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Issue: Vol. 616 No. 1: 21 Sept. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-09-21
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.616.1.4
Page range: 60-68
Abstract views: 146
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Taxonomy, phylogeny, and successful cultivation of Marasmiellus scandens (Basidiomycota) associated with Aquilaria sinensis (agarwood tree) in China

Centre for Mountain Futures; Kunming Institute of Botany; Kunming 650201; Yunnan; P.R. China; Center of Excellence in Fungal Research; Mae Fah Luang University; Chiang Rai; 57100; Thailand; CIFOR-ICRAF China Program; World Agroforestry (ICRAF); Kunming 650201; P.R. China; School of Science; Mae Fah Luang University; Chiang Rai; 57100; Thailand
Yunnan Key Laboratory of Tea Science; Kunming 650201; Yunnan; P.R. China; Tea Research Institute; Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Kunming 650201; Yunnan; P.R. China
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization; College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering; Qujing Normal University; Qujing; Yunnan 655011; P.R. China
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization; College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering; Qujing Normal University; Qujing; Yunnan 655011; P.R. China
Centre for Mountain Futures; Kunming Institute of Botany; Kunming 650201; Yunnan; P.R. China; CIFOR-ICRAF China Program; World Agroforestry (ICRAF); Kunming 650201; P.R. China; School of Science; Mae Fah Luang University; Chiang Rai; 57100; Thailand
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research; Mae Fah Luang University; Chiang Rai; 57100; Thailand
Centre for Mountain Futures; Kunming Institute of Botany; Kunming 650201; Yunnan; P.R. China; CIFOR-ICRAF China Program; World Agroforestry (ICRAF); Kunming 650201; P.R. China; School of Science; Mae Fah Luang University; Chiang Rai; 57100; Thailand
Fungi agarwood-associated fungi Basidiomycota endophytic fungi Guangxi ITS mushroom cultivation new record

Abstract

Endophytic fungi are isolated from all parts of plants and several have been reported from Aquilaria sinensis and most of them are ascomycetous species. In this study, an endophytic Marasmiellus species collected from Aquilaria sinensis in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China was isolated. Phylogenetic analyses of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (nrITS) gene region and morphological analyses confirmed the endophytic fungus as Marasmiellus scandens. In addition, fruiting bodies of M. scandens were successfully obtained in sawdust grow bags. A full description, illustrations, cultivation results, and a phylogenetic tree to show the placement of M. scandens are provided. Marasmiellus scandens is reported here as a new country and host record. In addition, this is the first report of the M. scandens cultivation in its endophytic form.

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