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Issue: Vol. 669 No. 1: 17 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-17
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.669.1.4
Page range: 36-46
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A novel species of Apiospora from Ulmus pumila in China

Big Data Development Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100125, China
Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Nature Conservation, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
Apiosporaceae Amphisphaeriales molecular phylogeny taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

Apiospora (Apiosporaceae, Amphisphaeriales) is a common genus distributed on various substrates globally. Members in this genus are usually known as endophytes and saprobes, sometimes phytopathogens. Two new strains of Apiospora were isolated from healthy leaves of Ulmus pumila in Beijing, China. Identifications were conducted based on morphological features and phylogeny of combined sequences of ITS, tef1 and tub2 loci. As a result, Apiospora ulmicola sp. nov. is proposed herein, which is different from its phylogenetically close species, Ap. intestini by much smaller conidia.

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