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Issue: Vol. 314 No. 1: 21 July 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-07-21
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.314.1.3
Page range: 55–63
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Colletotrichum from Sonchus sp. in Italy

1Centre of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand 2Institute of Plant and Environment Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, People’s Republic of China
A.M.B. Gruppo Micologico Forlivese ‘‘Antonio Cicognani’’, Via Roma 18, Forlı`, Italy A.M.B. Circolo Micologico ‘‘Giovanni Carini’’, C.P. 314, Brescia, Italy Societa` per gli Studi Naturalistici della Romagna, C.P. 144, Bagnacavallo, RA, Italy
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box: 2455, Riyadh, 1145, Saudi Arabia
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box: 2455, Riyadh, 1145, Saudi Arabia
Institute of Plant and Environment Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, People’s Republic of China
Centre of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box: 2455, Riyadh, 1145, Saudi Arabia
molecular phylogeny morphology saprobe Sonchus taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

Colletotrichum sonchicola, sp. nov. from Sonchus sp. (dandelion tribe) in Forlì-Cesena Province, Italy, is introduced using morphological and molecular data. Combined phylogenetic analysis of ITS, GAPDH, CHS, ACT and TUB2 sequence data demonstrate that C. sonchicola is a distinct species within the dematium species complex. The new species is illustrated and compared with related taxa. This provides the first record of a Colletotrichum species from the genus Sonchus.