Three new species of Nigrograna (Dothideomycetes, Pleosporales) associated with Arabica coffee from Yunnan Province, China

Coffee is one of the most important cash crops in Yunnan Province, China. Yunnan is ranked as the biggest producer of high-quality coffee in China. During surveys of microfungi from coffee plantations in Yunnan, six fungal strains that resemble Nigrogranaceae were collected. Multi-gene analyses of a combined SSU-LSU-ITS-rpb2-tef1-α sequence data matrix were used to infer the phylogenetic position of the new species in Nigrograna while morphological characteristics were used to deduce the taxonomic position of the new species. Six fungal strains isolated from decaying branches of Coffea arabica represent three new saprobic species in Nigrograna. The three new species, N. asexualis, N. coffeae, and N. puerensis, are described with full (macro and micro characteristics) descriptions, illustrations, and a phylogenetic tree that shows the phylogenetic position of new taxa

Climate-fungal pathogen modeling predicts loss of up to one-third of tea growing areas

This is the final version. Available from Frontiers Media via the DOI in this record. Climate change will affect numerous crops in the future; however, perennial crops, such as tea, are particularly vulnerable. Climate change will also strongly influence fungal pathogens. Here, we predict how future climatic conditions will impact tea and its associated pathogens. We collected data on the three most important fungal pathogens of tea (Colletotrichum acutatum, Co. camelliae, and Exobasidium vexans) and then modeled distributions of tea and these fungal pathogens using current and projected climates. The models show that baseline tea-growing areas will become unsuitable for Camellia sinensis var. sinensis (15 to 32% loss) and C. sinensis var. assamica (32 to 34% loss) by 2050. Although new areas will become more suitable for tea cultivation, existing and potentially new fungal pathogens will present challenges in these areas, and they are already under other land-use regimes. In addition, future climatic scenarios suitable range of fungal species and tea suitable cultivation (respectively in CSS and CSA) growing areas are Co. acutatum (44.30%; 31.05%), Co. camelliae (13.10%; 10.70%), and E. vexans (10.20%; 11.90%). Protecting global tea cultivation requires innovative approaches that consider fungal genomics as part and parcel of plant pathology.International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship ProgramCAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI)China Postdoctoral Science FoundationYunnan Human Resources and Social Security Department FoundationNational Science Foundation of China (NSFC)National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)BBSRCCAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI)National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)Thailand Research FundsChiang Mai Universit

Fungal diversity notes 253–366: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa

