Journal of Fungi (Oct 2022)

Description of Four Novel Species in <i>Pleosporales</i> Associated with Coffee in Yunnan, China

  • Li Lu,
  • Samantha C. Karunarathna,
  • Dong-Qin Dai,
  • Yin-Ru Xiong,
  • Nakarin Suwannarach,
  • Steven L. Stephenson,
  • Abdallah M. Elgorban,
  • Salim Al-Rejaie,
  • Ruvishika S. Jayawardena,
  • Saowaluck Tibpromma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8101113
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 10
p. 1113

Abstract

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In Yunnan Province, the coffee-growing regions are mainly distributed in Pu’er and Xishuangbanna. During the surveys of microfungi associated with coffee in Yunnan Province, seven taxa were isolated from coffee samples. Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses of combined ITS, LSU, SSU, rpb2, and tef1-α sequence data and morphological characteristics, four new species viz. Deniquelata yunnanensis, Paraconiothyrium yunnanensis, Pseudocoleophoma puerensis, and Pse. yunnanensis, and three new records viz. Austropleospora keteleeriae, Montagnula thailandica, and Xenocamarosporium acaciae in Pleosporales are introduced. In addition, Paracamarosporium fungicola was transferred back to Paraconiothyrium based on taxonomy and DNA sequences. Full descriptions, illustrations, and phylogenetic trees to show the placement of new and known taxa are provided. In addition, the morphological comparisons of new taxa with closely related taxa are given.

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