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Investigating Bacterial-Fungal Interactions using Fungal Highway Columns in Diverse Environments and Substrates
Published on: January 24, 2025
Fungal Planet description sheets: 1868-1920
P W Crous1,2,3, W Akram4, G M R Albuquerque5
1Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Australia, Marasmius ballator on leaf litter in subtropical rainforest, Marasmius carbinensis on litter and twigs of Hyptis suaveolens, Marasmius clocca on leaf litter of regenerating subtropical rainforest. Bolivia, Aggregatorygma saraanense on trunk of Trichilia inaequilatera. Brazil, Arthropolymorpha endophytica (incl. Arthropolymorpha gen. nov.), from healthy roots of Coffea arabica, Didymella digitariae on Digitaria insularis, Geastrum baseiae on soil, Magnibotryascoma souzamottae as endophyte from cladodes of Tacinga inamoena, Neoleptosporella agapanthi from stalks of Agapanthus praecox, Penicillifer endoradicis as endophyte from roots of Musa acuminata, Sirastachys cavernicola from leaf litter, Toxicocladosporium atratum as root endophyte of Cattleya locatellii. China, Fasciatispora citri on dead twig of Citrus maxima. Denmark, Inocybe leucantheana on wet ground with Alnus, Betula and Picea. Ecuador (Galapagos Islands), Fusarium cristobalense on Scalesia gordilloi, Fusarium scalesiae on Scalesia pedunculata. Finland, Inocybe ranaria on mull soil, near Betula pendula and Abies sp. France, Bullatosporium pinophilum on the bark of Pinus nigra subsp. nigra, Dialonectria eutypellicola on Eutypella prunastri, on branches of Prunus spinosa, Mycobernardia involucriformis on dead Bambusa sp., Pseudocosmospora perforaticola on dead stromata of Hypoxylon perforatum on Fraxinus, Stylonectria colleeniae on Trimmatostroma scutellare, with Lophium mytillinum, on dead branch of Larix decidua. French Guiana, Neocosmospora duolechatii on dead bark of Bauhinia sp. Germany, Inocybe giovannii on soil under Abies alba, Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, Triseptosporium fallopiae (incl. Triseptosporium gen. nov.) on Fallopia japonica. India, Phylloporia bharatavarsa on living tree of Phyllanthus emblica. Iran, Fusarium phoenicis on roots of Phoenix dactylifera. Italy, Inosperma confusum on soil under Quercus ilex and Pinus halepensis, Inosperma subinodorum on calcareous soil in Picea abies forest. Madagascar, Oudemansiella viscida on dead wood or branches. Netherlands, Colletotrichum urticicola from leaf spots on Urtica dioica. Pakistan, Agrocybe punjabensis on soil on fallen remains of Saccharum officinarum. Panama, Ijuhya panamaensis and Sarcopodium panamaense on twig litter of angiosperm. Poland, Cytospora tatrensis from dead stems of Pinus mugo, Myxotrichum flavum on resin of Picea abies, Symphoricola tarnoviensis (incl. Symphoricola gen. nov.) from sooty mould community on Symphoricarpos albus. Portugal, Hypoxylon azoricum on fallen branch of Laurus azorica, Tuber honstrassii in clayey and calcareous soil under Quercus rotundifolia and Arbutus unedo. South Africa, Paraphaeosphaeria andropogonicola on leaves of Andropogon eucomus, Talaromyces armstrongii from soil. Spain, Geoglossum martinae on soil under Quercus ilex and Cistus ladanifer, Inocybe percastanea on sandy, acidic soils under Cistus ladanifer and Pinus pinaster, Lamproderma stephensonii on twigs of Pinus sylvestris, Ramariopsis alboviolacea on soil under Prunus lusitanica subsp. lusitanica, Russula olivaceopinetorum on acidic sandy soil among Pinus sylvestris needles, Scolecobasidium endophyticum from root-associated soil collected in a grassland, Tuber danielis in acidic soil beneath Cistus ladanifer, Quercus ilex, and Genista scorpius. Sweden, Inocybe adusticans on soil, in snow bed area with Salix herbacea and Bistorta vivipara, Inosperma friesii on soil in mixed deciduous forest. Switzerland, Stylonectria stoeckliana on Cytospora sp. on twigs of Salix sp. Thailand, Neoleptosporella camporesiana on dead branch of unidentified plant. Uganda, Bjerkandera ugandensis on a rotting log. UK (Scotland), Narcissea scotica on decaying dung of Lagopus scotica. Morphological and culture characteristics are supported by DNA barcodes. Citation: Crous PW, Akram W, Albuquerque GMR, Alfenas AC, Alfenas RF, Altés A, Alvarado P, Amirmijani AR, Arumugam E, Asif M, Bandini D, Barreto GG, Barreto RW, Batista VEC, Bezerra JDP, Bilański P, Bizio E, Castañeda-Ruiz RF, Chaves J, Condé TO, Costa MM, Custódio FA, Courty P-E, Czachura P, Damm U, Darmostuk V, Dearnaley J, De la Peña-Lastra S, Delgado G, de Silva NI, Dovana F, Drummond-Herdman A, Eberhardt U, Esteve-Raventós F, Ferisin G, Ferreira RJ, Ferro LO, Firmino AL, Flakus A, Fournier J, Gardiennet A, Gerbeau-Pissot P, Ghobad-Nejhad M, Gruhn G, Guard FE, Harms K, Heilmann-Clausen J, Hongsanan S, Hülsewig T, Inokuti EM, Jankowiak R, Kaliyaperumal M, Kehlet T, Lacerda SR, Larsson E, Leão AF, Lebel T, Lima AA, López-Villalba Á, Maciá-Vicente JG, Mateos A, Mejía LC, Mendes DR, Möller L, Mombert A, Monteiro MBN, Moreno G, Nagy L, Niskanen T, Nogueira PTS, Oliveira JA, Oliveira PHF, Ortiz DA, Pancorbo F, Paz A, Pazmiño DA, Pereira OL, Piątek M, Plata O, Pordel A, Raaijmakers JM, Ralaiveloarisoa AB, Ramos DO, Ravikumar S, Rigueiro-Rodríguez A, Rivas-Torres GF, Rodrigues JG, Rodriguez-Flakus P, Romero M, Saba M, Sánchez A, Sánchez-Dueñas G, Santana JS, Serrano M, Silva JAS, Stępniewska H, Stryjak-Bogacka M, Tennakoon DS, van 't Hof P, van Vuuren NI, Varga T, Vauras J, Vieira BS, Visagie CM, Wipf D, Woods R, Groenewald JZ (2026). Fungal Planet description sheets: 1868-1920. Persoonia 56: 1-173. doi: 10.3114/persoonia.2026.56.01.
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