Taxonomic reintroduction of Taphrina viridis (Taphrinales, Ascomycota) associated with Alnus alnobetula as one of five well defined European species colonizing alders

By

Caboňová, Michaela
Vadkertiová, Renáta
Adamcik, Slavomir
Bacigálová, Kamila
Slovák, Marek
Zaib, Shanza
Caboň, Miroslav

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

108

Pages

249--267

Subjects

Alder , culture characterisation , Exoascus , identification key , Morphology , taxonomy , witches’-brooms

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.108.127292

 

Abstract

Phylogenetic analysis of four DNA regions (ITS, LSU, mtSSU and tef1α) supported the existence of five European Taphrina species which colonise Alnus in Europe. In addition to previously well-defined species, T. viridis is, for the first time recognised, by molecular study as a species related to T. sadebeckii. Analysis of publicly available sequences of barcoding regions suggested that T. viridis is only associated with A. alnobetula and no other Taphrina species colonize this host tree. Symptomatic, morphological, and physiological characterisation of T. viridis are provided together with the key for identification of Alnus associated Taphrina species in Europe and North America.