Morphology and Multi-Gene Phylogeny Reveal a New Species of Family Torulaceae from Yunnan Province, China
The Family Torulaceae belongs to the Order Pleosporales (Class Dothideomycetes) and mainly comprises saprobes. The taxa are widely distributed in both terrestrial and aquatic habitats. In this study, we collected three dead leaf specimens of <i>Carex baccans</i> and two submerged wood sp...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-09-01
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| Series: | Diversity |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/16/9/551 |
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| Summary: | The Family Torulaceae belongs to the Order Pleosporales (Class Dothideomycetes) and mainly comprises saprobes. The taxa are widely distributed in both terrestrial and aquatic habitats. In this study, we collected three dead leaf specimens of <i>Carex baccans</i> and two submerged wood specimens in Yunnan Province, China. A biphasic approach of morphological examination and multi-locus phylogenetic analyses conducted for internal transcribed spacer region ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 (ITS), nuclear large subunit rDNA (28S), nuclear small subunit rDNA (18S), translation elongation factor 1-α (<i>tef1</i>) gene, and RNA polymerase II second-largest subunit (<i>rpb2</i>) revealed one new species <i>Rutola kunmingensis</i> and a new collection of <i>Torula sundara</i>. <i>Rutola kunmingensis</i> is characterized by black, powdery colonies, micronematous, creeping, reticular conidiophores bearing inconspicuous, monoblastic conidiogenous loci, and multi-septate, catenulate, verruculose, brown conidia. The conidiophores and conidia of each genus in Torulaceae are mapped onto the phylogenetic tree and the generic demarcations of this family are discussed and the significant divergence of ITS, 18S, 28S, <i>rpb2</i>, and <i>tef1</i> sequences in Torulaceae is also discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 1424-2818 |