Lecanicillium cauligalbarum sp. nov. (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales), a novel fungus isolated from a stemborer in the Yao Ren National Forest Mountain Park, Guizhou

By

Zhou, Ye-Ming
Zhi, Jun-Rui
Ye, Mao
Zhang, Zhiyuan
Yue, Wen-bo
Zou, Xiao

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

43

Pages

59-74

Subjects

entomopathogenic fungi , Lecanicillium , multiple genes , new species , Phylogeny

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.43.30203

 

Abstract

A new species of entomopathogenic fungi,Lecanicilliumcauligalbarum, was discovered from a survey of invertebrate-associated fungi in the Yao Ren National Forest Mountain Park in China. The synnemata of this species emerged from the corpse of a stemborer (Lepidoptera), which was hidden amongst pieces of wood on the forest floor. It differs from morphologically similarLecanicilliumspecies mainly in its short conidiogenous cells and ellipsoid to ovoid and aseptate conidia. Phylogenetic analysis of a combined data set comprising ITS,SSU,LSU,TEF,RPB1andRPB2sequence data supported the inclusion ofL.cauligalbarumin theLecanicilliumgenus and its recognition as a distinct species.