Frontiers in Microbiology (Jul 2020)

Acrogenospora (Acrogenosporaceae, Minutisphaerales) Appears to Be a Very Diverse Genus

  • Dan-Feng Bao,
  • Dan-Feng Bao,
  • Dan-Feng Bao,
  • Eric H. C. McKenzie,
  • D. Jayarama Bhat,
  • Kevin D. Hyde,
  • Kevin D. Hyde,
  • Zong-Long Luo,
  • Hong-Wei Shen,
  • Hong-Wei Shen,
  • Hong-Yan Su

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01606
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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During a study of diversity and taxonomy of lignicolous freshwater fungi in China, nine species of Acrogenospora were collected. Seven of these were new species and they are described and illustrated. With morphology, additional evidence to support establishment of new species is provided by phylogeny derived from DNA sequence analyses of a combined LSU, SSU, TEF1α, and RPB2 sequence dataset. Acrogenospora subprolata and A. verrucispora were re-collected and sequenced for the first time. The genus Acrogenospora is far more species rich than originally thought, with nine species found in a small area of Yunnan Province, China.

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