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Issue: Vol. 332 No. 1: 15 December 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-12-15
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.332.1.7
Page range: 67–74
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 2

Alfaria avenellae sp. nov. from Italy

Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, China
No. 128/1-J, Azad Housing Society, Curca, P.O., Goa Velha 403108, India Formerly, Department of Botany, Goa University, Goa, India
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, China
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Landcare Research Manaaki Whenua, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box: 2455, Riyadh 1145, Saudi Arabia
Fungi Asexual morph hyphomycetes phylogeny Stachybotryaceae taxonomy

Abstract

A new species Alfaria avenellae, is described, illustrated and compared with other Alfaria species. Evidence for the new species is provided by morphological comparison and sequence data analyses. Alfaria avenellae can easily be distinguished from other Alfaria species by its distinct synnemata, long conidiophores (up to 350 μm) and pale green to dark green conidia. Phylogenetic analysis of combined LSU and ITS sequence data was carried out to determine the phylogenetic placement of this new species within the genus Alfaria and provide evidence to support the establishment of our new species.