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DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.538.3.1
Submitted: 2022-03-08
Published: 2022-03-08

A new species of Arthrographis (Eremomycetaceae, Dothideomycetes), from the soil in Guizhou, China

Institute of Fungus Resources, Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
Institute of Fungus Resources, Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
Department of Microbiology, Guiyang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
Department of Microbiology, Guiyang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, China
Institute of Fungus Resources, Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
Institute of Fungus Resources, Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
taxonomy phylogeny saprophytic fungi Fungi

Abstract

During a survey of keratinolytic fungi in China, a new species, Arthrographis multiformispora was isolated from soil samples. Morphologically, A. multiformispora differs from other species in the genus by the presence of globose or subglobose chlamydospores and cylindrical arthroconidia. Phylogenetically, our four strains were clustered together with high support values and separated from other clades. We provided a description, illustrations, and phylogenetic tree for the new species.

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