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Issue: Vol. 184 No. 5: 12 November 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-11-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.184.5.3
Page range: 275–282
Abstract views: 20
PDF downloaded: 1

Greeneria saprophytica sp. nov. on dead leaves of Syzygium cumini from Chiang Rai, Thailand

Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, 333 Moo 1, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, 333 Moo 1, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain (IED), Paris 75205, France
Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain (IED), Paris 75205, France Univ Paris Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621, Orsay 91405, France
School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, 333 Moo 1, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand No. 128/1-J, Azad Housing Society, Curca, Goa Velha-403 208, India
Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, 333 Moo 1, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, 333 Moo 1, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, 333 Moo 1, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, 333 Moo 1, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
acervular asexual state coelomycete Diaporthales

Abstract

Greeneria saprophytica sp. nov. is described from fallen Syzygium cumini leaves collected in northern Thailand. The genus Greeneria is monotypic and represented by the type species G. uvicola. The novelty and placement of G. saprophytica is confirmed based on phylogenetic analyses of the 28S nuclear large subunit DNA (nuLSU). The new species differs from G. uvicola in the dimensions of acervular conidiomata, conidiogenous cells and conidia. The phialide collarette with a serrate margin, a rare feature in conidial fungi, is characteristic of the genus.