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Issue: Vol. 345 No. 1: 20 March 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.345.1.1
Page range: 1–12
Abstract views: 26
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Marinophialophora garethjonesii gen. et sp. nov.: a new hyphomycete associated with Halocyphina from marine habitats in Thailand

Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, P.R. China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, P.R. 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
Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius
Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, P.R. China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, P.R. China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
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, P.O. Goa Velha-403108, India
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
School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand
Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, P.R. China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, P.R. China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand Landcare Research Manaaki Whenua, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand
Asexual fungi Chaetothyriales Herpotrichiellaceae new genus new species ribosomal DNA phylogenetics Fungi

Abstract

Marinophialophora garethjonesii sp. nov., representing a novel genus Marinophialophora gen. nov., associated with the basidiomycete fungus, Halocyphina on mangrove wood from Phetchaburi, Thailand, is described and illustrated. Marinophialophora morphologically resembles Phialophora and Junctospora (Herpotrichiellaceae, Chaetothyriales) in having macronematous, unbranched or branched conidiophores, globose to subglobose, solitary, acrogenous, pale to subhyaline, aseptate, conidia in chains and phialidic conidiogenous cells. Marinophialophora mainly differs from other related genera due to its conidia borne in basipetally developing branched chains and septate conidiophores. Phylogenetic analyses of a combined ITS, LSU and SSU sequence data show that Marinophialophora garethjonesii constitutes an independent lineage with high statistical support basal to the genus Exophiala within the family Herpotrichiellaceae (Chaetothyriales). The new marine taxon is described herein with illustrations and relationships inferred from DNA sequence data.