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Issue: Vol. 375 No. 1: 9 November 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.375.1.2
Page range: 59–69
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

Monochaetia sinensis sp. nov. from Yunnan Province in China

The Graduate School, Chiang Mai University, 239 Thanon Huai Kaeo, Amphoe Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100 Thailand World Agro forestry Centre East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, 650201, China Center of Excellence in Bioresources for Agriculture, Industry and Medicine, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos Universty, PO Box 8, 123 Al Khoud, Oman
Formerly, Department of Botany, Goa University, Goa, India; No. 128/1–J, Azad Housing Society, Curca, Goa Velha, India
Depatment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100 Thailand World Agro forestry Centre East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, 650201, China
Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos Universty, PO Box 8, 123 Al Khoud, Oman
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand Center of Excellence in Bioresources for Agriculture, Industry and Medicine, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Depatment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100 Thailand World Agro forestry Centre East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, 650201, China
New taxon molecular phylogeny morphology Sordariomycetes taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

This study embodies description of a novel Monochaetia species, from dead leaf of a Quercus sp. collected from Lijiang in Yunnan Province, China. Morphologically, it conforms to the characters of Monochaetia by presence of single apical and basal appendage on the conidia. The new species forms a sister clade to M. ilexae in the combined LSU-ITS and TUB2 sequence data based phylogenetic analyses and remain distinct from the latter species in having larger conidia, long apical appendage, long basal appendage and long conidiogenous cells. Therefore, we introduce Monochaetia sinensis as a novel taxon with a comprehensive description and illustration.