Two new species of Verruconis from Hainan, China.
MycoKeys, 2019;48:41-53.
Qiao M[1], Tian W[1, 2], Castañeda-Ruiz RF[3], Xu J[1, 4], Yu Z[2]
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PMID: 30872943DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.48.32147
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Abstract
Two new species of the genus Verruconis, V.hainanensis and V.pseudotricladiata, were described using combined morphological and DNA sequence data. The DNA sequences of respective strains including nuclear ribosomal DNA genes (nuSSU, ITS, nuLSU) and fragments of three protein-coding genes (ACT1, BT2, TEF1) were sequenced and compared with those from closely-related species to genera Ochroconis and Verruconis (Family Sympoventuriaceae, Order Venturiales). Morphologically, both species showed typical ampulliform conidiophores and conidiogenous cells, features not seen in other species of Verruconis. The conidia of V.hainanensis are fusiform and those of V.pseudotricladiata are Y or T shaped, similar to old members of a closely-related genus Scolecobasidium. The addition of these two new species provides a new perspective on the heterogeneity of Scolecobasidium.
Keywords: Aquatic hyphomycetes; dematiaceous fungi; new taxon; phylogenetic placement
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