MycoKeys 90: 19-30 (2022) er-reviewed open-access journal doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.90.84562 < MycoKkeys https://mycokeys.pensoft. net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis gen. et sp. nov. of the Punctulariaceae (Corticiales, Basidiomycota) revealed by molecular data Chia-Ling Wei', Che-Chih Chen!'*?, Shuang-Hui He*, Sheng-Hua Wu!” | Department of Biology, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung 40453, Taiwan 2 Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan 3 Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan 4 School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China Corresponding authors: Shuang-Hui He (heshuanghui@bjfu.edu.cn); Sheng-Hua Wu (shwu@mail.nmns.edu.tw) Academic editor: R. Henrik Nilsson | Received 29 March 2022 | Accepted 8 May 2022 | Published 31 May 2022 Citation: Wei C-L, Chen C-C, He S-H, Wu S-H (2022) Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis gen. et sp. nov. of the Punctulariaceae (Corticiales, Basidiomycota) revealed by molecular data. MycoKeys 90: 19-30. https://doi.org/10.3897/ mycokeys.90.84562 Abstract Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis is presented in this study as a new genus and new species based on morpho- logical and phylogenetic evidence. This new taxon is characterized by resupinate, smooth and membrana- ceous basidiomata, monomitic hyphal system with clamps, colorless dendrohyphidia, variable presence of cystidia, and ellipsoid to ovoid basidiospores measuring 5—7 x 3.2—5.2 um. The phylogenetic analyses based on the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 (ITS) + nuclear 28S rDNA (28S) dataset of Corticiales indicated that the new taxon is nested in Punctulariaceae, separated from other genera with strong support values. Descriptions, specimen photo, and illustrations of the new taxon are provided in this study. A morpho- logical comparison of the four genera of Punctulariaceae is given. Keywords Corticioid fungi, East Asia, phylogeny, taxonomy, wood-decaying fungi Introduction Corticiales K.H. Larss. is a small order of corticioid fungi with four families: Corti- ciaceae Herter, Dendrominiaceae Ghobad-Nejhad, Punctulariaceae Donk, and Vuil- leminiaceae Maire ex Lotsy. The members of the order show a variety of nutritional Copyright Chia-Ling Wei et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 20 Chia-Ling Wei et al. / MycoKeys 90: 19-30 (2022) ecologies, including lignicolous saprobes, foliicolous species, plant pathogens, and li- chenicolous species (Ghobad-Nejhad et al. 2010, 2021). Species of Punctulariaceae are mainly saprobic on angiosperm trees, causing white rot. Morphologically, they are characterized by having effused to effused-reflexed basidiomata, smooth to tuberculate hymenial surface, a monomitic hyphal system with clamped generative hyphae, mostly absence of cystidia, sparsely to regularly branched dendrohyphidia, and ellipsoid to subglobose basidiospores which are negative in Melzer’s reagent and acyanophilous in cotton blue. When Donk (1964) established this family, he adopted Talbot's suggestion (Talbot 1958) and designated Punctularia Pat. as the type genus. Ghobad-Nejhad et al. (2010) were the first to use a phylogenetic approach to analyze Punctulariaceae, and they recognized three genera, viz., Dendrocorticium M.J. Larsen & Gilb., Punctularia, and Punctulariopsis Ghobad-Nejhad. ‘This arrangement was generally accepted by my- cologists (Hibbett et al. 2014; He et al. 2019; Wijayawardene et al. 2020). Most of the previous studies of Punctulariaceae focused on European species (Ber- nicchia and Gorjén 2010; Gorjén and Bernicchia 2017), although species from other continents received attention as well (Ghobad-Nejhad et al. 2010; Baltazar et al. 2013; Ariyawansa et al. 2015). However, the study of this family in Asia is insufficient and needs an update (Petch 1916; Cooke 1956; Guan et al. 2021). During surveys of corticioid fungi in East Asian regions, we found an unknown species morphologi- cally similar to Dendrocorticium spp. Phylogenetic analyses were conducted by using ITS+28S sequences to evaluate the generic placement of the target taxon, and the re- sults indicated that it represents a new genus and a new species of the Punctulariaceae. Materials and methods Morphological studies Descriptions and illustrations are based on dried specimens deposited at the herbaria of the National Museum of Natural Science (TNM) and Beijing Forestry University (BJFC). Specimens were sliced into thin sections under stereo microscope (Nikon SMZ645) and mounted in 5% KOH with 1% phloxine in preparation for observations and measure- ments. Melzer’s reagent (IKI) and cotton blue were applied to detect amyloidity or dextri- noidity, and cyanophily, respectively. Microscopic studies were carried out under 1,000x magnification using an optical microscope (Olympus BX43). For presenting the range of basidiospore dimensions, 5% values of minimum and maximum are given in parentheses. DNA extraction and sequencing DNA was extracted from dried specimens using the Plant Genomic DNA Extraction Miniprep System (Viogene Biotek corporation, New Taipei City, Taiwan), following the manufacturer's protocol. ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 and partial 28S regions were amplified with the primer pairs ITS1/ITS4 (White et al. 1990) and LROR/LR5 (Vilgalys and Hester 1990). The PCR protocols for ITS and 28S followed Chen et al. (2020). PCR Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis gen. et sp. nov. 21 products were purified and sequenced by MB Mission Biotech company (Taipei City, Taiwan). New sequences were assembled and adjusted using BioEdit v7.2.5 (Hall 1999) and subsequently submitted to GenBank (Table 1). Table |. Information of species and strains used in phylogenetic analyses, including their localities, voucher numbers, and GenBank accession numbers (ITS and 28S). Newly generated sequences are shown in bold. Voucher number of holotypes are marked with an asterisk (*). Species Locality Voucher no. GenBank accession no. ITS 28S Australovuilleminia coccinea Ghobad-Nejhad & Hallenb. New Zealand PDD:94158* HM046875 HM046930 Basidiodesertica hydei Oman DST2020a_ MW077150 MW077159 SQUCC15289* Corticium roseum China Ghobad-Nejhad 2428 =MW805872 MW805836 C. thailandicum Thailand Ghobad-Nejhad 3012 MW805868 MW805831 Oytidia salicina (Fr.) Burt Finland Haikonen 24631 GU590881 HM046921 Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis Sheng H. Wu, C.L. Wei & Taiwan WEI 20-166* MW580922 MW580924 S.H. He D. orientalis Taiwan WEI 20-173 MW580925 MW580927 D. orientalis Taiwan BCRC 36235 EU232219 EU232303 D. orientalis China He 4195 MW580926 MW580921 Dendrocorticium polygonioides (P. Karst.) M.J. Larsen France CBS 106.56 MH857525 MH869062 & Gilb. D. roseocarneum (Schwein.) M.J. Larsen & Gilb. South Korea KUC20121109-32 KJ668559 KJ668413 Dendrominia dryina (Pers.) Ghobad-Nejhad & Duhem France Duhem 5283 JX892936 JX892937 D. ericae (Duhem) Ghobad-Nejhad & Duhem France Duhem 4840* JX892938 JX892939 Disporotrichum dimorphosporum USA CBS 433.85 MH861895 MH873584 D. dimorphosporum Netherlands CBS 419.70* MH859776 MH871538 Erythricium hypnophilum France MG169 