Notes on 113 fungal taxa are compiled in this paper, including 11 new genera, 89 new species, one new subspecies, three new combinations and seven reference specimens. A wide geographic and taxonomic range of fungal taxa are detailed. In the Ascomycota the new genera Angustospora (Testudinaceae), Camporesia (Xylariaceae), Clematidis, Crassiparies (Pleosporales genera incertae sedis), Farasanispora, Longiostiolum (Pleosporales genera incertae sedis), Multilocularia (Parabambusicolaceae), Neophaeocryptopus (Dothideaceae), Parameliola (Pleosporales genera incertae sedis), and Towyspora (Lentitheciaceae) are introduced. Newly introduced species are Angustospora nilensis, Aniptodera aquibella, Annulohypoxylon albidiscum, Astrocystis thailandica, Camporesia sambuci, Clematidis italica, Colletotrichum menispermi, C. quinquefoliae, Comoclathris pimpinellae, Crassiparies quadrisporus, Cytospora salicicola, Diatrype thailandica, Dothiorella rhamni, Durotheca macrostroma, Farasanispora avicenniae, Halorosellinia rhizophorae, Humicola koreana, Hypoxylon lilloi, Kirschsteiniothelia tectonae, Lindgomyces okinawaensis, Longiostiolum tectonae, Lophiostoma pseudoarmatisporum, Moelleriella phukhiaoensis, M. pongdueatensis, Mucoharknessia anthoxanthi, Multilocularia bambusae, Multiseptospora thysanolaenae, Neophaeocryptopus cytisi, Ocellularia arachchigei, O. ratnapurensis, Ochronectria thailandica, Ophiocordyceps karstii, Parameliola acaciae, P. dimocarpi, Parastagonospora cumpignensis, Pseudodidymosphaeria phlei, Polyplosphaeria thailandica, Pseudolachnella brevifusiformis, Psiloglonium macrosporum, Rhabdodiscus albodenticulatus, Rosellinia chiangmaiensis, Saccothecium rubi, Seimatosporium pseudocornii, S. pseudorosae, Sigarispora ononidis and Towyspora aestuari. New combinations are provided for Eutiarosporella dactylidis (sexual morph described and illustrated) and Pseudocamarosporium pini. Descriptions, illustrations and / or reference specimens are designated for Aposphaeria corallinolutea, Cryptovalsa ampelina, Dothiorella vidmadera, Ophiocordyceps formosana, Petrakia echinata, Phragmoporthe conformis and Pseudocamarosporium pini. The new species of Basidiomycota are Agaricus coccyginus, A. luteofibrillosus, Amanita atrobrunnea, A. digitosa, A. gleocystidiosa, A. pyriformis, A. strobilipes, Bondarzewia tibetica, Cortinarius albosericeus, C. badioflavidus, C. dentigratus, C. duboisensis, C. fragrantissimus, C. roseobasilis, C. vinaceobrunneus, C. vinaceogrisescens, C. wahkiacus, Cyanoboletus hymenoglutinosus, Fomitiporia atlantica, F. subtilissima, Ganoderma wuzhishanensis, Inonotus shoreicola, Lactifluus armeniacus, L. ramipilosus, Leccinum indoaurantiacum, Musumecia alpina, M. sardoa, Russula amethystina subp. tengii and R. wangii are introduced. Descriptions, illustrations, notes and / or reference specimens are designated for Clarkeinda trachodes, Dentocorticium ussuricum, Galzinia longibasidia, Lentinus stuppeus and Leptocorticium tenellum. The other new genera, species new combinations are Anaeromyces robustus, Neocallimastix californiae and Piromyces finnis from Neocallimastigomycota, Phytophthora estuarina, P. rhizophorae, Salispina, S. intermedia, S. lobata and S. spinosa from Oomycota, and Absidia stercoraria, Gongronella orasabula, Mortierella calciphila, Mucor caatinguensis, M. koreanus, M. merdicola and Rhizopus koreanus in Zygomycota

Fungal diversity notes 929–1035: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungi

