Morphological and phylogenetic characterisation of two new soil-borne fungal taxa belonging to Clavicipitaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycota)

By

Zhang, Zhiyuan
Feng, Yao
Tong, Shuo-Qiu
Ding, Chen-Yu
Tao, Gang
Han, Yan-Feng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

98

Pages

113--132

Subjects

Clavicipitaceae , entomopathogenic fungi , new taxa , Phylogeny , Pochonia , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.98.106240

 

Abstract

The fungal taxa belonging to the Clavicipitaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycota) are widely distributed and include diverse saprophytic, symbiotic and pathogenic species that are associated with soils, insects, plants, fungi and invertebrates. In this study, we identified two new fungal taxa belonging to the family Clavicipitaceae that were isolated from soils collected in China. Morphological characterisation and phylogenetic analyses showed that the two species belong to Pochonia (Pochonia sinensissp. nov.) and a new genus for which we propose Paraneoaraneomycesgen. nov. in Clavicipitaceae.