Emended Neodactylariales (Dothideomycetes): Szaferohypha gen. nov. and phylogenetically related genera

By

Piatek, Marcin
Stryjak-Bogacka, Monika
Czachura, Paweł

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

111

Pages

211--228

Subjects

Ascomycota , emended descriptions , one new genus , one new species , sooty mould communities , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.111.139620

 

Abstract

Epiphytic fungi evolved several times in Dothideomycetes, particularly within the orders Asterinales, Capnodiales, Microthyriales, and Zeloasperisporiales, but also in other, less obvious lineages. In this study, a new genus and species, Szaferohypha and S. enigmatica, isolated from the sooty mould community on the leaves of Symphoricarpos albus in Poland, are described based on morphology and phylogenetic analysis using sequences of four DNA loci (LSU, ITS, SSU, and rpb2). Due to single isolation, it is unclear whether Szaferohypha enigmatica represents a very rare or accidental inhabitant of sooty mould communities. Szaferohypha is assigned to the poorly known family Neodactylariaceae and order Neodactylariales, together with Beaucarneamyces, Neodactylaria, and Pseudoarthrographis. The order and family were originally circumscribed based on the features of the genus Neodactylaria. Therefore, they are emended by characters of Beaucarneamyces, Pseudoarthrographis, and Szaferohypha.