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Issue: Vol. 732 No. 1: 3 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-03
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.732.1.6
Page range: 67-75
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Parasynnemellisia khasiana gen. et sp. nov. (Phaeosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales), on bamboo litter, from Meghalaya, India

DCT’s Dhempe College of Arts and Science, Miramar, Panaji, Goa 403001
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; Vishnugupta Vishwavidyapeetam, Ashoke, Gokarna 581326, India
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
DCT’s Dhempe College of Arts and Science, Miramar, Panaji, Goa 403001
Bambusicolous fungi Conidial fungi Ascomycota fungal phylogeny taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

Parasynnemellisia khasiana gen. et sp. nov., occurring on dead and decaying culms of a bamboo, Chimonocalamus griffithianus (Poaceae), collected from Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India, is described and illustrated. The fungus is characterized by synnematous, moniliaceous conidiomata, monophialidic conidiogenous cells and hyaline, lanceolate, navicular, aseptate, smooth, slimy conidia. Analyses of partial ITS and LSU sequences data, place the taxon close to genus Setophoma with very low bootstrap support within the family Phaeosphaeriaceae in order Pleosporales. Genus Setophoma morphologically differs being pycnidial fungus.

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How to Cite

Pratibha, J., Bhat, D.J., Dawoud, T.M. & Ashish, P. (2025) Parasynnemellisia khasiana gen. et sp. nov. (Phaeosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales), on bamboo litter, from Meghalaya, India. Phytotaxa 732 (1): 67–75. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.732.1.6