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Issue: Vol. 694 No. 2: 20 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.694.2.2
Page range: 119-143
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A novel species and a new host record of Trichoderma from caves in Yunnan Province, 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; Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biology and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, People’s Republic of China
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biology and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, People’s Republic of China
Patanjali Herbal Research Division, Patanjali Research Foundation, Haridwar-249405, Uttarakhand, India
Center of Excellence in Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
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
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biology and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, People’s Republic of China
cave fungi Hypocreaceae microfungi morphology taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

Caves offer distinct environmental conditions that foster fungal diversity, and to date, over 2,000 fungal species have been recorded in cave ecosystems. During our surveys of cave fungi in Yunnan Province, China, we isolated several intriguing fungal strains. Detailed morphological characteristics and combined multi-locus phylogeny of internal transcribed spacer (ITS), RNA polymerase II subunit 2 (RPB2), and translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF1-α) revealed that four new isolates represent a new species (Trichoderma cavernicola) and a new host record (Trichoderma capillare) in Harzianum clade and Longibrachiatum clade of Trichoderma, respectively. The new species is introduced based on molecular differences and morphological distinctions in colony appearance and size of phialides, supporting cells, conidia, and chlamydospores in comparison to the closely related species. Comprehensive descriptions, micrographs, and phylogenetic analysis results are provided. Furthermore, our findings provide new insights into the understanding of cave fungi and broaden the knowledge of fungal diversity in China.

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LIU, XIANGFU, SAOWALUCK TIBPROMMA, AJAY K. GAUTAM, NAKARIN SUWANNARACH, ABDALLAH M. ELGORBAN, EKACHAI CHUKEATIROTE, K. W. THILINI CHETHANA, and SAMANTHA C. KARUNARATHNA. 2025. “A Novel Species and a New Host Record of <em>Trichoderma</em> From Caves in Yunnan Province, China”. Phytotaxa 694 (2):119-43. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.694.2.2.