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Issue: Vol. 689 No. 2: 24 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-24
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.689.2.7
Page range: 243-252
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Sarocladium guizhouense, a new insect-associated species from Guizhou, China

College of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China.
Center for Mycomedicine Research, Basic Medical School, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
College of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China.
College of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China.
College of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China.
Sarocladium taxonomy morphology phylogenetic analysis Fungi

Abstract

Sarocladium species often known as plant pathogens, opportunistic human pathogens, endophytes, mycoparasites and saprobes. During a survey of fungi from Southwest China, a new species, Sarocladium guizhouense was isolated from an infected scale insect. Morphological comparisons and phylogenetic analyses based on multigene datasets (ITS, LSU and TEF) support the establishment of the new species. It differs from other species by having smaller conidia, and its conidia are not arranged in a false head or chain.

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How to Cite

Tian, X.-L., Chen, W.-H., Li, D., Chen, L.-Y. & Zhao, J.-H. (2025) Sarocladium guizhouense, a new insect-associated species from Guizhou, China. Phytotaxa 689 (2): 243–252. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.689.2.7