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Issue: Vol. 255 No. 1: 5 April 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-04-05
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.255.1.2
Page range: 21–33
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 31

Chaetothyrina mangiferae sp. nov., a new species of Chaetothyrina

Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Centro de Recursos Microbiológicos, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica Lisbon, Portugal
Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia
Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia
Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Dothideomycetes Mangifera indica Micropeltidaceae Microthyriales Musa new species Fungi

Abstract

Chaetothyrina musarum and C. mangiferae sp. nov. (Micropeltidaceae, Dothideomycetes) are reported from fruits of Musa sp. (Musa acuminata × Musa balbisiana) and Mangifera indica, respectively. Introduction of a new species, Chaetothyrina mangiferae, and provision of a reference specimen for C. musarum with sequence data, supported by morphology will help to stabilize the taxonomy of the genus and family. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of LSU and SSU sequence data show that C. musarum forms a distinct clade with other genera in Micropeltidaceae within Capnodiales and C. mangiferae clusters in a poorly supported clade in Dothideomycetes, Illustrated accounts of Chaetothyrina musarum (reference specimen) and C. mangiferae are provided and compared with similar taxa. This is the first report of C. musarum causing sooty blotch and flyspeck disease on Musa sp. (Musaceae) in Thailand and C. mangiferae causing sooty blotch and flyspeck disease of Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae) worldwide.