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Issue: Vol. 452 No. 1: 8 July 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-07-08
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.452.1.5
Page range: 55–64
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 2

Wicklowia phuketensis (Wicklowiaceae, Pleosporales), a novel freshwater taxon from Thailand

Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, 50200, Thailand Research Center in Bioresources for Agriculture, Industry and Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
1 new species aquatic fungi Dothideomycetes multi-gene analysis taxonomy tropical mycology Fungi

Abstract

An investigation of aquatic fungi in Thailand resulted in the collection and isolation of a new species of Wicklowia (Wicklowiaceae) from submerged wood. Wicklowia phuketensis sp. nov. differs from known species in morphology and multigene phylogenetic analyses. Both W. submersa and W. phuketensis lack appendages at both ends, while W. aquatica has basal appendages. Wicklowia phuketensis differs from other species in the dimensions of the ascomata, asci and ascospores. The combined LSU and SSU sequence data placed the new species within Wicklowiaceae.