Cunninghamella verrucosa sp. nov. (Mucorales, Mucoromycota) from Guangdong Province in China

YU-JIE WANG; TING ZHAO; WEN-YING WU; MU WANG; XIAO-YONG LIU

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.560.3.2

Issue: Vol. 560 No. 3: 2 September 2022

Type: Article

Published: 2022-09-02

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.560.3.2

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Cunninghamella verrucosa sp. nov. (Mucorales, Mucoromycota) from Guangdong Province in China

YU-JIE WANG⁺⁻
TING ZHAO⁺⁻
WEN-YING WU⁺⁻
MU WANG⁺⁻
XIAO-YONG LIU⁺⁻

College of Plant Science, Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University, Linzhi 860000, China; College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China

China Alcoholic Drinks Association, Beijing 100831, China

College of Plant Science, Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University, Linzhi 860000, China

College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China; State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Cunninghamellaceae Early diverging fungi Fungal diversity Phylogeny Taxonomy Fungi

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Abstract

Species of Cunninghamella are ubiquitous in soil, flower and plant debris. Its metabolites have various biological activities, such as antifungal and antibacterial functions. In this study, we describe a new species C. verrucosa from soil in Guangdong Province, China. This species is characterized by one to several broken pedicels on the surface of clavate vesicles, unbranched or simply branched sporangiophores, and globose sporangiola. Phylogenetic analyses strongly show that C. verrucosa is sister to C. clavata. Together with this new species, a total of 22 taxa, including 19 species and three varieties, has been described in Cunninghamella. Accordingly, an updated key to the taxa of Cunninghamella is also provided in this study.

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