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Ying Gao, Antonio Roberto Gomes de Farias, Hong-Bo Jiang, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Jian-Chu Xu, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Heng Gui
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Microbiology
Li Lu, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Dong-Qin Dai, Yin-Ru Xiong, Nakarin Suwannarach, Steven L. Stephenson, Abdallah M. Elgorban, Salim Al-Rejaie, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Saowaluck Tibpromma
Summary: During the study, seven microfungi species associated with coffee were discovered in Yunnan Province. Using molecular phylogenetic analysis and morphological characteristics, four new species and three new records were identified, and their descriptions and comparisons were provided.
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Summary: During a survey of fungal diversity in Sichuan Province, China, two new species and a new genus of Helminthosporium-like fungi were discovered. The new genus, Synhelminthosporium, is distinguished by producing synnematous conidiophores.
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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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Zuo-Peng Liu, Sheng-Nan Zhang, Ratchadawan Cheewangkoon, Qi Zhao, Jian-Kui Liu
Summary: Microfungi associated with woody plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau were investigated, and a new genus Crassoascoma was discovered based on morphology and phylogenetic analysis. Four collections associated with Potentilla fruticosa were obtained from Gansu and Qinghai provinces in China, and they formed a distinct lineage within the Lentitheciaceae family.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Jun Yuan, Xiang-Yu Zeng, Kun Geng, Nalin N. Wijayawardene, Jayarama D. Bhat, Shi-Ping Wu, Yong Wang, Zai-Fu Yang
Summary: A new species of Allophoma, named A. thunbergiae, was discovered from the leaves of Thunbergia grandiflora in China, showing close affinity to A. minor. This marks the first report of Allophoma taxa from this specific host plant.
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Ying Zhang, Yupei Zhou, Wei Sun, Lili Zhao, D. Pavlic-Zupanc, Pedro W. Crous, Bernard Slippers, Yucheng Dai
Summary: This study reevaluated 16 species of the genus Botryosphaeria through multi-gene phylogeny and morphological analysis, resulting in the reclassification and reassignment of some species within the genus.
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Li Lu, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Dong-qin Dai, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Nakarin Suwannarach, Saowaluck Tibpromma
Summary: This study describes three new saprobic fungal species in the Nigrograna genus discovered in coffee plantations in Yunnan Province, China. Their phylogenetic position and taxonomic classification were determined through multi-gene analysis and morphological characteristics.
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Yao Feng, Sheng-Nan Zhang, Ya-Ya Chen, Zuo-Yi Liu
Summary: A new ascomycete species, Fissuroma bambusicola, inhabiting decaying bamboo, is introduced based on morpho-molecular evidence. The species is characterized by distinctive morphological features and phylogenetic analysis confirms its affiliation with the genus Fissuroma.
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Plant Sciences
Yu-Lian Ren, Zhi-Yuan Zhang, Wan-Hao Chen, Jiang-Dong Liang, Yan-Feng Han, Zong-Qi Liang
Summary: A new fungal pathogen species, Phaeomycocentrospora xinjangensis sp. nov., causing plant leaf spots, was introduced from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Northwest China. Multi-gene phylogenetic analyses and morphological characters were used to distinguish the new species from others. The description, illustrations, and phylogenetic tree of the new species were provided.
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Plant Sciences
Li Lu, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Kevin D. Hyde, D. Jayarama Bhat, Dong-Qin Dai, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Saowaluck Tibpromma
Summary: This article reports the discovery of a new species of Neohendersoniaceae on Arabica coffee plants in Yunnan, China. Phylogenetic analysis and morphological characteristics confirmed that this is a distinct species within Crassiparies.
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Plant Sciences
Ning-Guo Liu, Jian-Kui Liu, Ya-Ru Sun, Juangjun Jumpathong
Summary: A new hyphomycetous species, Tretospeira cheirospora, collected in northern Thailand, was described. It has unique characteristics such as brown conidiophores, monotretic conidiogenous cells, and distoseptate conidia. Molecular data confirms its classification in Phaeosphaeriaceae, and it is closely related to Banksiophoma australiensis. Comparison and discussion of similar genera in Phaeosphaeriaceae were also conducted.
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Microbiology
Achala R. Rathnayaka, K. W. Thilini Chethana, Alan J. L. Phillips, Jian-Kui Liu, Milan C. Samarakoon, E. B. Gareth Jones, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Chang-Lin Zhao
Summary: This study re-evaluated the character evolution and taxonomic placements of Botryosphaeriales species. It found that the order originated around 109 million years ago in the early Cretaceous period. The study also assessed two hypotheses and found a relationship between conidial color and nutritional mode in botryosphaerialean taxa.
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Plant Sciences
Chuan-Gen Lin, Jian-Kui Liu, Ekachai Chukeatirote, Kevin D. Hyde
Summary: A new species of Rhamphoriopsis, Rhamphoriopsis hyalospora, is described, and its distinguishing characteristics from other Rhamphoriopsis species are discussed based on morphological and molecular data analyses.