MW805858 MW805823 E. laetum — Kotiranta 21287 GU590875 = GU590878 Gloeophyllum abietinum (Bull.) P. Karst. Switzerland H 22988 JX524619 KC782733 L. fuciformis Netherlands CBS 182.49 MH856485 MH868023 L. roseipellis — CBS 299.82 EU622846 EU622844 ‘Lawreymyces palice? — Palice 4369* AY542865 AY542865 ‘Lawreymyces palice? — Palice 2509 AY542864 AY542864 Marchandiomyces aurantioroseus (P. Karst.) Ghobad- Sweden Hallenberg 8186 KP864659 HM046929 Nejhad M. corallinus — JL128-98 AY583327 AY583331 Mycobernardia incrustans France Duhem 3613 MW805860 MW805825 M. incrustans Canada CBS172.36 MH855759 MH867272 Punctularia atropurpurascens (Berk. & Broome) Petch Taiwan WEI 17-662 MW570883 MW570888 P. bambusicola C.L. Zhao China CLZhao 9098* MW559983. = MW559985 P. strigosozonata (Schwein.) P.H.B. Talbot — HHB-11897-sp DQ398958 AF518642 Punctulariopsis efibulata (M.J. Larsen & Nakasone) USA Burdsall 8824* KR494276 KR494277 Ghobad-Nejhad P. obducens (Hjortstam & Ryvarden) Ghobad-Nejhad Ethiopia Ryvarden 28131 HM046918 HM046933 P. subglobispora (Hallenb. & Hjortstam) Ghobad- Argentina Hallenberg 12761* HM046917. + HM046932 Nejhad Veluticeps abietina (Pers.) Hjortstam & Telleria Sweden KHL 12474 EU118619 EU118619 Vuilleminia comedens (Nees) Maire — T-583 DQ398959 AF518666 V. coryli Boidin, Lang. & Gilles Turkmenistan Parmasto 54999 JN387996 JN388005 V. cystidiata Parmasto South Korea KUC20131022-26 KJ668433 KJ668285 V. erastii Ghobad-Nejhad Canada DAOM 199025* JN387998 JN388007 V. macrospora (Bres.) Hjortstam France Duhem 4860 JX892940 JX892941 V. megalospora Bres. Italy Ryvarden 43185 HM046887 HM046926 V. nilsii Ghobad-Nejhad & Duhem France Duhem 4847* JX892947 JX892948 V. pseudocystidiata Boidin, Lanq. & Gilles France Boidin 14838* HM046888 HM046928 Waitea circinata USA CBS472.82 MH861518 MH873265 W. guianensis French Guiana GUY13-110 MW449090 MW449101 22 Chia-Ling Wei et al. / MycoKeys 90: 19-30 (2022) Phylogenetic analyses The selection of species and samples for the ITS+28S dataset was inspired by Ghobad- Nejhad and Duhem (2014) and Guan et al. (2021). The dataset contained 43 samples from 37 species, including 35 ingroup species from 17 genera of the four families in Corticiales and 2 outgroup species from Gloeophyllales [Gloeophyllum abietinum (Bull.) P. Karst. and Véeluticeps abietina (Pers.) Hjortstam & Telleria, Table 1]. Sequences were aligned in MAFFT v.7 (Katoh and Standley 2013). Partitioned phylogenetic analyses were carried out for the ITS+28S dataset based on maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) methods, using MrBayes v. 3.2.6. (Ronquist et al. 2012) and RaxML Black Box (Stamatakis 2014) at the CIPRES Science Gateway (http://www. phylo.org/). For the BI analysis, jModeltest 2.1.10 (Darriba et al. 2012) was first ex- ecuted to estimate the best-fit substitution model based on Akaike Information Crite- rion (AIC). The GITR+G+I was used as the substitution model for the ITS1, ITS2 and 28S regions, while K80 was used for 5.8S region. The parameter settings for ML and BI analyses followed Wu et al. (2018). Only the phylogram inferred from the ML analysis is shown since the BI and ML analyses produced similar topologies. ‘The statistical sup- port values are presented above the branches of the ML tree when bootstrap values (BS) > 70 and BI posterior probability (PP) 2 0.9. The complete phylogenetic trees and align- ment were submitted to TreeBASE (submission number 29602; www.treebase.org). Results Phylogenetic inference The final alignment of 43 sequences contained 1,647 sites (including gaps) of which 724 sites were from the ITS region and 923 sites from