Three novel woody litter inhabiting fungi in Didymosphaeriaceae, Phaeoseptaceae and Synnemasporellaceae from Zhujiangyuan Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, P.R. China

By

Zhang, Guiqing
Wijayawardene, Nalin
Han, Li-Hong
Kumla, Jaturong
Suwannarach, Nakarin
Li, Qiang
Elgorban, Abdallah M.
Moussa, Ihab M
Coleine, Claudia
Dai, Dong-Qin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

106

Pages

173--200

Subjects

Morpho-molecular , new fungal species , Phylogeny , taxonomy , woody fungi

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.106.123105

 

Abstract

Zhujiangyuan Nature Reserve, located in Qujing City, Yunnan Province, China, is reported with high fauna and floral diversity, while the fungal diversity of the region is poorly documented. During the summer season in 2023, decaying wood-inhabiting microfungi were collected from different microhabitats. The novel species were identified based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses (based on combined datasets of ITS, LSU, SSU, tef1-α, and rpb2 regions). Two species belong to Dothideomycetes (viz., Spegazzinia zhujiangyuanensissp. nov. and Phaeoseptum zhujiangyuanensesp. nov. in Pleosporales) while the other one resides in Sordariomycetes (Synnemasporella faniisp. nov. in Diaporthales). The results are in conformity with the earlier studies that predicted higher fungal diversity in this region.