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Issue: Vol. 394 No. 1: 25 February 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-02-25
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.394.1.6
Page range: 89–97
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 1

Phylogeny and a new species of the genus Arachnomyces (Arachnomycetaceae)

China General Microbiological Culture Collection Centre, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
China General Microbiological Culture Collection Centre, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, P.R. China
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
Arachnomycetales arthroconidia Eurotiomycetes Onychocola taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

A slow growing, asexual fungus that produces numerous arthroconidia was isolated during a mycobiota survey of pig farm soil in China. Phenotypic characteristics and phylogenetic analysis based on ITS and LSU rDNA sequences showed that it is a new species in the genus Arachnomyces, and the name Arachnomyces jinanicus was introduced. A. pilosus and A. scleroticus are new combinations for Chrysosporium pilosum and Onychocola sclerotica (=Malbranchia scleroticus) respectively. Currently, 11 species are accepted in Arachnomyces and an overview with type information and reference sequence data is given. The phylogenetic relationships of species within the genus are discussed, and a dichotomous key for distinguishing all reported Arachnomyces species is provided.