Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals new species in Rhytismataceae (Rhytismatales, Leotiomycetes, Ascomycota) from Guizhou Province, China.

MycoKeys, 2020;76:81-106.

Zhang JF[1, 2, 3], Liu JK[2, 4], Hyde KD[3, 5, 6], Ekanayaka AH[3, 6], Liu ZY[2]

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PMID: 33505198DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.76.58465

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Abstract
Karst formations represent a unique eco-environment. Research in the microfungi inhabiting this area is limited. During an ongoing survey of ascomycetous microfungi from karst terrains in Guizhou Province, China, we discovered four new species, which are introduced here as Hypoderma paralinderae, Terriera karsti, T. meitanensis and T. sigmoideospora placed in Rhytismataceae, based on phylogenetic analyses and morphological characters. Molecular analyses, based on concatenated LSU-ITS-mtSSU sequence data, were used to infer phylogenetic affinities. Detail descriptions and comprehensive illustrations of these new taxa are provided and relationships with the allied species are discussed, based on comparative morphology and molecular data.

Keywords: Hypoderma ; Terriera ; four new taxa; karst formations; taxonomy

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