This article is the ninth in the series of Fungal Diversity Notes, where 107 taxa distributed in three phyla, nine classes, 31 orders and 57 families are described and illustrated. Taxa described in the present study include 12 new genera, 74 new species, three new combinations, two reference specimens, a re-circumscription of the epitype, and 15 records of sexualasexual morph connections, new hosts and new geographical distributions. Twelve new genera comprise Brunneofusispora, Brunneomurispora, Liua, Lonicericola, Neoeutypella, Paratrimmatostroma, Parazalerion, Proliferophorum, Pseudoastrosphaeriellopsis, Septomelanconiella, Velebitea and Vicosamyces. Seventy-four new species are Agaricus memnonius, A. langensis, Aleurodiscus patagonicus, Amanita flavoalba, A. subtropicana, Amphisphaeria mangrovei, Baorangia major, Bartalinia kunmingensis, Brunneofusispora sinensis, Brunneomurispora lonicerae, Capronia camelliaeyunnanensis, Clavulina thindii, Coniochaeta simbalensis, Conlarium thailandense, Coprinus trigonosporus, Liua muriformis, Cyphellophora filicis, Cytospora ulmicola, Dacrymyces invisibilis, Dictyocheirospora metroxylonis, Distoseptispora thysanolaenae, Emericellopsis koreana, Galiicola baoshanensis, Hygrocybe lucida, Hypoxylon teeravasati, Hyweljonesia indica, Keissleriella caraganae, Lactarius olivaceopallidus, Lactifluus midnapurensis, Lembosia brigadeirensis, Leptosphaeria urticae, Lonicericola hyaloseptispora, Lophiotrema mucilaginosis, Marasmiellus bicoloripes, Marasmius indojasminodorus, Micropeltis phetchaburiensis, Mucor orantomantidis, Murilentithecium lonicerae, Neobambusicola brunnea, Neoeutypella baoshanensis, Neoroussoella heveae, Neosetophoma lonicerae, Ophiobolus malleolus, Parabambusicola thysanolaenae, Paratrimmatostroma kunmingensis, Parazalerion indica, Penicillium dokdoense, Peroneutypa mangrovei, Phaeosphaeria cycadis, Phanerochaete australosanguinea, Plectosphaerella kunmingensis, Plenodomus artemisiae, P. lijiangensis, Proliferophorum thailandicum, Pseudoastrosphaeriellopsis kaveriana, Pseudohelicomyces menglunicus, Pseudoplagiostoma mangiferae, Robillarda mangiferae, Roussoella elaeicola, Russula choptae, R. uttarakhandia, Septomelanconiella thailandica, Spencermartinsia acericola, Sphaerellopsis isthmospora, Thozetella lithocarpi, Trechispora echinospora, Tremellochaete atlantica, Trichoderma koreanum, T. pinicola, T. rugulosum, Velebitea chrysotexta, Vicosamyces venturisporus, Wojnowiciella kunmingensis and Zopfiella indica. Three new combinations are Baorangia rufomaculata, Lanmaoa pallidorosea and Wojnowiciella rosicola. The reference specimens of Canalisporium kenyense and Tamsiniella labiosa are designated. The epitype of Sarcopeziza sicula is re-circumscribed based on cyto- and histochemical analyses. The sexual-asexual morph connection of Plenodomus sinensis is reported from ferns and Cirsium for the first time. In addition, the new host records and country records are Amanita altipes, A. melleialba, Amarenomyces dactylidis, Chaetosphaeria panamensis, Coniella vitis, Coprinopsis kubickae, Dothiorella sarmentorum, Leptobacillium leptobactrum var. calidus, Muyocopron lithocarpi, Neoroussoella solani, Periconia cortaderiae, Phragmocamarosporium hederae, Sphaerellopsis paraphysata and Sphaeropsis eucalypticola

FungalTraits:A user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles

The cryptic lifestyle of most fungi necessitates molecular identification of the guild in environmental studies. Over the past decades, rapid development and affordability of molecular tools have tremendously improved insights of the fungal diversity in all ecosystems and habitats. Yet, in spite of the progress of molecular methods, knowledge about functional properties of the fungal taxa is vague and interpretation of environmental studies in an ecologically meaningful manner remains challenging. In order to facilitate functional assignments and ecological interpretation of environmental studies we introduce a user friendly traits and character database FungalTraits operating at genus and species hypothesis levels. Combining the information from previous efforts such as FUNGuild and Fun(Fun) together with involvement of expert knowledge, we reannotated 10,210 and 151 fungal and Stramenopila genera, respectively. This resulted in a stand-alone spreadsheet dataset covering 17 lifestyle related traits of fungal and Stramenopila genera, designed for rapid functional assignments of environmental studies. In order to assign the trait states to fungal species hypotheses, the scientific community of experts manually categorised and assigned available trait information to 697,413 fungal ITS sequences. On the basis of those sequences we were able to summarise trait and host information into 92,623 fungal species hypotheses at 1% dissimilarity threshold

Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa

This article provides an outline of the classification of the kingdom Fungi (including fossil fungi. i.e. dispersed spores, mycelia, sporophores, mycorrhizas). We treat 19 phyla of fungi. These are Aphelidiomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiobolomycota, Basidiomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Calcarisporiellomycota, Caulochytriomycota, Chytridiomycota, Entomophthoromycota, Entorrhizomycota, Glomeromycota, Kickxellomycota, Monoblepharomycota, Mortierellomycota, Mucoromycota, Neocallimastigomycota, Olpidiomycota, Rozellomycota and Zoopagomycota. The placement of all fungal genera is provided at the class-, order- and family-level. The described number of species per genus is also given. Notes are provided of taxa for which recent changes or disagreements have been presented. Fungus-like taxa that were traditionally treated as fungi are also incorporated in this outline (i.e. Eumycetozoa, Dictyosteliomycetes, Ceratiomyxomycetes and Myxomycetes). Four new taxa are introduced: Amblyosporida ord. nov. Neopereziida ord. nov. and Ovavesiculida ord. nov. in Rozellomycota, and Protosporangiaceae fam. nov. in Dictyosteliomycetes. Two different classifications (in outline section and in discussion) are provided for Glomeromycota and Leotiomycetes based on recent studies. The phylogenetic reconstruction of a four-gene dataset (18S and 28S rRNA, RPB1, RPB2) of 433 taxa is presented, including all currently described orders of fungi

