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Issue: Vol. 284 No. 3: 16 November 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-11-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.284.3.2
Page range: 169–180
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 1

Equiseticola gen. nov. (Phaeosphaeriaceae), from Equisetum sp. in Italy

Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), 12619, Giza, Egypt 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
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 World Agro forestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan 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 World Agro forestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan China
A.M.B. Gruppo Micologico Forlivese “Antonio Cicognani”, Via Roma 18, Forlì, Italy; A.M.B. Circolo Micologico “Giovanni Carini”, C.P. 314, Brescia, Italy
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 World Agro forestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan China
Morphology Multi-gene new species Phylogeny Fungi

Abstract

This paper reports an interesting saprobic ascomycete which was collected and isolated from Equisetum sp. in Italy. The phylogeny of this taxon and genera of Phaeosphaeriaceae are constructed based on analyses of combined LSU, SSU and ITS sequence data. The species has exclusive characters such as ovoid ascomata with minute papilla, cylindrical asci with long acute or knob-like pedicel and fusiform, 4–5-septate, yellowish to pale brown ascospores. Based on phylogeny and morphology we introduce the taxon as a new genus and species within Phaeosphaeriaceae. The new genus and species are introduced with an illustrated account and compared with other taxa in Phaeosphaeriaceae.