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Issue: Vol. 253 No. 3: 29 March 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-03-29
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.253.3.1
Page range: 179–190
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 96

Helminthosporium velutinum and H. aquaticum sp. nov. from aquatic habitats in Yunnan Province, China

College of Agriculture and Biology, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China.
College of Agriculture and Biology, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China. Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand.
Formerly at Department of Botany, Goa University, Goa, 403206, India.
Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand.
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China.
College of Agriculture and Biology, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China. Faculty of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China.
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand. Formerly at Department of Botany, Goa University, Goa, 403206, India. Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA.
aquatic fungi Dothideomycetes Massarinaceae phylogeny morphology Fungi China

Abstract

Helminthosporium species from submerged wood in streams in Yunnan Province, China were studied based on morphology and DNA sequence data. Descriptions and illustrations of Helminthosporium velutinum and a new species H. aquaticum are provided. A combined phylogenetic tree, based on SSU, ITS and LSU sequence data, place the species in Massarinaceae, Pleosporales. The polyphyletic nature of Helminthosporium species within Massarinaceae is shown based on ITS sequence data available in GenBank.