The Enigmatic Thelebolaceae (Thelebolales, Leotiomycetes): One New Genus Solomyces and Five New Species

Zhiyuan Zhang; Chunbo Dong; Wanhao Chen; Quanrong Mou; Xiaoxiao Lu; Yanfeng Han; Yanfeng Han; Jianzhong Huang; Zongqi Liang

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.572596

Frontiers in Microbiology (Oct 2020)

The Enigmatic Thelebolaceae (Thelebolales, Leotiomycetes): One New Genus Solomyces and Five New Species

Zhiyuan Zhang,
Chunbo Dong,
Wanhao Chen,
Quanrong Mou,
Xiaoxiao Lu,
Yanfeng Han,
Yanfeng Han,
Jianzhong Huang,
Zongqi Liang

Affiliations

Zhiyuan Zhang: Institute of Fungus Resources, Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
Chunbo Dong: Institute of Fungus Resources, Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
Wanhao Chen: Department of Microbiology, Guiyang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China
Quanrong Mou: Institute of Fungus Resources, Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
Xiaoxiao Lu: Institute of Fungus Resources, Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
Yanfeng Han: Institute of Fungus Resources, Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
Yanfeng Han: Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
Jianzhong Huang: Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
Zongqi Liang: Institute of Fungus Resources, Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.572596
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11

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The family Thelebolaceae belongs to the order Thelebolales, class Leotiomycetes, and contains 22 genera. In this study, we introduce a new genus Solomyces gen. nov. in the family Thelebolaceae, which is supported by morphological observation and multilocus-based [internal transcribed spacers (ITS) + LSU and ITS + LSU+ MCM7+ EF1A+ RPB2] phylogenetic analysis. Maximum-likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic inference analyses indicated that Solomyces is a distinct genus within this family. The new genus is compared against related Thelebolaceae genera, and its description and illustration are provided. This genus comprises one new species and one unnamed species (including two strains). We also report the addition of four new species – Pseudogymnoascus shaanxiensis, Pseudogymnoascus guizhouensis, Pseudogymnoascus sinensis, and Geomyces obovatus – in the family Thelebolaceae and present their morphological and phylogenetic characterizations.

Published in Frontiers in Microbiology

ISSN: 1664-302X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: http://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology

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