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Diversity of xerotolerant and xerophilic fungi in honey
Fungi can colonize most of the substrata on Earth. Honey, a sugary food produced by bees (and other insects) has
been studied little in terms of its fungal diversity. We have surveyed and evaluated the presence of xerotolerant
and xerophilic fungi in a set of honey bee samples collected from across Spain. From 84 samples, a total of 104
fungal strains were isolated, and morphologically and phylogenetically characterized. We identified 32 species
distributed across 16 genera, most of them belonging to the ascomycetous genera Aspergillus, Bettsia, Candida,
Eremascus, Monascus, Oidiodendron, Penicillium, Skoua, Talaromyces and Zygosaccharomyces. As a result of this
survey, eight new taxa are proposed: i.e. the new family Helicoarthrosporaceae, two new genera, Helicoarthrosporum
and Strongyloarthrosporum in Onygenales; three new species of Eurotiales, Talaromyces affinitatimellis, T.
basipetosporus, and T. brunneosporus; and two new species of Myxotrichaceae, Oidiodendron mellicola, and Skoua
asexualis.Instituto de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación. (México)Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (México)Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad español CGL2017–88094-