MycoKeys (Sep 2023)

Two new species of Samsoniella (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) from the Mayao River Valley, Guizhou, China

  • Wan-Hao Chen,
  • Jian-Dong Liang,
  • Xiu-Xiu Ren,
  • Jie-Hong Zhao,
  • Yan-Feng Han

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.99.109961
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 99
pp. 209 – 226

Abstract

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Samsoniella species have been often found in the forest habitat and rarely found in special karst eco-environments, such as Tiankeng, valleys and caves. In this research, eleven cordyceps specimens were collected from Mayao River Valley. A known species (S. haniana) and two new species (S. duyunensis and S. vallis) were established and described according to a multilocus phylogenetic analysis and morphological characteristics. Our results provide insight that the richness of Samsoniella species in karst eco-environments and further attention should be paid to entomopathogenic fungi in such habitats.