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Issue: Vol. 409 No. 4: 12 July 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-07-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.409.4.5
Page range: 227–232
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 62

Akanthomyces araneicola, a new araneogenous species from Southwest China

Department of Microbiology, Basic Medical School, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
School of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Institute of Fungus Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Department of Microbiology, Basic Medical School, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Department of Microbiology, Basic Medical School, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Institute of Fungus Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
1 new species mononematous morphology phylogeny spider Fungi

Abstract

During a survey of spider-pathogenic fungi from Southwest China, a new araneogenous species was found. The new species, Akanthomyces araneicola, differs from other species based on mostly smaller fusiform conidia (2.5–5.0 × 1.3–1.9 μm), mononematous conidiophores and, additionally, in parasitising a spider. Both the morphological identification and phylogenetic analysis of combined ITS, LSU, RPB1, RPB2 and TEF sequence data support A. araneicola as a new species in the genus Akanthomyces.