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Isolation, Behavioral Identification, and Pathogenicity Assessment of Entomopathogenic Fungi from a Forest Wood Borer
Published on: September 29, 2023
Morphology and multi-locus phylogeny reveal 23 fungal taxa from terrestrial habitats
Xingguo Tian1,2, Danfeng Bao2,3, Jiajun Han4
1Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization & Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Fungal Sustainable Utilization in South and Southeast Asia, College of Biology and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, China.
Abstract:
Fungi are ubiquitous organisms that play a crucial role in ecosystem functioning and biotechnology. New fungal discoveries from diverse parts and habitats worldwide significantly contribute to the understanding of fungal diversity. Micro- and macro-fungi samples collected from terrestrial habitats in China, India, Italy, and Pakistan were subjected to morphological and multi-locus phylogenetic analyses. The results revealed several new species and new records. Based on the results, we introduce 16 new fungal species, viz. Agaricus ferruginosquamulis, Amanita bengalensis, Candolleomyces striatus, Conferticium yunnanense, Diplodia yunnanensis, Hymenopellis himalayana, H. kashmirensis, Kirschsteiniothelia hongheensi, Phaeoisaria xishuangbannaensis, Phaeosphaeriopsis agave, Phialoarthrobotryum jeewonii, Pseudocercospora cordifoliana, Pseudosperma aranyakum, Roussoella bambusicola, Sporidesmium duyunense, and Tropicoporus chennaiensis. There are seven new host or geographical records for Agaricus thujae, Candolleomyces eurysporus, C. sulcatotuberculosus, Diplodia acerigena, Phaeographis decipiens, Pseudocoleodictyospora sukhothaiensis, and Russula yanshanensis. Descriptions, illustrations, and phylogenetic analyses results for the 23 taxa are provided, and the new taxa are compared with their closely related taxa.
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