Morpho-molecular characterisation of Arecophila, with A. australis and A. clypeata sp. nov. and A. miscanthi comb. nov.

By

Li, Qirui
Zhang, Xu
Lin, Yan
Samarakoon, Milan C.
Hyde, Kevin D
Shen, Xiangchun
Liao, Wanqing
Karunarathna, Anuruddha
Long, Sihan
Kang, Yingqian
Kang, Jichuan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-4-13

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

88

Pages

123--149

Subjects

Cainiaceae , gramineous plants , Phylogeny , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.88.79475

 

Abstract

Three arecophila-like fungal samples were collected on dead culms of gramineous plants in China. Morphological studies of our new collections and the herbarium specimen of Arecophila gulubiicola (generic type) were conducted and the morphological affinity of our new collections with Arecophila was confirmed. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses using combined ITS, LSU, rpb2 and β-tubulin data from our collections revealed the phylogeny of Cainiaceae. The monospecific genus Alishanica (type species Al. miscanthi), which had been accepted in Cainiaceae, is revisited and synonymised under Arecophila. Based on morphology and phylogeny, Arecophila australis sp. nov. and A. clypeata sp. nov. are introduced as new species, while A. miscanthi is a new record for China. All the new collections are illustrated and described.