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Issue: Vol. 208 No. 1: 14 May 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-05-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.208.1.3
Page range: 34–44
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

Polycephalomyces yunnanensis (Hypocreales), a new species of Polycephalomyces parasitizing Ophiocordyceps nutans and stink bugs (hemipteran adults)

unnan Herbal Laboratory, Institute of Herb Biotic Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, China
Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, Institute of Herb Biotic Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, China
Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, Institute of Herb Biotic Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, China
Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, Institute of Herb Biotic Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, China
Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, Institute of Herb Biotic Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, China
Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, Institute of Herb Biotic Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, China
The Institute of Fungus Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
Ecology morphology phylogenetic analyses synnemata Fungi China

Abstract

Polycephalomyces yunnanensis is described as a new species that parasitizes Ophiocordyceps nutans and stink bugs (hemipteran adults). It is characterized by the production of a viscous mass at the apex of its synnema, and it has two types of conidia (α- and β-conidia) and phialides (α- and β-phialides). A morphological and ecological investigation revealed that P. yunnanensis is distinct from any known species in the genus. Phylogenetic analyses based on the ITS and 5-locus (nrSSU, nrLSU, tef-1α, rpb1 and rpb2) data supported the treatment of this fungus as a distinct species.