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Issue: Vol. 737 No. 4: 16 Jan. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-01-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.737.4.3
Page range: 225-236
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Multigene phylogeny and Taxonomy of Cephalotrichum telluricum: A Coprophilous Fungus in Northern Thailand

Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand
Informational Biology, College of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand; Department Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany
School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, People’s Republic of China
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand; Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Asexual morph Cavia porcellus New host record Saprobes Sordariomycetes Fungi

Abstract

Cephalotrichum (Microascaceae) is a diverse genus with 72 currently recognized species found worldwide. It is characterized by the formation of dry-spores, indeterminate synnemata and enteroblastic percurrent conidiogenesis. Species of Cephalotrichum are endophytes, saprobes, and opportunistic pathogens in animals or humans. A strain of Cephalotrichum telluricum was isolated from the dung of a Guinea pig in Thailand. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analysis of the combined internal transcribed spacer (ITS), large-subunit rDNA (LSU), elongation factor-1 alpha (tef1-α) and beta tubulin (tub2) sequence data revealed that the new isolate clustered with the ex-type of C. telluricum. Based on morphological and multigene phylogenetic evidence, we introduce the new strain as C. telluricum (MFLUCC 25-0237), report a novel host and geographical record from Guinea Pig dung, in northern Thailand.

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How to Cite

Balagamage, D., Maharachchikumbura, S., Phukhamsakda, C., Liu, J.-K., Hyde, K.D. & Al-Otibi, F. (2026) Multigene phylogeny and Taxonomy of Cephalotrichum telluricum: A Coprophilous Fungus in Northern Thailand. Phytotaxa 737 (4): 225–236. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.737.4.3