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Microbiology
Rong-Ju Xu, Ying-An Zhu, Ning-Guo Liu, Saranyaphat Boonmee, De-Qun Zhou, Qi Zhao
Summary: During the investigation, 15 collections of lignicolous freshwater fungi were isolated from submerged decaying wood in the Tibetan Plateau habitat. These fungi display characteristic punctiform or powdery colonies with dark pigmented and muriform conidia. Phylogenetic analysis of their DNA sequences revealed that they belong to three families in Pleosporales. Out of these, four species were identified as new species, while three species were reported as new records in the freshwater habitats of Tibetan Plateau, China. This study provides morphological descriptions and illustrations of the new collections.
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Mycology
Rong-Yu Liu, Zhao-Xue Zhang, Tai-Chang Mu, Shu-Bin Liu, Xiu-Guo Zhang, Ji-Wen Xia
Summary: A new species of fungus, wuzhishanensis, is described and illustrated from dead branches of an unidentified broadleaf tree in Hainan Province, China. The fungus is characterized by its unique features and a key to Gangliostilbe species is provided in the study.
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Microbiology
Su-Qin Peng, Yu-Lin Liu, Jun-En Huang, Xiao-Hong Li, Xin-Yi Yan, Hai-Yan Song, Yang Gao, Zhi-Jun Zhai, Yuan-Qiu Liu, Dian-Ming Hu
Summary: During a freshwater fungi investigation in Jiangxi province, China, a new hyphomycetous fungus called Aquapteridospora jiangxiensis was discovered and isolated. This study provides a detailed description and identification of the fungus based on its morphology and molecular biology, as well as a key for species identification.
ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
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Zoology
Alexandre Pires Marceniuk, Claudio Oliveira, Carl J. Ferraris
Summary: This study presents a new classification of the catfish family Ariidae based on a total-evidence hypothesis. The classification incorporates data from both morphological and molecular characters, involving 249 morphological and 5603 molecular characters from 131 species. The proposed classification identifies named taxa that are supported by maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian inference analyses.
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2023)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Kai-Yue Luo, Meng-Han Qu, Chang-Lin Zhao
Summary: Three new wood-inhabiting fungal species, Xylodon gossypinus, X. macrosporus, and X. sinensis spp. nov., were identified in southern China, with distinct morphological features and basidiospore sizes. Phylogenetic analyses placed these species within the Schizoporaceae family in the genus Xylodon, showing relationships with other known Xylodon species.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Xiao-Hong Li, Yu-Lin Liu, Hai-Yan Song, Dian-Ming Hu, Yang Gao, Hai-Jing Hu, Jian-Ping Zhou
Summary: The new hyphomycetous fungus Sporidesmiella lignicola was isolated and identified from submerged wood samples collected in a small stream in Jiangxi Province, China. It was characterized by its pink colonies on PDA medium and unique morphological features, such as unbranched, straight or slightly flexuous conidiophores with pale brown conidiogenous cells and olivaceous brown or brown conidia. Phylogenetic analysis using LSU, ITS, TEF1 alpha, and RPB2 sequences data was conducted to further study the taxonomic relationship of this new fungus.
BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL
(2021)
Review
Mycology
Mao-Qiang He, Rui-Lin Zhao, Dong-Mei Liu, Teodor T. Denchev, Dominik Begerow, Andrey Yurkov, Martin Kemler, Ana M. Millanes, Mats Wedin, A. R. McTaggart, Roger G. Shivas, Bart Buyck, Jie Chen, Alfredo Vizzini, Viktor Papp, Ivan Zmitrovich, Naveed Davoodian, Kevin D. Hyde
Summary: This study reviews the species diversity of Basidiomycota in different lifestyles and habitats, highlighting the higher publication rate of new species in lichenicolous yeast-like taxa and the lower discovery rate of plant parasitic basidiomycetes. The establishment of a comprehensive taxonomic system through a global initiative by mycologists is found to be important for promoting and standardizing the recognition of taxa. Estimates suggest that over 54,000 species of Basidiomycota will be discovered by 2030, highlighting the significant gap between described and unknown diversity in this phylum.
