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Issue: Vol. 319 No. 3: 5 September 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-09-05
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.319.3.3
Page range: 241–253
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 1

Helicosporium luteosporum sp. nov. and Acanthohelicospora aurea (Tubeufiaceae, Tubeufiales) from terrestrial habitats

The Engineering and Research Center for Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources of National Education Ministry of China, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, P.R. China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand School of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guiyang 550003, P.R. China
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Formerly, Department of Botany, Goa University, Goa, India No. 128/1-J, Azad Housing Society, Curca, Goa Velha-403108, India
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
The Engineering and Research Center for Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources of National Education Ministry of China, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, P.R. China
Morphology Phylogeny Saprobic Taxonomy Woody substrate Fungi

Abstract

Morphological characters and molecular data are currently used to identify and confirm genotypic and phenotypic distinctions and connections in fungi. In this paper, we introduce Helicosporium luteosporum sp. nov. based on morpho-phylogenetic traits. The species is characterized by shiny yellow colonies on woody substrates, erect pigmented conidiophores with denticulate conidiogenous cells and coiled conidia. Phylogenetic analysis of combined ITS, LSU and TEF1α sequence data place H. luteosporum as a distinct lineage among other Helicosporium species. In addition, both sexual and asexual morphs of Acanthohelicospora aurea were found from different specimens and their relationship is confirmed by molecular data.