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Plant Sciences
Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Sinang Hongsanan, Darbhe Jayarama Bhat, Jianchu Xu, Peter E. Mortimer, Nakarin Suwannarach, Jaturong Kumla, Turki M. Dawoud, Saisamorn Lumyong
Summary: In this study, a new species called Scolecohyalosporium thailandense is described and characterized based on morphological and molecular approaches. The species was found on the grass Imperata sp. in terrestrial habitats in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. Phylogenetic analyses showed that S. thailandense is closely related to the type species of the genus, S. submersum, forming a distinct clade within the family Parabambusicolaceae. This study provides morphological characteristics, illustrations, updated phylogenetic analyses, and discusses the distinctiveness of S. thailandense compared to closely related taxa.
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Microbiology
Yuan S. Liu, Jian-Kui Liu, Jaturong Kumla, Nakarin Suwannarach, Saisamorn Lumyong
Summary: This study examined 20 samples collected in 2019 and 2020, and found that they represented nine species in four sections through microscopic characteristics and multi-gene phylogenetic analyses. Three of these species were newly discovered, and there were also six interesting taxa, including four new records in Thailand.
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Microbiology
Xian-Dong Yu, Sheng-Nan Zhang, Jian-Kui Liu
Summary: Asexual and sexual morphs of saprobic bambusicolous fungi from Sichuan Province, China were taxonomically identified using morphological, cultural, and molecular phylogenetic methods. The multi-gene phylogeny indicated that these fungi belong to the Savoryellaceae family. Three new species, Canalisporium sichuanense, Dematiosporium bambusicola, and Savoryella bambusicola, were identified and described, while two new records, C. dehongense and D. aquaticum, were found in both terrestrial and freshwater bamboo habitats. The nomenclatural confusion of C. dehongense and C. thailandense was discussed.
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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
Jin-Feng Zhang, Jian-Kui Liu, Kevin D. Hyde, Ya-Ya Chen, Hai-Yan Ran, Zuo-Yi Liu
Summary: This study investigates the morphology and phylogeny of ascomycetes collected from karst landscapes in Guizhou Province, China. Through the analysis of morphological characteristics and DNA sequence data, a total of 70 species were identified, belonging to two classes, 16 orders, 41 families, and 60 genera. Additionally, 13 new geographical records for China and 34 new species were discovered. Detailed descriptions and illustrations are provided in the study.
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Plant Sciences
Chanokned Senwanna, Nakarin Suwannarach, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Jaturong Kumla, Sinang Hongsanan
Summary: During a survey in Thailand, three new species of Rhytidhysteron were identified from different host plants. This includes the first geographic record of R. subrufulum from Thailand, expanding knowledge of its distribution range. Additionally, two species were synonymized based on genetic and morphological analysis.
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Plant Sciences
Rui-Ru Liang, Sheng-Nan Zhang, Jian-Kui Liu
Summary: A new bamboo inhabiting ascomycete, Bambusicola autumnalis, was identified and analyzed in this study, providing morpho-phylogenetic evidence for its distinction from other Bambusicola species.
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Immunology
Sinang Hongsanan, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Darbhe Jayarama Bhat, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Itthayakorn Promputtha, Nakarin Suwannarach, Diana Sandamali, Saisamorn Lumyong, Jianchu Xu, Ning Xie
Summary: This study introduces two new fungal genera, Pseudorepetophragma and Pseudostomiopeltis, in the Yunnan region and revises the classification of other fungal genera. It provides new insights into the diversity and ecological roles of fungal species in this region.
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
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Microbiology
Fa Zhang, Yao-Quan Yang, Fa-Ping Zhou, Wen Xiao, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Xiao-Yan Yang
Summary: Five novel nematode-trapping fungi belonging to the genera Arthrobotrys and Drehslerella were identified based on morphological and multigene phylogenetic analyses. Two species produce adhesive networks, while the other three produce constricting rings to capture nematodes. This study provides morphological descriptions, illustrations, taxonomic notes, and phylogenetic analysis for these new taxa, along with a key for Drechslerella species, and discusses deficiencies in the taxonomy and evolution study of nematode-trapping fungi.
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Microbiology
Na Wu, Asha J. Dissanayake, Hong-Zhi Du, Jian-Kui Liu
Summary: A survey conducted in China and Thailand revealed a high diversity of Botryosphaeriaceae fungi on a broad range of hosts. This study identified new species and previously known species, and reported new hosts and geographical records.
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Mycology
A. R. Rathnayaka, K. W. T. Chethana, I. S. Manawasinghe, S. N. Wijesinghe, N. de Silva, D. S. Tennakoon, A. J. L. Phillips, J. K. Liu, E. B. G. Jones, Y. Wang, K. D. Hyde
Summary: Lasiodiplodia is a globally distributed pathogen that causes various diseases on a wide range of hosts. This study presents a reliable molecular marker for accurate taxonomic identification of Lasiodiplodia species. Geographical studies show that Lasiodiplodia is distributed in tropical and temperate regions. Lasiodiplodia theobromae is the most common species in this genus and has a wide distribution in tropical and subtropical regions.
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Mycology
W. L. Li, R. R. Liang, A. J. Dissanayake, J. K. Liu
Summary: This article introduces fungal species associated with woody oil plants, which are important in terms of food security, ecology, agriculture, and industrial manufacturing. The article provides descriptions, illustrations, and phylogenetic trees for various fungal taxa, as well as introducing new taxa and host/country records.
