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Issue: Vol. 253 No. 4: 30 March 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-03-30
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.253.4.4
Page range: 285–292
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 19

Cryptosporella platyphylla, a new species associated with Betula platyphylla in China

The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Museum of Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Beijing Municipal Forestry Protection Station, Beijing 100029, China
The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Diaporthales Disculina Gnomoniaceae systematics taxonomy Fungi China

Abstract

Members of Cryptosporella are well-known as common endophytes, and occasionally, as pathogens on a narrow range of hosts in Betulaceae, Tiliaceae and Ulmaceae. Two fresh specimens associated with canker and dieback of Betula platyphylla were made in Beijing, China in 2015. Morphological and multi-gene, combined, phylogenetic analyses (ITS, tef1-α and β-tub) support these speciemens as a distinct and new species of Cryptosporella, from a unique host, Betula platyphylla. Cryptosporella platyphylla sp. nov. is introduced with an illustrated account and differs from similar species in its host association and multigene phylogeny.