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Rubroshiraia gen. nov., a second hypocrellin-producing genus in Shiraiaceae (Pleosporales).
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MycoKeys [MycoKeys] 2019 Aug 28; Vol. 58, pp. 1-26. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Aug 28 (Print Publication: 2019). - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Shiraiaceae is an important family in Pleosporales (Dothideomycetes), which includes medical fungi and plant pathogens. Two hypocrellin-producing taxa, Shiraia bambusicola and a novel genus Rubroshiraia gen. nov. , typified by Rubroshiraia bambusae are treated in this article. Maximum likelihood analysis, generated via RAxML (GTR+G model), using a combined SSU, LSU, TEF1 and RPB2 sequence dataset, shows that Rubroshiraia is close to Shiraia and belongs to the family Shiraiaceae. Descriptions, illustrations and a taxonomic key are provided for the genera in Shiraiaceae. Rubroshiraia morphologically differs from Shiraia in having small and dark ascostromata and filiform ascospores. Production of the ascostromatal metabolites, hypocrellin A and B, were examined by HPLC and spectrophotometer. The content of hypocrellin A and B of specimen HKAS 102255 ( R. bambusae ) is twice that produced by HKAS 102253 ( S. bambusicola ). To clarify the relationship between R. bambusae and Hypocrella bambusae , type material of the latter was examined and provided the illustration.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1314-4049
- Volume :
- 58
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- MycoKeys
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31534413
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.58.36723