Xylochrysis aquatica sp. nov. (Woswasiaceae) from freshwater habitats in Sichuan Province, China

JING-YI SONG; YI YANG; XIAN-DONG YU; ASHA J. DISSANAYAKE; QING TIAN

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.587.1.4

Issue: Vol. 587 No. 1: 9 March 2023

Type: Article

Published: 2023-03-09

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.587.1.4

Page range: 31-38

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Xylochrysis aquatica sp. nov. (Woswasiaceae) from freshwater habitats in Sichuan Province, China

JING-YI SONG⁺⁻
YI YANG⁺⁻
XIAN-DONG YU⁺⁻
ASHA J. DISSANAYAKE⁺⁻
QING TIAN⁺⁻

School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P.R. China

1 new taxon multi-gene phylogeny Sordariomycetes taxonomy Fungi

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Abstract

During surveys of ascomycetous fungi in Sichuan province, China, a new aquicolous taxon, Xylochrysis aquatica, isolated from a decaying trunk of an undetermined wood is described. Xylochrysis aquatica differs from the type species X. lucida in having solitary, smaller ascomata with a short papillate ostiole, without a golden yellow layer of surrounded cells and larger asci with rounded ascospores. The phylogenetic analysis of the combined ITS-LSU-SSU-rpb2-tef1-α sequence data matrix showed that X. aquatica clustered together with X. lucida and formed as different lineages, it can be recognized as a distinct species. A detailed description and an illustration of the novel species are given while a nucleotide comparison of related species is provided.

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