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Issue: Vol. 763 No. 2: 19 Jun. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-06-19
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.763.2.3
Page range: 153-172
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Additions to the Indian Periconia species: P. bharata sp. nov. and P. thailandica as a new record based on an integrative taxonomic approach

National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI); Biodiversity and Palaeobiology (Fungi) Gr.; MACS Agharkar Research Institute; G. G. Agarkar Road; Pune; 411 004; Maharashtra; India
National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI); Biodiversity and Palaeobiology (Fungi) Gr.; MACS Agharkar Research Institute; G. G. Agarkar Road; Pune; 411 004; Maharashtra; India; Faculty of Science; Savitribai Phule Pune University; Pune; 411 007; Maharashtra; India
National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI); Biodiversity and Palaeobiology (Fungi) Gr.; MACS Agharkar Research Institute; G. G. Agarkar Road; Pune; 411 004; Maharashtra; India
National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI); Biodiversity and Palaeobiology (Fungi) Gr.; MACS Agharkar Research Institute; G. G. Agarkar Road; Pune; 411 004; Maharashtra; India
National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI); Biodiversity and Palaeobiology (Fungi) Gr.; MACS Agharkar Research Institute; G. G. Agarkar Road; Pune; 411 004; Maharashtra; India
Department of Forest Ecology; Kerala Forest Research Institute; Peechi; Thrissur; Kerala 680653; India
National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI); Biodiversity and Palaeobiology (Fungi) Gr.; MACS Agharkar Research Institute; G. G. Agarkar Road; Pune; 411 004; Maharashtra; India
National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI); Biodiversity and Palaeobiology (Fungi) Gr.; MACS Agharkar Research Institute; G. G. Agarkar Road; Pune; 411 004; Maharashtra; India
Department of Health Sciences; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences; University of Mauritius; Reduit 80837; Mauritius; Department of Zoology; College of Science; King Saud University; Riyadh P.O. Box 2455; Saudi Arabia; Honghe Center for Mountain Futures; Kunming Institute of Botany; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Honghe County 654400; Yunnan; P.R. China; School of Pharmacy; Zunyi Medical University; Guizhou Province 563000; China
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization & Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Fungal Sustainable Utilization in South and Southeast Asia; College of Biology and Food Engineering; Qujing Normal University; Qujing 655099; P.R. China; Department of Bioprocess Technology; Faculty of Technology; Rajarata University; Mihintale; Sri Lanka; Tropical Microbiology Research Foundation; 96/N/10; Meemanagoda Road; Pannipitiya; 10230; Sri Lanka
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization & Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Fungal Sustainable Utilization in South and Southeast Asia; College of Biology and Food Engineering; Qujing Normal University; Qujing 655099; P.R. China
Fungi New taxon Periconiaceae Pleosporales Phylogeny Western Ghats

Abstract

Two Periconia species, P. bharata sp. nov. and P. thailandica, a new record for India, collected from Ochlandra travancorica and Bambusa vulgaris, respectively, from Kerala, India, are described herein. The new species is characterised by its branched setuliform conidiophores with distinctive mono or polyblastic conidiogenous cells which resembles species of Trichobotrys. Phylogenetic analyses of combined LSU, ITS, SSU, and tef1-α sequence data using Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Inference methods place P. bharata as a sister taxon to P. muchuanensis with strong statistical support within Periconiaceae. This study also reports P. thailandica for the first time from India. Additionally, MALDI-TOF MS data were also generated and integrated to support the rapid detection of these species in the future.

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Paraparath, S.O., Rajeshkumar, K.C., Chandran, D., Ansil, P.A., Lad, S., Ashtamoorthy, S.K., Sahu, R., Harikrishnan, K., Jeewon, R., Wijayawardene, N.N. & Karunarathna, S.C. (2026) Additions to the Indian Periconia species: P. bharata sp. nov. and P. thailandica as a new record based on an integrative taxonomic approach. Phytotaxa 763 (2): 153–172. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.763.2.3