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Issue: Vol. 599 No. 1: 31 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-31
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.599.1.4
Page range: 65-77
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Neomassaria khayae sp. nov., a novel pleosporalean species on Khaya senegalensis from Guangdong Province, China

Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control on Fruits and Vegetables in South China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, 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.
Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control on Fruits and Vegetables in South China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, 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.
Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control on Fruits and Vegetables in South China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, 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.
Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control on Fruits and Vegetables in South China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, People’s Republic of China
Fungi

Abstract

Khaya senegalensis is a tropical plant native to Africa and grown as an ornamental plant in Southern China. During our sample collection in Guangdong Province, China, a saprobic Dothideomycetes was collected from a dead stem of K. senegalensis. The collection was identified as a neomassaria-like species based on the morphology. For further identification of the species, multigene phylogenetic analyses were conducted using large subunit nrDNA (LSU), small subunit nrDNA (SSU), RNA polymerase II second largest subunit gene (rpb2) and translation elongation factor 1-alpha (tef1-α). Based on morphology and phylogeny we identified our collection as a new species and introduced it as Neomassaria khayae. Morphologically, N. khayae distinguishes from other closely related species in terms of larger ascomata, asci and ascospore. In addition, this is the first report of Neomassaria species on K. senegalensis in China. This study will add to the biodiversity of saprobic fungi associated with Meliaceae hosts in Southern China.

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