Additions to Italian Pleosporinae, including Italica heraclei sp. nov.

By

Wijesinghe, Subodini
Wang, Yong
Zucconi, Laura M.
Dayarathne, Monika
Boonmee, Saranyaphat
Camporesi, Erio
Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N
Hyde, Kevin D

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-01-18

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

9

Pages

1--22

Subjects

Ascomycota , Dothideomycetes , integrative taxonomy , Morphology , one new species , Phylogeny

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e59648
eLocator: e59648

 

Abstract

In the last few years, many microfungi—including plant-associated species—have been reported from various habitats and substrates in Italy. In this study of pleosporalean fungi, we researched terrestrial habitats in the Provinces of Arezzo (Tuscany region), Forlì-Cesena and Ravenna (Emilia-Romagna region) in Italy.<br> Our research on Italian pleosporalean fungi resulted in the discovery of a new species, Italica heraclei (Phaeosphaeriaceae). In addition, we present a new host record for Pseudoophiobolus mathieui (Phaeosphaeriaceae) and the second Italian record of Phomatodes nebulosa (Didymellaceae). Species boundaries were defined, based on morphological study and multi-locus phylogenetic reconstructions using Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Inference analyses. Our findings expand the knowledge on host and distribution ranges of pleosporalean fungi in Italy.