Morphology and multigene phylogeny reveal four new Xylaria (Xylariales, Xylariaceae) species from karst region in China

By

Zeng, Wenyu
Habib, Kamran
Zhou, Xin
Ren, Yulin
Shen, Xiangchun
Wang, Bei
Kang, Yingqian
Kang, Jichuan
Li, Qirui

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

108

Pages

169--196

Subjects

Folicolous fungi , Fungal systematics , Southwest China , taxonomy , Xylariaceae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.108.130565

 

Abstract

This study presents the identification of four novelXylariaspecies, discovered in the karst region of China. The discovery was facilitated by a rigorous analysis that encompassed both morpho-anatomical features and multi-locus phylogenetics utilizing sequences from the ITS,rpb2, andTUB2 loci. The newly identified species are designated asXylaria jichuaniisp. nov.,X. nanningensissp. nov.,X. orientalissp. nov., andX. taiyangheensissp. nov.The distinction of these species from their known counterparts was verified through comparison of morphological features and phylogenetic analysis. The study further provides detailed morphological descriptions, illustrative representations, and a phylogenetic tree, all of which contribute to the taxonomic positioning of these novel species.