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Hong-Min Zhou, Shun Liu, Xiao-Juan Deng, Hong-Gao Liu, Rui Xing, Yu-Cheng Dai, Ying-Da Wu
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Summary: Two new wood-inhabiting fungal species, Steccherinum tenuissimum and S. xanthum spp. nov., are described based on a combination of morphological features and molecular evidence; phylogenetic analyses show that they fall into the residual polyporoid clade, with S. tenuissimum and S. xanthum being sister to S. robustius with high support.
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Meng Zhou, Yu-Cheng Dai, Josef Vlasak, Yuan Yuan
Summary: A study on the phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Haploporus was conducted, updating the species diversity with the description of four new species. Molecular analyses and morphological characteristics were used to differentiate the new species from existing ones, providing an identification key for accepted species of Haploporus.
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Mycology
Y. R. Wang, Y. D. Wu, J. Vlasak, Y. Yuan, Y. C. Dai
Summary: Megasporoporia sensu lato is a common polypore genus in tropics, recognized by its resupinate, light-colored basidiocarps with big pores growing on fresh fallen trunks and branches. Molecular analyses revealed its polyphyletic nature, leading to its division into three genera. This study identified and described four new species and proposed a new combination within the genus.
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Microbiology
Shun Liu, Jun-Liang Zhou, Jie Song, Yi-Fei Sun, Yu-Cheng Dai, Bao-Kai Cui
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FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
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Shun Liu, Yi-Fei Sun, Xing Ji, Chang-Ge Song, Tai-Min Xu, Bao-Kai Cui
Summary: Leptoporus is a rare genus found mainly in coniferous forests in the Northern Hemisphere. Unlike other species in its family, Leptoporus can cause brown-rot decay instead of white-rot decay. Through molecular and morphological studies, a new species, Leptoporus submollis, is discovered in Southwest China.
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY
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Chao-Ge Wang, Josef Vlasak, Yu-Cheng Dai
Summary: This study describes four new species of Bjerkandera from tropical America and Asia, along with their characteristics and their role in causing white rot on angiosperm trunks or rotten wood. Additionally, an identification key and phylogeny for all known Bjerkandera species are provided.
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Jun He, Xiao Han, Zong-Long Luo, E-Xian Li, Song-Ming Tang, Hong-Mei Luo, Kai-Yang Niu, Xi-jun Su, Shu-Hong Li
Summary: This study identified the species diversity of Ganoderma in Yunnan Province, China using morphological and molecular characteristics. The results revealed the presence of 18 Ganoderma species, including three new species. A checklist of Ganoderma species in Yunnan Province, accounting for 71.11% of the known species in China, was established, along with a classification key.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
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Shun Liu, Yuan-Yuan Chen, Yi-Fei Sun, Xiao-Lan He, Chang-Ge Song, Jing Si, Dong-Mei Liu, Genevieve Gates, Bao-Kai Cui
Summary: Brown-rot fungi are important for forest ecosystems as they degrade wood cellulose and hemicellulose, and contribute to nutrient cycling. Recent studies have shown that the ability to produce brown rot has evolved independently multiple times. This study focuses on the classification and phylogenetic relationships of brown-rot fungi within the Polyporales, based on DNA sequences from various loci. The study proposes new families, genera, species, and combinations, and provides illustrations and descriptions for the new species.
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Hong-De Yang, Yong Ding, Ting-Chi Wen, Kalani Kanchana Hapuarachchi, De-Ping Wei
Summary: In this study, a new species of Ganoderma, G. ovisporum sp. nov., was identified in Guizhou Province, China, through morphology and phylogenetic evidence. This species has distinct characteristics including a stipitate, laccate basidiome, red-brown to brownish-black pileus surface, and pale white pores. Phylogenetic analysis showed that G. ovisporum is closely related to G. sandunense. Additionally, the study provides a more precise description of G. sandunense and an updated phylogeny for Ganoderma, based on DNA sequence data.
BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL
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Jia-Jia Chen, Yu-Cheng Dai
Summary: Based on morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic analysis, two new species of Physisporinus, Physisporinus castanopsidis and Physisporinus roseus, are described from Yunnan Province, distinguishing by their different features such as waxy basidiocarps and basidiospores in Physisporinus castanopsidis, and rose pores and cystidia in Physisporinus roseus.
MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS
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Cony A. Decock, Leif Ryvarden, Mario Amalfi
Summary: A new polypore species, Niveoporofomes oboensis, was discovered during a survey in the montane forest of Sao Tome. The species was characterized by subglobose basidiospores and a brown rot. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed the placement and a new combination, N. widdringtoniae, was proposed. Additionally, a key to the species in Tropical Africa was provided.
MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS
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