Three new species of Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) from southern India revealed by morphological and multigene phylogenetic analyses

Gunaseelan, Sugantha; Kezo, Kezhocuyi; Arumugam, Elangovan; Karunarathna, Samantha C.; Fahad Al-Arjani, Al-Bandari; Elgorban, Abdallah; Kumla, Jaturong; Suwannarach, Nakarin; Chukeatirote, Ekachai; Kaliyaperumal, Malarvizhi

doi:10.3897/mycokeys.125.168173

Browse by:

Article: Three new species of Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) from southern India revealed by morphological and multigene phylogenetic analyses

Title

Three new species of Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) from southern India revealed by morphological and multigene phylogenetic analyses

By

Gunaseelan, Sugantha
Kezo, Kezhocuyi
Arumugam, Elangovan
Karunarathna, Samantha C.
Fahad Al-Arjani, Al-Bandari
Elgorban, Abdallah
Kumla, Jaturong
Suwannarach, Nakarin
Chukeatirote, Ekachai
Kaliyaperumal, Malarvizhi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-11-18

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

125

Pages

147--166

Subjects

Hymenochaetaceae , multigene phylogeny , multigene phylogeny , multigene phylogeny , Phellinus sensu lato , taxonomy , wood-rotting fungi , wood-rotting fungi

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.125.168173

Cite This Publication

Article access

View Article

Copyright & Usage:

License Type URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/permissions
Copyright Status: In copyright. Digitized with the permission of the rights holder.
Rights Holder: Copyright held by individual article author(s).

Download:

All JP2 OCR PDF

expand Abstract

Fuscoporia Murrill, a cosmopolitan genus of the Hymenochaetaceae, consists of parasitic and saprotrophic fungi characterized by resupinate to pileate, strictly dimitic hyphal systems, encrusted generative hyphae, the presence of hymenial setae, and hyaline, smooth, thin-walled basidiospores. Based on morpho-microtaxonomic examinations and phylogenetic analyses using a combined ITS, nrLSU, partial rpb2 , and tef1-α dataset, three new species of Fuscoporia — F. indica , F. sirumalaiensis , and F. terminalianae —are described from the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. The newly described species form three distinct lineages within the F. torulosa complex. Fuscoporia indica is characterized by imbricate, convex, dimidiate basidiomes, a glabrous, azonate pilear surface, and ellipsoid basidiospores (3.5–4.5 × 2.5–2.9 μm). Fuscoporia sirumalaiensis has a smooth to glabrous, concentrically zonate pilear surface, a duplex context, and smaller basidiospores (3.1–3.6 × 2.1–2.6 μm). Finally, F. terminalianae is recognized by its effused-reflexed to imbricate basidiome, widely zonate and warted pilear surface, and ellipsoidal basidiospores (3.3–4.3 × 2.8–3 μm). This study provides comprehensive descriptions, morphological illustrations, and insights into the differences among these new species and their respective allied taxa, along with the results of phylogenetic analysis.