the 28S gene. Totally, 565 (34%) sites were parsimony informative. The ML tree (Fig. 1) shows the four highly supported families also recovered in previous studies (Ghobad-Nejhad and Duhem 2014; Ariyawansa et al. 2015; Ghobad-Nejhad et al. 2021; Guan et al. 2021). The four samples of the new species Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis formed a monophyletic group in Punctulariaceae with strong support values (BS = 100%; PP = 1), well separated from the other genera, viz., Dendrocorticium, Punctularia, and Punctulariopsis (Fig. 1). Therefore, Dendrocorticiopsis is treated as the fourth genus of Punctulariaceae. Taxonomy Dendrocorticiopsis Sheng H. Wu, C.L. Wei & S.H. He, gen. nov. MycoBank: MB838902 Diagnosis. Dendrocorticiopsis differs from other genera by having strictly resupinate ba- sidiomata, ivory hymenphore, a compact texture, a monomitic hyphal system, nodose- septate hyphae, encrusted cystidia, dendrohyphidia and ellipsoid to ovoid basidiospores. Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis gen. et sp. nov. 22 Waitea guianensis GUY 13-110 Waitea circinata CBS472.82 * Mycobernardia incrustans Duhem 3613 * Mycobernardia incrustans CBS172.36 100/1 Marchandiomyces aurantioroseus Hallenberg 8186 Marchandiomyces corallinus JL128-98 * A. 10/1 Laetisaria roseipellis CBS299.82 Corticiaceae Laetisaria fuciformis CBS182.49 *« Basidiodesertica hydei DST2020a_SQUCC15289 * 4100/1 Corticium roseum Ghobad-Nejhad 2428 * Corticium thailandicum Ghobad-Nejhad 3012 100/1 Erythricium laetum Kotiranta 21287 * 95/1 Erythricium hypnophilum MG169 100/1 ‘Lawreymyces’ palicei Palice 4369 *« ‘Lawreymyces’ palicei Palice 2509 100/1 Disporotrichum dimorphosporum CBS419.70 * Disporotrichum dimorphosporum CBS433.85 Sa]elNIOD 100/1 -10.94 100/1 100/1 Veluticeps abietina KHL 12474 Gloeophyllum abietinum H 22988 0.14 Figure |. The phylogram of Corticiales inferred from ML analysis using the combined ITS+28S dataset shows the position of Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis (shown in bold) in Punctulariaceae. Numbers above branch- es indicate statistical support of BS > 70% and PP 2 0.9. Black stars (é) indicate strains of generic species. Description. Basidiomata resupinate, effused, adnate, membranaceous. Hymenial surface brownish ivory, grayish ivory to lilac ivory, smooth. Hyphal system monomitic; generative hyphae nodose-septate, colorless, slightly thick- to thick-walled. Subiculum uni- form, with compact texture, usually with crystal masses; hyphae fairly horizontal. Hyme- nial layer thickening, with compact texture, usually with oily materials, hyphae more or less vertical. Dendrohyphidia numerous, thick-walled toward base, colorless. Cystidia clavate, apically with resinous materials. Basidia clavate to subclavate, 4-sterigmata, thick-walled toward base. Basidiospores ellipsoid to ovoid, sometimes broadly ellipsoid, smooth, thin- walled or occasionally slightly thick-walled, negative in Melzer’s reagent, acyanophilous. Type species. Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis. Etymology. Dendrocorticiopsis refers to the morphological resemblance to Den- drocorticium. 