Article
Zoology
Barna Pall-Gergely, Andras Hunyadi, Jaap J. Vermeulen, Jozef Grego, Chirasak Sutcharit, Alexander Reischuetz, Pongrat Dumrongrojwattana, Zoltan Botta-Dukat, Aydin Orstan, Judit Fekete, Adrienne Jochum
Summary: This study reveals that there are more species in the Southeast Asian genus Angustopila than previously known, indicating that it is a widely distributed and speciose group of tiny land snails. By revising the genus based on type material and newly collected samples, a total of 53 species and one subspecies were recognized, with 42 of them being newly discovered. The reproductive anatomy of a newly discovered species, A. erawanica, was also described.
Article
Plant Sciences
Gabriel Ginane Barreto, Luis Fernando Pascholati Gusmao
Summary: A new species of Kylindria fungi was discovered in Brazil, with distinct morphological characteristics. Additionally, conidial illustrations and a dichotomous key of known Kylindria species were provided in the study.
NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2022)
Article
Mycology
Qian-Xin Guan, Jing Huang, Jian Huang, Chang-Lin Zhao
Summary: Five new wood-inhabiting fungi, Lyomyces albopulverulentus, L. yunnanensis, Xylodon daweishanensis, X. fissuratus, and X. puerensis spp. nov., are proposed based on a combination of morphological features and molecular evidence. Phylogenetic analyses revealed their placement within the genera Lyomyces and Xylodon.
Article
Microbiology
Junfu Li, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Hongbo Jiang, Darbhe Jayarama Bhat, Erio Camporesi, Saisamorn Lumyong, Jaturong Kumla, Sinang Hongsanan, Peter E. Mortimer, Jianchu Xu, Nakarin Suwannarach
Summary: This research enhances the taxonomy of saprobic species in the genus Alternaria found on grasses and herbaceous plants from Italy. Six novel species belonging to the genus Alternaria have been identified based on multi-locus phylogenetic analyses and morphological characteristics.
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Marine & Freshwater Biology
A. B. Evans, K. S. R. Bolstad
Summary: This article reviews the taxonomic issues of the Leachia genus, describes a new species L. separata, and provides updated information on other Pacific species. The study emphasizes the importance of using the number of ocular photophores and the configuration of the ventral cartilaginous strips and associated tubercles on the mantle as key characteristics for identifying Leachia species. Dentition of arms and sucker-rings also prove useful in some cases. Further research, preferably using molecular tools, is needed.
Article
Zoology
Parin Jirapatrasilp, Chirasak Sutcharit, Somsak Panha
Summary: This study revises and updates the checklist of the operculated land snail family Pupinidae in Thailand. It includes 30 nominal species and two subspecies from seven genera, along with the description and classification of new species and new records. The study also categorizes the mainland Southeast Asian Pupina species into three species groups.
Article
Zoology
M. Hodda
Summary: This article presents a classification system for the entire Phylum Nematoda based on molecular, developmental, and morphological evidence. It provides an overview of the evolutionary relationships within the phylum and discusses areas of uncertainty. The article also includes information on the number of valid species within each genus, taxonomic authorities, habitats, and an alphabetic index of genus names. Additionally, it reviews the history of nematode classification, their evolutionary affinities and origins, and their biological, ecological, scientific, and economic importance.
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Ecology
Michael Tessler, Spencer C. Galen, Rob DeSalle, Bernd Schierwater
Summary: Using molecular morphology can help solve the problem of many evolutionary lineages that have not been formally described, especially those lacking traditional morphological characters, thus advancing scientific research.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Neil P. Schultes, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Robert E. Marra, Noelle Strzalkowski, Li De-Wei
Summary: The study described two new species of Striatibotrys, which are morphologically and phylogenetically distinct from previously known related species.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Mycology
Jian Ma, Li-Guo Ma, Ru-Qiang Cui, Wei-Gang Kuang, Xiu-Guo Zhang, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz
Summary: A new asexual ascomycete genus and species, Blastophragmia plurisetulosa, is described and illustrated from a specimen collected on dead branches of unidentified plants in Hainan Province, China. The fungus is distinguished by its macronematous, unbranched, determinate or percurrently extending conidiophores, and solitary, acrogenous, fusiform to ellipsoidal, 3-euseptate, smooth, brown conidia with a single apical setula and 2-4 basal setulae, seceding rhexolytically from monoblastic, integrated, terminal conidiogenous cells.
