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Issue: Vol. 265 No. 3: 16 June 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-06-15
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.265.3.3
Page range: 225–237
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 111

Muyocopronales, ord. nov., (Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota) and a reappraisal of Muyocopron species from northern Thailand

Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai. 57100, Thailand School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai. 57100, Thailand
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai. 57100, Thailand Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 1145, Saudi Arabia
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan, 655011, People’s Republic of China
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai. 57100, Thailand School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai. 57100, Thailand
Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 1145, Saudi Arabia
Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 1145, Saudi Arabia
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai. 57100, Thailand
Muyocopronaceae Muyocopronales new species phylogeny taxonomy Fungi Thailand

Abstract

Muyocopron species are associated with a wide variety of plant substrates worldwide and presently 57 species epithets are listed in Index Fungorum. Species in this genus form distinctive black, dull, rounded regions on the surface of plants and the genus is probably polyphyletic. The present study clarifies the phylogenetic placement of Muyocopron and related species, using fresh tropical collections from northern Thailand. Three Muyocopron species are characterized based on analyses of combined LSU and SSU sequence datasets. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that Muyocopron species form a distinct lineage with the Dyfrolomycetales and Acrospermales lineages. The new order Muyocopronales with three new Muyocopron species is introduced based on its distinct phylogeny and unique morphological characteristics. The taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of tropical Muyocopron species are reappraised with suggestions for future work.