The genus Simplicillium

By

Wei, De-Ping
Dhanushka N., Wanasinghe
Hyde, Kevin D
Mortimer, Peter
Xu, Jianchu
Xiao, Yuan-Pin
Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu
To-anun, Chaiwat

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

60

Pages

69--92

Subjects

ant fungi , new species , Phylogeny , taxonomy , Thailand

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.60.38040

 

Abstract

Simplicilliumspecies have a wide host range and an extensive distribution. Some species are associated with rusts, as well as other plant pathogenic fungi and play an important role in biological control. In this study, two specimens ofSimplicilliumwere collected from Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.Simplicillium formicaesp. nov. was isolated from an infected ant andS. lanosoniveumfromOphiocordyceps unilateraliswhich is a new host record. Species were initially identified using ITS gene sequences and confirmed using morphology coupled with phylogenetic analyses of a combined nrLSU, nrSSU, TEF and RPB1 dataset.Simplicillium formicaediffers from other species in the genus by the presence of flask-shaped synnemata and phialides with intercalary nodes.Simplicillium lanosoniveumresembles other collections of the species by its completely solitary, tapering phialides and globose to ellipsoidal conidia which adhere in a slimly head. A key to species ofSimplicilliumis also provided.