Article
Mycology
Zhao-Huan Xu, Ling Qiu, Xiu-Guo Zhang, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Ji-Wen Xia, Jian Ma
Summary: Teratospermopsis is proposed as a new genus with distinct conidial production and morphological features, including six accepted species and comments on four rejected or dubious species.
Article
Mycology
Zhao-Huan Xu, Wen-Xiu Sun, Xu-Gen Shi, Xiu-Guo Zhang, Ji-Wen Xia, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Jian Ma
Summary: A new species, Camposporium chinense, is described and illustrated in this study, characterized by its fusiform conidia with an unbranched apical appendage. A key to Camposporium species is also provided for reference.
Article
Mycology
Rajnish Kumar Verma, I. B. Prasher, Sushma, Kunhiraman C. Rajeshkumar, Ajay Kumar Gautam, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz
Summary: This study describes a new hyphomycete genus and species, Brykendrickia catenata, collected on decaying culms of bamboo species from Indian forests, which possesses sporodochial conidiomata. The species has polyblastic conidiogenous cells and conidia of various shapes.
Article
Mycology
Jian Ma, Li-Guo Ma, Zhao-Huan Xu, Ru-Qiang Cui, Ling Qiu, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Xiu-Guo Zhang
Summary: This study described four new species found in southern China and recorded three other species from the same habitat for the first time.
Article
Mycology
Zhenfu Niu, Kai Zhang, De-Wei Li, Jian Ma, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz
Summary: A new genus, Distobactrodesmium, is proposed for Bactrodesmium rahmii, which is characterized by sporodochial conidiomata producing distoseptate, brown to dark brown phragmoconidia through monoblastic conidiogenous cells. Notes and illustrations on Bactrodesmium species are provided.
Article
Mycology
Rajnish Kumar Verma, I. B. Prasher, Sushma, Ajay Kumar Gautam, Kunhiraman C. Rajeshkumar, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz
Summary: A new species, Kirschsteiniothelia shimlaensis, collected from stumps of Cedrus deodara, is characterized by unique conidiogenous cell morphology and conidial shape.
Article
Microbiology
Hua Zheng, Min Qiao, Jishu Guo, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Jie Peng, Zefen Yu
Summary: During a study on the diversity of aquatic hyphomycetes in southern China, two interesting isolates were identified as new genera and species in the family Microthyriaceae.
ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Mycology
Ling Qiu, Kai Zhang, Zhao-Huan Xu, R. F. Castanteda-Ruiz, Jian Ma
Summary: A new species, Cordana sinensis, is described and illustrated from a specimen collected in Jiangxi Province, China. It is characterized by its unique conidiogenous cells and smooth, pale brown conidia with a slightly prominent hilum.
Article
Mycology
K. Zhang, Weihua Guo, De-wei LI, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz
Summary: A new species called Vanakripa chinensis found on decaying branches of an unidentified tree is described and illustrated in this article. The species is characterized by unique morphological features, with sporodochial conidiomata composed of macronematous, cylindrical conidiophores and obovoid, unicellular, brown, smooth conidia with a black spot near the middle. Notes on conidiogenous events in the genus Vanakripa and a key to the species are provided.
Article
Mycology
Ling Qiu, Xu-gen Shi, Xiu-guo Zhang, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Ji-wen Xia, Jian Ma
Summary: -Two new anamorphic fungi, Globoramichloridium delicatum and Heteroconium simile, are described and illustrated in this study. The former is characterized by yellowish-green conidia, while the latter is distinguished by its unique conidiogenous cell structure.
Article
Mycology
Min Qiao, Hua Zheng, Ji-Shu Guo, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Jian-Ping Xu, Jie Peng, Ke-Qin Zhang, Ze-Fen Yu
Summary: The family Microthyriaceae is poorly understood due to limited mycelial cultures and DNA sequences. Through study of aquatic hyphomycetes in southern China, eight new taxa were discovered within Microthyriaceae, including two new genera and six new species. These new taxa were described, illustrated, and compared with similar taxa.