24 Chia-Ling Wei et al. / MycoKeys 90: 19-30 (2022) Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis Sheng H. Wu, C.L. Wei & S.H. He, sp. nov. MycoBank: MB838903 Figs.2 5; Diagnosis. The noteworthy features of Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis are: (1) subiculum composed of a basal layer, with compact texture; (2) oily materials usually present in hymenial layer; (3) cystidia with resinous materials at apices; (4) shortly clavate to subclavate basidia; (5) ellipsoid to ovoid basidiospores measuring 5—7 x 3.2—5.2 um. Typification. Tarwan, Taichung City, Heping District, near trailhead of Mt. Tang- madan Trail, 24°09'53.0"N, 120°57'26.4"E, 670 m asl., on dead angiosperm trunk, 20 Aug 2020, leg. C.L. Wei, WEI 20-166 (holotype, TNM F34448). GenBank: ITS = MW580922; 28S = MW580924. Etymology. The epithet refers to the Eastern world, where the specimens were collected. Description. Basidiomata annual, resupinate, effused, adnate, membranaceous, 50-100 um thick in section. Hymenial surface brownish ivory, grayish ivory to lilac ivory, smooth, finely cracked; margin concolourous, slightly pruinose, rather determi- nate. Hyphal system monomitic; generative hyphae nodose-septate. Subiculum fairly uniform, composed of a basal layer, with fairly compact texture, usually with crystal masses; up to 30 um thick, sometimes indistinct; hyphae mainly horizontal, colorless, fairly straight, 3—4 um diam, with walls slightly thickened up to 1 um. Hymenial layer thickening, with more or less compact texture, usually with oily materials, 50-70 um Figure 2. Basidiomata of Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis (holotype, WEI 20-166). Scale bar: 1 cm. Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis gen. et sp. nov. 25 —_— / (|] (’ Figure 3. Micromorphological features of Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis (holotype, WEI 20-166) A profile of basidioma section B basidioma section C dendrohyphidia D cystidia E basidia F basidiospores. Scale bars: 50 um (A); 10 um (BF). thick; hyphae more or less vertical, colorless, 2-4 um diam, with walls slightly thick- ened up to 1 ym. Dendrohyphidia numerous, 12—28 x 2—3 um, thick-walled toward base, with walls up to 1 ym thick, colorless. Cystidia clavate, apically with resinous 26 Chia-Ling Wei et al. / MycoKeys 90: 19-30 (2022) materials, gradually dissolving in KOH, 10-20 x 3.5—5.5 um, slightly thick-walled, or thickening toward base, with walls up to 1 um thick. Basidia clavate to subclavate, usually broadened at basal or middle parts, 18—35 x 5—7 um, 4-sterigmata, thickening toward base, with walls up to 1 um thick. Basidiospores ellipsoid to ovoid, or broadly ellipsoid, smooth, colorless, with homogenous contents, thin-walled or occasionally slightly thick-walled, negative in Melzer’s reagent, acyanophilous, mostly 5—7 x 3.2— 5.2 um. (5.5)6—7(7.5) x 4.2—-5.2(5.5) um, L = 6.5040.42 um, W = 4.6640.32 um, Q = 1.40 (n = 30) (holotype, WEI 20-166). (5.7)6.2—7(7.5) x (4.2)4.5-5(5.2) um, L = 6.61£0.43 um, W = 4.77£0.25 pm, Q = 1.39 (n = 30) (WEI 20-173). (4.2)5-6.8(7) x (3)3.2-5(5.2) um, L = 5.8 um, W = 4.2 um, Q = 1.38 (He 4195). Habitat. On dead angiosperm wood (e.g., Acacia and Castanopsis), occurring in August. Distribution. In subtropical regions, known from China: Jiangxi and Taiwan. Additional specimens examined (paratypes). Cuina, Jiangxi Province, Yi- chun City, Yifeng County, Guanshan National Nature Reserve, 500 m asl., on dead Castanopsis wood, 9 Aug 2016, leg. S.H. He, He 4195 (BJFC 023637). Tarwan, Tai- chung City, Heping District, near trailhead of Mt. Tangmadan Trail, 24°09'53.0"N, 120°57'26.4"E, 670 m asl., on dead angiosperm trunk, 20 Aug 2020 leg. C.L. Wei, WEI 20-173 (TNM F0034449). Notes. Both of the ITS and 28S sequences BLAST results showed that Dendrocor- ticiopsis orientalis is close to the strain BCRC 36235 that is annotated as Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat. in GenBank. According to personal communication with Bi- oresource Collection and Research Center (BCRC, Taiwan), the strain BCRC 36235 was indeed