Additions to the genus Kirschsteiniothelia (Dothideomycetes); Three novel species and a new host record, based on morphology and phylogeny

By

Tang, Xia
Jeewon, Rajesh
S. Jayawardena, Ruvishika
Gomdola, Deecksha
Lu, Yong-Zhong
Xu, Rong-Ju
Alrefaei, Abdulwahed
Al-Otibi, Fatimah Olyan
Hyde, Kevin D
Kang, Jichuan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

110

Pages

35--66

Subjects

Checklist , diversity , Dothideomycetes , Kirschsteiniotheliales , one new host record , taxonomy , three new taxa

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.110.133450

 

Abstract

During a survey of microfungi associated with forest plants, four specimens related to Kirschsteiniothelia were collected from decaying wood in Guizhou, Hainan and Yunnan Provinces, China. Kirschsteiniothelia species have sexual and asexual forms. They are commonly found as saprophytes on decaying wood and have been reported as disease-causing pathogens in humans as well. In this study, we introduce three novel Kirschsteiniothelia species (K. bulbosapicalis, K. dendryphioides and K. longirostrata) and describe a new host record for K. atra, based on morphology and multi-gene phylogenetic analyses of a concatenated ITS, LSU and SSU rDNA sequence data. These taxa produced a dendryphiopsis- or sporidesmium-like asexual morph and detailed descriptions and micromorphological illustrations are provided. Furthermore, we provide a checklist for the accepted Kirschsteiniothelia species, including detailed host information, habitat preferences, molecular data, existing morphological type, country of origin and corresponding references.