Four new araneogenous species and a new genus in Hypocreales (Clavicipitaceae, Cordycipitaceae) from the karst region of China

By

Chen, Wanhao
Li, Dan
Shu, Huilin
Liang, Jiandong
Zhao, Jiehong
Tian, Weiyi
Han, Yan-Feng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

112

Pages

335--359

Subjects

Chlorocillium , lecanicillium-like , Morphology , phylogenetic analysis , Spider

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.112.140799

 

Abstract

The karst region in southwestern China is one of the biodiversity hotspots in the world with rich fungal diversity but under-studied. Four fungal species belonging to Chlorocillium (Clavicipitaceae) and Gamszarella (Cordycipitaceae) were isolated from dead spiders. Morphological comparisons, phylogenetic analyses and a PHI analysis based on multigene datasets support the establishment of these new species viz., Chlorocillium guizhouensesp. nov., C. vallensesp. nov., Gamszarella sinensissp. nov., and G. vallensissp. nov. are introduced. A new genus, Neogamszarella, is proposed to accommodate Gamszarella antillana, which is phylogenetically distinct from Gamszarellas. str. Our results revealed that further attention needs to be paid to the diversity of araneogenous fungi in the karst regions of southwestern China.