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Issue: Vol. 400 No. 5: 9 April 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-04-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.400.5.1
Page range: 257–264
Abstract views: 21
PDF downloaded: 32

Morphological traits and molecular analysis for two new Chrysosporium species from Fujian Province, China

Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural College, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
School of Biology Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550018, China
Department of Microbiology, Basic Medical School of Guiyang College of Tranditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Institute of Fungus Resources, department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
filamentous fungi identification morphology phylogeny Fungi

Abstract

Two new species, Chrysosporium laterisporum and C. ovalisporum, were isolated from forest soils and zoo soils in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China, using child hair as baits. Molecular (ITS-5.8S rDNA sequences) and morphological characters were used to identify taxonomic status. The phylogeny showed C. laterisporum and C. ovalisporum grouped into a separate subclade, closely related to C. georgii, C. magnasporum, C. oceanitesii and C. vespertilium. These previously described Chrysosporium species can be distinguished from the new species based on morphology alone.