Two new species of Scolecobasidium (Venturiales, Sympoventuriaceae) associated with true mangrove plants and S. terrestre comb. nov.

By

Song, Shuang
Li, Meng
Huang, Jun-En
Liu, Fang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

96

Pages

113--126

Subjects

mangrove , Phylogeny , plant pathogen , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.96.100621

 

Abstract

Scolecobasidium is cosmopolitan and includes species that inhabit a wide range of ecosystems including soil, water, air, plant and cold-blooded vertebrates. During a fungal survey from mangrove, strains of Scolecobasidium occurring on leaf spots of true mangrove plants, Aegiceras corniculatum and Acanthus ebracteatus, were isolated from Futian Mangrove in Shenzhen and the Qi’ao-Dangan Island Mangrove in Zhuhai, China. Unlike most species in Scolecobasidium that produce dark conidia, our strains are characterized by hyaline to pale brown conidia and inconspicuous thread-like sterigmata. Further detailed morphological comparison and multi-locus (LSU, ITS, tub2, tef1-α) phylogenetic analyses revealed these collections as two new taxa, namely S. acanthisp. nov. and S. aegiceratissp. nov. We further emend the generic description of Scolecobasidium, propose one new combination, S. terrestre comb. nov., and clarify the taxonomic status of S. constrictum.