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Issue: Vol. 289 No. 2: 22 December 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-12-22
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.289.2.4
Page range: 147–157
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

New species of Sporoschisma (Chaetosphaeriaceae) from aquatic habitats in Thailand

Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang 550006, Guizhou, China Centre of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang 550006, Guizhou, China
Centre of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China
Formerly Department of Botany, Goa University, Goa, India; No. 128/1-J, Azad Housing Society, Curca, P.O. Goa Velha 403108, India
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang 550006, Guizhou, China
Fungi asexual fungi new species phylogeny taxonomy

Abstract

Collections of submerged wood in streams in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand yielded three sporoschisma-like taxa. Morphological examination and phylogenetic analysis of LSU sequence data support the separation of two isolates as new species (S. palauense and S. longicatenatum) and the other as collection of S. hemipsila. The sexual morph (Melanochaeta) is again linked to the asexual genus Sporoschisma by molecular data. The new species are introduced with descriptions and illustrations and compared with the most similar species.