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Issue: Vol. 372 No. 1: 10 October 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-10-10
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.372.1.6
Page range: 79–87
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 1

Cylindroconidiis aquaticus gen.et sp. nov., a new lineage of aquatic hyphomycetes in Sclerococcaceae (Eurotiomycetes)

Yunnan Institute of Food Safety, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming 650500, People’s Republic of China
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
No. 128/1-J, Azad Housing Society, Curca, Goa Velha, Goa, India
Center of Excellence for Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand
Faculty Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming 650500, People’s Republic of China
Yunnan Institute of Food Safety, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming 650500, People’s Republic of China
Asexual morph Morphology Multi-gene phylogeny New taxa Taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

During our ongoing investigations of freshwater fungi in Thailand, Cylindroconidiis aquaticus gen. et sp. nov. is described in family Sclerococcaceae (Eurotiomycetes), based on morphological characters and analyses of LSU, SSU and ITS sequence data. Its closest relatives are Rhopalophora and Fusichalara minuta. The new genus is characterized by mononematous, unbranched conidiophores, polyblastic, terminal or intercalary conidiogenous cells, and cylindrical,1-septate conidia. It is the first report of freshwater fungi encountered in Sclerococcaceae.