Notes for genera: basal clades of Fungi (including Aphelidiomycota, Basidiobolomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Calcarisporiellomycota, Caulochytriomycota, Chytridiomycota, Entomophthoromycota, Glomeromycota, Kickxellomycota, Monoblepharomycota, Mortierellomycota, Mucoromycota, Neocallimastigomycota, Olpidiomycota, Rozellomycota and Zoopagomycota)

Compared to the higher fungi (Dikarya), taxonomic and evolutionary studies on the basal clades of fungi are fewer in number. Thus, the generic boundaries and higher ranks in the basal clades of fungi are poorly known. Recent DNA based taxonomic studies have provided reliable and accurate information. It is therefore necessary to compile all available information since basal clades genera lack updated checklists or outlines. Recently, Tedersoo et al. (MycoKeys 13:1--20, 2016) accepted Aphelidiomycota and Rozellomycota in Fungal clade. Thus, we regard both these phyla as members in Kingdom Fungi. We accept 16 phyla in basal clades viz. Aphelidiomycota, Basidiobolomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Calcarisporiellomycota, Caulochytriomycota, Chytridiomycota, Entomophthoromycota, Glomeromycota, Kickxellomycota, Monoblepharomycota, Mortierellomycota, Mucoromycota, Neocallimastigomycota, Olpidiomycota, Rozellomycota and Zoopagomycota. Thus, 611 genera in 153 families, 43 orders and 18 classes are provided with details of classification, synonyms, life modes, distribution, recent literature and genomic data. Moreover, Catenariaceae Couch is proposed to be conserved, Cladochytriales Mozl.-Standr. is emended and the family Nephridiophagaceae is introduced

Bartalinia kevinhydei (Ascomycota), a new leaf-spot causing fungus on teak (Tectona grandis) from Northern Thailand

This paper introduces an interesting new fungus, isolated from teak (Tectona grandis) leaf-spots, collected in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. Phylogenetic analysis of combined ITS and LSU sequence data together with morphological studies confirmed that the disease was caused by a Bartalinia species, distinct from described taxa. Detailed description, photomicrographs and a phylogenetic tree are provided to showcase the taxonomic placement of the new species, B. kevinhydei. Geographical distribution of Bartalinia species is also provided. This is the first report of a Bartalinia species growing on teak, and also the first report for Bartalinia in Thailand

Pseudoberkleasmium chiangraiense X. G. Tian & Tibpromma 2022, sp. nov.

