lcsh:Botany ,Pezizomycetes ,morphology ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Cordycipitaceae ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Saccharomycetes ,Taxonomy ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Larva ,Hypocreomycetidae ,Palavascia ,biology ,Phylogenetic tree ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Isaria-like ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,Plant litter ,biology.organism_classification ,Escovopsioides ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Pupa ,Samsoniella ,Sordariomycetes ,Research Article - Abstract
Samsoniella species have been found on lepidopteran larvae or pupae buried in soil or leaf litter. Three new species, Samsoniella hymenopterorum, S. coleopterorum and S. lepidopterorum, parasitic on hymenopteran larvae, coleopteran larvae and lepidopteran pupae, respectively, are reported. Morphological comparisons with extant species and DNA-based phylogenies from analysis of a multigene (ITS, RPB1, RPB2 and TEF) dataset supported the establishment of the new species. Unusually, all three new species have mononematous conidiophores. The new species are clearly distinct from other species in Samsoniella occurring in separate subclades.
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50. Hypomyces pseudolactifluorum sp. nov. (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) on Russula sp. from Yunnan, PR China
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Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Kevin D. Hyde, Qi Zhao, Feng-Ming Yu, and Jian-Wei Liu
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0301 basic medicine ,Agaricomycetes ,Asia ,Hypocreaceae ,Hypomyces ,muti-gene phyloge ,03 medical and health sciences ,Meteora ,Ascomycota ,Russulaceae ,Genus ,Pezizomycetes ,Botany ,Unikonta ,Agaricales ,Polyporales ,Russula ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Pezizales ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Russulales ,Taxonomy ,muti-gene phylogeny ,Hypocreomycetidae ,Palavascia ,Ecology ,biology ,species diversity ,Cenozoic ,Boletales ,Basidiomycota ,Fungi ,Synchytriales ,Schizosaccharomycetes ,Mycoparasite ,030108 mycology & parasitology ,biology.organism_classification ,Escovopsioides ,030104 developmental biology ,Helotiales ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,Sordariomycetes ,Hypocreales ,Taxonomic Paper - Abstract
Hypomyces is a large genus of fungicolous fungi, parasitising the fruiting bodies of Agaricales, Boletales, Helotiales, Pezizales and Polyporales. Hypomyces currently comprises of 147 species widely distributed in Australia, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, North America, Sri Lanka, Thailand and UK. Amongst them, 28 species have been recorded in China. Hypomyces pseudolactifluorum sp. nov., growing on the fruiting bodies of Russula sp. in subsect. Lactarioideae and collected from Yunnan, China, is described with illustrations and molecular phylogenetic data (combined ITS, LSU, TEF1-α and RPB2 sequence dataset). The new species is characterised by semi-immersed to immersed perithecia and fusiform, apiculate and verrucose ascospores. We also review the species diversity of the genus Hypomyces in China.
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