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Issue: Vol. 487 No. 1: 22 February 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-02-22
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.487.1.4
Page range: 56–64
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 2

Addition to Micropeltidaceae: Micropeltis goniothalamicola sp. nov. and new record of Scolecopeltidium menglaense from Chiang Rai, Thailand

1 Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China 2Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. 3School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
1Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, 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.
1Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China
1 new species Micropeltidales mucilaginous sheath phylogenetic analysis taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

A novel species, Micropeltis goniothalamicola and a new record Scolecopeltidium menglaense were collected from Mae Fah Luang Botanical Gardens, Thailand. Our new taxon is different from other species in Micropeltis in having relatively smaller ascomata, 6–8-spored asci and 4–5-septate ascospores covering with mucilaginous sheath. Our new record, S. menglaense is the first host recorded from Jasmine grandiflorum (Oleaceae). Morphological comparison coupled with phylogenetic analysis of combined LSU and ITS sequence data provide evidence for the new species and new host record.