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Type: Article
Published: 2019-12-23
Page range: 186–199
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Additions to Ochroconis from India

Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI), Biodiversity and Palaeobiology Group MACS’ Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, India
Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Molecular phylogeny Oligotrophic Sympoventuriaceae Taxonomy Venturiales Fungi

Abstract

Ochroconis helicteris, a novel species of the oligotrophic genus Ochroconis (Sympoventuriaceae, Venturiales), has been described and illustrated. Morphologically, this species has characters similar to allied species in the genus Ochroconis, but differs in conidial dimensions and shape. Phylogenetic analyses using nuclear ribosomal DNA gene ITS and protein coding gene BT2 revealed it clustering as monophyletic clade which was separated from known Ochroconis species. New species was isolated from leaf surface of medicinal plant Helicteris isora L.