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Issue: Vol. 662 No. 2: 8 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-08
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.662.2.8
Page range: 195-200
Abstract views: 90
PDF downloaded: 4

Ovicillium sinense, a new species from Guizhou, China

Center for Mycomedicine Research, Basic Medical School, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, PR China, Institute of Fungus Resources, Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, PR China, Key Laboratory of Microbio and Infectious Disease Prevention & Control in Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, PR China
Center for Mycomedicine Research, Basic Medical School, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, PR China, College of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, PR China
Center for Mycomedicine Research, Basic Medical School, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, PR China
Center for Mycomedicine Research, Basic Medical School, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, PR China, Key Laboratory of Microbio and Infectious Disease Prevention & Control in Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, PR China
Institute of Fungus Resources, Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, PR China
Fungi entomopathogenic fungi morphology phylogenetic analysis Sordariomycetes

Abstract

A new species, Ovicillium sinense, which was isolated from an infected pupa, is introduced. Morphological comparisons with extant species and DNA-based phylogenies from analysis of a multigene dataset of combined ITS, LSU and TEF sequence data support the establishment of the new species. It differs from other species by its phialides that are attenuated from the middle to the apex, the conidia aggregated in large globose to subglobose heads, and having shorter phialides and smaller conidia.

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