<i>Pseudoberkleasmium chiangraiense</i> X.G. Tian & Tibpromma, <i>sp. nov.</i> (FIGURE 3) <p>Index Fungorum number: IF 558909; Facesoffungi number: FoF 10572</p> <p> <b>Etymology:—</b> Referring to Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, where the species was first collected.</p> <p> <b>Holotype:</b> MFLU 21–0291</p> <p> <i>Saprobic</i> on dead leaves of <i>Cocos nucifera</i> L. <b>Sexual</b> <b>morph</b> Undetermined. <b>Asexual morph</b> Hyphomycetous. <i>Colonies</i> on natural substrate, superficial, in groups, scattered, black, velvety, glistening, with conidia readily liberated when disturbed. <i>Mycelium</i> immersed in the substrate, composed of septate, branched, smooth, hyaline to pale brown hyphae. <i>Conidiophores</i> micronematous, mononematous, hyaline, smooth. <i>Conidiogenous cells</i> 9–13 × 11–13 μm (x̅ = 10.5 × 12.0 μm, n = 20), holoblastic, monoblastic, determinate, terminal, globose to subglobose or cup-shaped, integrated, connected at the base of conidia, smooth, guttulate, hyaline. <i>Conidia</i> 26–30 × 14–17.5 μm (x̅ = 28 × 15.5 μm, n = 50), acrogenous, solitary, ellipsoidal to obovoid, flattened, muriform, smooth-walled, dark brown to black at apical, pale brown at basal, guttulate, usually with a smooth hyaline conidiogenous cell attached.</p> <p> <b>Culture characteristics:—</b> Conidia germinating on PDA within 12 hr at 25 °C, not sporulating after two months. Surface with hyphal growth, circular, umbonate, fluffy, White at the margin, dark brown to black at the middle; reverse white to pale brown at the margin, black at the middle. Mycelium superficial, circular, partially immersed, hyaline to brown, smooth.</p> <p> <b>Material examined</b>:— THAILAND, Chiang Rai Province, Muang District, on decaying leaves of <i>Cocos nucifera</i> (Arecaceae), 8 December 2020, X. G. Tian, C4–1 (MFLU 21–0291, <b>holotype</b>), ex-type culture, MFLUCC 21–0154; <i>ibid.</i> 16 January 2021, C6–7 (MFLU 21–0292, paratype), living culture, MFLUCC 21–0161; <i>ibid.</i> C6–23 (MFLU 21–0293, paratype), living culture, MFLUCC 21–0162.</p> <p> <b>Notes:—</b> In the phylogenetic analyses, our new strains of <i>Pseudoberkleasmium chiangraiense</i> (MFLUCC 21–0154, MFLUCC 21–0161 and MFLUCC 21–0162) clustered as a sister clade to <i>P. chiangmaiense</i> (MFLUCC 17–2088, MFLUCC 17–1809 and MFLU 21–0290) with a 76% ML bootstrap support value (FIGURE 1). Our new isolate <i>Pseudoberkleasmium chiangraiense</i> (MFLUCC 21–0154) resembles <i>P. pandanicola</i> in having micronematous, mononematous conidiophores and muriform, ellipsoidal to obovoid, flattened guttulate conidia. However, our new isolate (MFLUCC 21–0154) differs from <i>P. pandanicola</i> by its conidia that are dark brown to black at the apex and pale brown at the base, while <i>P. pandanicola</i> has brown to olivaceous green conidia (Tibpromma <i>et al.</i> 2018). Our new isolate <i>Pseudoberkleasmium chiangraiense</i> (MFLUCC 21–0154) morphologically differs from <i>P. chiangmaiense</i> by the colour of conidia (dark brown to black at apical, pale brown at basal vs. yellow to brown) and smaller size (25.5– 30.0 vs. 30–35 μm) (Hyde <i>et al.</i> 2019). The nucleotide comparisons revealed that the new strain (MFLUCC 21–0154) is different from <i>P. pandanicola</i> (KUMCC 17–0178) in 15/367 bp (4.09%) of the ITS, and 8/848 (0.94%) of the LSU, while, the new strain (MFLUCC 21–0154) is different from <i>P. chiangmaiense</i> (MFLUCC 17–1809 ex-type) in 15/389 bp (3.86%) of the ITS, 6/840 (0.71%) of the LSU, and 49/899 bp (5.45%) of TEF1-α.</p> <p> Taxa in <i>Pseudoberkleasmium</i> have similar morphological characteristics with <i>Berkleasmium</i>, however, they are distinct in phylogenetic analyses. <i>Berkleasmium nigroapicale</i> and <i>B. sutheppuiense</i> were introduced from Chiang Mai, Thailand, while our new species was collected in Chiang Rai, Thailand that is geographically not too far. However, <i>Berkleasmium nigroapicale</i> and <i>B. sutheppuiense</i> lack molecular data, thus, we compared the morphology of our new species with <i>B. nigroapicale</i> and <i>B. sutheppuiense</i> and found that <i>B. nigroapicale</i> differs from <i>P. chiangraiense</i> in having cylindrical and clavate conidiogenous cells, and broadly clavate conidia (Bussaban <i>et al.</i> 2001). While, <i>B. sutheppuiense</i> differs from our new species in having cylindrical conidiogenous cells with subglobose and very dark brown conidia (Bussaban <i>et al.</i> 2001). Thus, we identified the three new isolates as a distinct new species of <i>Pseudoberkleasmium</i>.</p>Published as part of <i>Tian, Xingguo, Tibpromma, Saowaluck, Karunarathna, Samantha C., Dai, Dongqin, Lu, Yongzhong, Mapook, Ausana & Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., 2022, A new species and a new host record of Pseudoberkleasmium (Pseudoberkleasmiaceae, Dothideomycetes) from Cocos nucifera and Zea mays in northern Thailand, pp. 232-242 in Phytotaxa 547 (3)</i> on page 239, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.547.3.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/6577519">http://zenodo.org/record/6577519</a&gt

