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Issue: Vol. 303 No. 1: 7 April 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-04-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.303.1.11
Page range: 97–100
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

Laurobasidium hachijoense, comb. nov. (Cryptobasidiaceae) causing aerialroot-like galls on Cinnamomum japonicum in Japan

Engineering Research Center of Chinese Ministry of Education for Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin Province 130118, China and University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains, Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin St., 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Cinnamomum japonicum Cryptobasidiaceae Exobasidium Japan Lauraceae Laurobasidium Fungi

Abstract

A new combination, Laurobasidium hachijoense, is proposed to accommodate Exobasidium hachijoense from Japan, producing aerialroot-like galls on stems of Cinnamomum japonicum. This combination is based on the presence of a gastroid-like sporulation on the surface of the galls, and is supported also by the host-plant specialization and molecular data.