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Issue: Vol. 630 No. 1: 12 Dec. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-12-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.630.1.6
Page range: 69-79
Abstract views: 66
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Sclerococcum pseudobactrodesmium sp. nov. from a terrestrial habitat in 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. School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering; Guizhou Institute of Technology; Guiyang 550003; P.R. China.
School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering; Guizhou Institute of Technology; Guiyang 550003; P.R. 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. Engineering and Research Center for Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources of National Education Ministry of China; Guizhou University; Guiyang 550025; Guizhou; P.R. China.
School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering; Guizhou Institute of Technology; Guiyang 550003; P.R. China.
School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering; Guizhou Institute of Technology; Guiyang 550003; P.R. China.
School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering; Guizhou Institute of Technology; Guiyang 550003; P.R. China.
School of Pharmacy; Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Guiyang 550025; Guizhou; P.R. China.
School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering; Guizhou Institute of Technology; Guiyang 550003; P.R. 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.
Fungi 1 new species asexual morph phylogeny Sclerococcales taxonomy

Abstract

In this study, four terrestrial collections of bactrodesmium-like hyphomycetous fungi were isolated from rotten wood in Guizhou Province, China. Phylogenetic analyses based on the combined LSU, ITS, mtSSU, and SSU sequence matrix indicate that these four isolates represent one species belonging to the Sclerococcum within the Dactylosporaceae, and present a distinct lineage. Therefore, Sclerococcum pseudobactrodesmium sp. nov. was introduced with corresponding morphological descriptions. Sclerococcum pseudobactrodesmium represents the first lignicolous asexual species from a terrestrial habitat.

 

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