isolated from a Ganoderma specimen collected by Dr. Jin-Torng Peng in Nantou, Central Taiwan, on wood of Acacia confusa Mert. However, as suggested by Suldbold (2017), the ITS (EU232219) and 28S (EU232303) sequences of the strain BCRC 36235 are not true G. applanatum, and we supposed that the strain could be contaminated by D. orientalis, which is known to grow on Acacia. The specimen He 4195 collected on Castanopsis (Fagaceae) from Jiangxi Province has slightly smaller basidiospores (L = 5.8 um, W = 4.2 um) than the holotype. Discussion A comparison of morphological characteristics for distinguishing the four genera in Punctulariaceae is provided in Table 2. Dendrocorticiopsis is morphologically similar to Dendrocorticium, however, the latter has longer and narrowly clavate to tubular basidia usually longer than 45 um, whereas Dendrocorticiopsis has clavate to subclavate basidia shorter than 35 um. Punctularia differs from Dendrocorticiopsis by having resupinate or effused-reflexed basidiomata with a tuberculate hymenophore, colored dendrohyphidia, and through its lack of cystidia, while Punctulariopsis can be distinguished from Dendro- corticiopsis by possessing longer basidia and basidiospores, and mostly lacking cystidia. Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis gen. et sp. nov. 27 Table 2. Morphological characteristics used for distinguishing the four genera in Punctulariaceae. Dendrocorticiopsis|___ Dendrocorticium _| | Dendrocorticium —_| Punctulariopsis basidiomata resupinate resupinate or effused-reflexed | resupinate or effused- resupinate reflexed hymenial smooth smooth tuberculate smooth surface dendrohyphidia colourless mostly colourless (yellowish | yellowish to brown or colourless in D. roseolum); some species pink to rose with encrustations cystidia clavate, apically mostly absent (D. roseolum absent mostly absent with resinous with halocystidia; D. piceinum (P obducens with materials with leptocystidia) leptocystidia) basidia clavate to narrowly clavate to tubular; narrowly clavate to | narrowly clavate to subclavate; < 35 um mostly > 45 um long tubular; 35-45 um long} tubular; > 45 um long long basidiospores _| ellipsoid to ovoid; < broadly ellipsoid to ellipsoid; < 10 um long | broadly ellipsoid 10 um long subglobose; usually < 10 um to subglobose; > long 10 um long distributions subtropical regions | temperate or tropical regions | tropical to subtropical tropical to regions subtropical regions Dendrocorticium violaceum HS. Jacks. ex M.J. Larsen & Gilb. and D. polygonioides (P. Karst.) M.J. Larsen & Gilb. have similar-sized basidiospores to Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis [4—6.5 x 3-5 um in D. violaceum, 6-9 x 4—6 um in D. polygonioides (Larsen and Gilbertson 1977)]. However, D. violaceum is distributed in Canada, has a reflexed basidiomata margin (closely adnate in Dendrocorticiopsis orientalis), and grows mainly on deciduous wood. Dendrocorticium polygonioides is mainly distributed in Europe and has a whitish to violaceous surface, large basidia (50-60 x 5—7 um), and usually encrusted dendrohyphidia (Larsen and Gilbertson 1977). Acknowledgements This study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (no. 109-08.1-SB-18) from the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, ROC and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31750001). We are grateful to Miss Shin-Yi Ke for DNA ex- traction and PCR works, and to Miss Siou-Zhen Chen for managing studied specimens. 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Link: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.90.84562.suppl1