Pseudoberkleasmium chiangmaiense Y. Z. Lu & K. D. Hyde

Pseudoberkleasmium chiangmaiense Y.Z. Lu & K.D. Hyde, in Hyde et al., Fungal Diversity 96:38 (FIGURE 2) Index Fungorum number: IF555595; Facesoffungi number: FoF 05310 Saprobic on decaying culms of Zea mays L. Sexual morph Undetermined. Asexual morph Hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substratum superficial, sporodochia, scattered, compact, irregular, brown to black, glistening, with conidia readily liberated when disturbed. Conidiophores micronematous, mononematous, hyaline, reduced to conidiogenous cells, cylindrical, smooth-walled. Conidiogenous cells 7–11 × 8–11 μm (x̅ = 9 × 9.5 μm, n = 15), holoblastic, monoblastic, integrated, terminal, determinate, subglobose, hyaline, with guttulate. Conidia 24–30 × 15–18 μm (x̅ = 26.5 × 16.5 μm, n = 30), acrogenous, solitary, ellipsoidal to obovoid, muriform, 4–6 transverse septa, 3–4 longitudinal septa, flattened, smooth-walled, yellow-brown, constricted at the septa, with a hyaline conidiogenous cell attached. Material examined:— THAILAND, Chiang Rai Province, Muang District, isolated as saprobic on decaying culms of Zea mays (Poaceae), 11 November 2020, X. G. Tian, corn1–7 (MFLU 21–0290, new host record). Notes:— Phylogenetic analyses showed that our new isolate (MFLU 21–0290) grouped with two strains of P. chiangmaiense (MFLUCC 17–1809 and MFLUCC 17–2088) with strong statistical support (100 ML/1.00 PP, FIGURE 1). The morphology of our new isolate is similar to the holotype of P. chiangmaiense (MFLU 17–1118) except the smaller conidiogenous cells (x̅ = 9 × 9.5 μm vs. x̅ = 15 × 14 µm) (Hyde et al. 2019). Based on nucleotide comparisons, the new strain (MFLU 21–0290) is not significantly different from the ex-type isolate (MFLUCC 17–1809) in ITS, LSU and TEF-α. Therefore, we identified our isolate as P. chiangmaiense based on both phylogeny and morphology. Pseudoberkleasmium chiangmaiense was introduced by Hyde et al. (2019) from an unidentified decaying wood in Thailand. Phukhamsakda et al. (2020) reported the new host record of P. chiangmaiense from Clematis fulvicoma, while, Bao et al. (2021) reported P. chiangmaiense from freshwater in China. Our collection was on Zea mays and herein we provide the first host record of P. chiangmaiense from Maize.Published as part of Tian, Xingguo, Tibpromma, Saowaluck, Karunarathna, Samantha C., Dai, Dongqin, Lu, Yongzhong, Mapook, Ausana & Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., 2022, A new species and a new host record of Pseudoberkleasmium (Pseudoberkleasmiaceae, Dothideomycetes) from Cocos nucifera and Zea mays in northern Thailand, pp. 232-242 in Phytotaxa 547 (3) on pages 235-236, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.547.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/657751