Yang XQ, Ma SY, Peng ZX, Wang ZQ, Qiao M, Yu Z. Diversity of
Plectosphaerella within aquatic plants from southwest China, with
P. endophytica and
P. sichuanensis spp. nov.
MycoKeys 2021;
80:57-75. [PMID:
34040492 PMCID:
PMC8131346 DOI:
10.3897/mycokeys.80.64624]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Members of Plectosphaerella inhabit different substrates, including plants, soil and insects, and most species are pathogens causing large losses in agriculture. During a survey of endophytic fungi in aquatic plants in southwest China, 112 strains of Plectosphaerella were isolated, representing two new species, P. endophytica sp. nov. and P. sichuanensis sp. nov., as well as two known species, P. cucumerina and P. pauciseptata. The novel taxa are described and illustrated here using combined morphological and multi-locus phylogenetic (LSU-ITS-TEF-1α-TUB2) analyses. Our result revealed Plectosphaerella species inhabiting within aquatic plants in southwest China, and the separation frequency of each species was presented.
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