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Issue: Vol. 338 No. 3: 16 February 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-02-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.338.3.4
Page range: 265–275
Abstract views: 16
PDF downloaded: 1

Morphological and phylogenetic evidence reveal Fissuroma taiwanense sp. nov. (Aigialaceae, Pleosporales) from Hedychium coronarium

Center of Excellence, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand Department of Plant Medicine, National Chiayi University, 300 Syuefu Road, Chiayi City 60004, Taiwan Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan China
Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Department of Plant Medicine, National Chiayi University, 300 Syuefu Road, Chiayi City 60004, Taiwan
Department of Plant Medicine, National Chiayi University, 300 Syuefu Road, Chiayi City 60004, Taiwan
Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius
Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Dothideomycetes new species phylogeny taxonomy

Abstract

Fissuroma taiwanense sp. nov. was collected from Shihnong Forest Area in Chiayi, Taiwan (Elevation 350m) and is the first report of a Fissuroma species from Hedychium (Zingiberaceae). The species is markedly different from extant species of Fissuroma in having broad cylindric-clavate asci with long, club-shaped apical and basal appendages and distinct thick mucilaginous sheath in ascospores. Combined analyses of LSU, SSU and tef1-α sequence data indicate a close relationship with F. maculans, the type species, but isolates of the new taxon are phylogenetically distinct. The new species is compared with other Fissuroma species and a comprehensive description and micrographs are provided.