Review
Mycology
Nalin N. Wijayawardene, Alan J. L. Phillips, Diana Santos Pereira, Dong-Qin Dai, Andre Aptroot, Josiane S. Monteiro, Irina S. Druzhinina, Feng Cai, Xinlei Fan, Laura Selbmann, Claudia Coleine, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Martin Kukwa, Adam Flakus, Patricia Oliveira Fiuza, Paul M. Kirk, Kunhiraman C. Rajesh Kumar, Ilesha S. Ieperuma Arachchi, Nakarin Suwannarach, Li-Zhou Tang, Teun Boekhout, Chen Shuhui Tan, R. P. Prabath K. Jayasinghe, Marco Thines
Summary: Asexually reproducing fungi play significant roles in ecosystems and have implications for plant and animal health, food production, biotechnology, and medicine. However, the diversity and extent of asexually reproducing taxa are not well-known. Recent reports suggest that there may be more asexual fungi than sexually-reproducing ones. Evaluating the diversity of different types of fungi, such as speciose and pleomorphic taxa, as well as those from less studied life modes and biodiversity-rich areas, is necessary to obtain more reliable estimates.
Article
Mycology
P. W. Crous, L. Lombard, M. Sandoval-Denis, K. A. Seifert, H-J Schroers, P. Chaverri, J. Gene, J. Guarro, Y. Hirooka, K. Bensch, G. H. J. Kema, S. C. Lamprecht, L. Cai, A. Y. Rossman, M. Stadler, R. C. Summerbell, J. W. Taylor, S. Ploch, C. M. Visagie, N. Yilmaz, J. C. Frisvad, A. M. Abdel-Azeem, J. Abdollahzadeh, A. Abdolrasouli, A. Akulov, J. F. Alberts, J. P. M. Araujo, H. A. Ariyawansa, M. Bakhshi, M. Bendiksby, A. Ben Hadj Amor, J. D. P. Bezerra, T. Boekhout, M. P. S. Camara, M. Carbia, G. Cardinali, R. F. Castaneda-Ruiz, A. Celis, V Chaturvedi, J. Collemare, D. Croll, U. Damm, C. A. Decock, R. P. de Vries, C. N. Ezekiel, X. L. Fan, N. B. Fernandez, E. Gaya, C. D. Gonzalez, D. Gramaje, J. Z. Groenewald, M. Grube, M. Guevara-Suarez, V. K. Gupta, V Guarnaccia, A. Haddaji, F. Hagen, D. Haelewaters, K. Hansen, A. Hashimoto, M. Hernandez-Restrepo, J. Houbraken, V Hubka, K. D. Hyde, T. Iturriaga, R. Jeewon, P. R. Johnston, Z. Jurjevic, I Karalti, L. Korsten, E. E. Kuramae, I Kusan, R. Labuda, D. P. Lawrence, H. B. Lee, C. Lechat, H. Y. Li, Y. A. Litovka, S. S. N. Maharachchikumbura, Y. Marin-Felix, B. Matio Kemkuignou, N. Matocec, A. R. McTaggart, P. Mlcoch, L. Mugnai, C. Nakashima, R. H. Nilsson, S. R. Noumeur, I. N. Pavlov, M. P. Peralta, A. J. L. Phillips, J. Pitt, G. Polizzi, W. Quaedvlieg, K. C. Rajeshkumar, S. Restrepo, A. Rhaiem, J. Robert, V Robert, A. M. Rodrigues, C. Salgado-Salazar, R. A. Samson, A. C. S. Santos, R. G. Shivas, C. M. Souza-Motta, G. Y. Sun, W. J. Swart, S. Szoke, Y. P. Tan, J. E. Taylor, P. W. J. Taylor, P. Tiago, K. Z. Vaczy, N. van de Wiele, N. A. van der Merwe, G. J. M. Verkley, W. A. S. Vieira, A. Vizzini, B. S. Weir, N. N. Wijayawardene, J. W. Xia, M. J. Yanez-Morales, A. Yurkov, J. C. Zamora, R. Zare, C. L. Zhang, M. Thines
Summary: The paragraph lists multiple research institutions from around the world, covering various research fields such as microbiology, agriculture, plant protection, and food science.
STUDIES IN MYCOLOGY
(2021)
