High diversity of Trichonectria ( Hypocreales ) inhabiting Usnea in Bolivia
The Neotropics, particularly mountain cloud forests, are characterized by a high diversity of microfungi that inhabit lichens. However, based on our field studies, many of these microfungi remain undescribed, and their phylogenetic relationships are poorly understood. This study focuses on Bolivian...
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| author | Javier Etayo Valerii Darmostuk Martin Kukwa Adam Flakus |
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| description | The Neotropics, particularly mountain cloud forests, are characterized by a high diversity of microfungi that inhabit lichens. However, based on our field studies, many of these microfungi remain undescribed, and their phylogenetic relationships are poorly
understood. This study focuses on Bolivian lichenicolous Trichonectria inhabiting the genus
Usnea ( Parmeliaceae ), a common lichen host in the tropical Andean forests. Here, we present
14 species of which eight are described as new to science: Trichonectria abortispora sp.
nov., T. biglobospora sp. nov., T. boliviana sp. nov., T. citrispor a sp. nov., T. cylindrospora
sp. nov., T. gigaspora sp. nov., T. microsporusneae sp. nov. and T. toensbergiana sp. nov.
The five-locus phylogenetic analyses show that the anamorphic genus Cylindromonium
and the teleomorphic genus Trichonectria cluster together in a well-supported clade within
the order Hypocreales , but we have not yet reached a taxonomic conclusion. Phylogenetic
placements of five lichenicolous species of the genus Trichonectria are reported here for
the first time, including T. vinosa comb. nov. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fbad5d6c0dc6418d9badb3a3f144f8b32025-01-02T14:02:28ZengW. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of SciencesPlant and Fungal Systematics2544-74592657-50002024-11-0169210912410.35535/pfsyst-2024-0011193410High diversity of Trichonectria ( Hypocreales ) inhabiting Usnea in BoliviaJavier Etayo0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0276-9780Valerii Darmostuk1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1430-1755Martin Kukwa2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1560-909XAdam Flakus3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0712-0529Navarro Villoslada 16, 3° dcha, 31003 Pamplona, Navarra, SpainW. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, 31-512, Kraków, PolandDepartment of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, PolandW. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, 31-512, Kraków, PolandThe Neotropics, particularly mountain cloud forests, are characterized by a high diversity of microfungi that inhabit lichens. However, based on our field studies, many of these microfungi remain undescribed, and their phylogenetic relationships are poorly understood. This study focuses on Bolivian lichenicolous Trichonectria inhabiting the genus Usnea ( Parmeliaceae ), a common lichen host in the tropical Andean forests. Here, we present 14 species of which eight are described as new to science: Trichonectria abortispora sp. nov., T. biglobospora sp. nov., T. boliviana sp. nov., T. citrispor a sp. nov., T. cylindrospora sp. nov., T. gigaspora sp. nov., T. microsporusneae sp. nov. and T. toensbergiana sp. nov. The five-locus phylogenetic analyses show that the anamorphic genus Cylindromonium and the teleomorphic genus Trichonectria cluster together in a well-supported clade within the order Hypocreales , but we have not yet reached a taxonomic conclusion. Phylogenetic placements of five lichenicolous species of the genus Trichonectria are reported here for the first time, including T. vinosa comb. nov.https://pfsyst.botany.pl/High-diversity-of-Trichonectria-Hypocreales-inhabiting-Usnea-in-Bolivia,193410,0,2.htmlbiodiversity hotspotscloud forestseight new specieslichenicolous fungimycoparasites |
| spellingShingle | Javier Etayo Valerii Darmostuk Martin Kukwa Adam Flakus High diversity of Trichonectria ( Hypocreales ) inhabiting Usnea in Bolivia Plant and Fungal Systematics biodiversity hotspots cloud forests eight new species lichenicolous fungi mycoparasites |
| title | High diversity of Trichonectria ( Hypocreales ) inhabiting Usnea in Bolivia |
| title_full | High diversity of Trichonectria ( Hypocreales ) inhabiting Usnea in Bolivia |
| title_fullStr | High diversity of Trichonectria ( Hypocreales ) inhabiting Usnea in Bolivia |
| title_full_unstemmed | High diversity of Trichonectria ( Hypocreales ) inhabiting Usnea in Bolivia |
| title_short | High diversity of Trichonectria ( Hypocreales ) inhabiting Usnea in Bolivia |
| title_sort | high diversity of trichonectria hypocreales inhabiting usnea in bolivia |
| topic | biodiversity hotspots cloud forests eight new species lichenicolous fungi mycoparasites |
| url | https://pfsyst.botany.pl/High-diversity-of-Trichonectria-Hypocreales-inhabiting-Usnea-in-Bolivia,193410,0,2.html |
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