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Issue: Vol. 766 No. 2: 9 Jul. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-07-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.766.2.1
Page range: 101-121
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Exsiccatiomyces formicarium gen. et sp. nov. from the wall of Crematogaster rogenhoferi carton nest

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; State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Natural Medicines; Kunming Institute of Botany; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming 650201; China
The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species & Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development; Kunming Institute of Botany; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming 650201; China
State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Natural Medicines; Kunming Institute of Botany; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming 650201; China
State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Natural Medicines; Kunming Institute of Botany; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming 650201; China; Faculty of Agriculture; Chiang Mai University; Chiang Mai 50200; Thailand
State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Natural Medicines; Kunming Institute of Botany; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming 650201; China
Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia; Kunming Institute of Botany; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming 650201; China
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research; Mae Fah Luang University; Chiang Rai 57100; Thailand; State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Natural Medicines; Kunming Institute of Botany; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming 650201; 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
Fungi Black fungi Extremophiles Mycosphaerellales Novel taxon Physiological tests

Abstract

Ant nests offer a unique microhabitat that supports diverse and exclusive fungal communities. An anamorphic fungal taxon was isolated from the wall of an ant nest from Yunnan Province, China. Maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis based on combined ITS, LSU and RPB2 gene sequences revealed that our isolate forms a distinct subclade within Xenodevriesiaceae, Mycosphaerellales, sister to Xenodevriesia. Hence, a new taxon, Exsiccatiomyces formicarium gen. et sp. nov., is introduced. This taxon is characterized by thick-walled, septate hyphae that form chlamydospores. Primary and secondary ramoconidia vary in shape; sub-cylindrical to doliiform conidia and sub-cylindrical to ellipsoidal conidia are pale brown to olivaceous. This study highlights the ecological and physiological significance of ant nest-associated fungi, contributing to the growing knowledge of fungal biodiversity in specialized microhabitats.

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Kularathnage, N.D., Senanayake, I.C., Thiyagaraja, V., Wang, Z.-Y., Zhao, Q., Gu, Z.-J., Hyde, K.D. & Jayawardena, R.S. (2026) Exsiccatiomyces formicarium gen. et sp. nov. from the wall of Crematogaster rogenhoferi carton nest. Phytotaxa 766 (2): 101–121. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.766.2.1