Three new Pyrenula species with 3-septate ascospores with red or orange oil when over-mature (Ascomycota, Pyrenulales, Pyrenulaceae) from China.

ABSTRACT: The lichenised fungal genus Pyrenula is a very common crustose lichen element in tropical to subtropical forests, but little research has been done on this genus in China. During our study on Pyrenula in China, based on morphological characteristics, chemical traits and molecular phylogenetic analysis (ITS and nuLSU), three new 3-septate species with red or orange oil in over-mature ascospores were found: Pyrenulainspersasp. nov., P.thailandicoidessp. nov. and P.apiculatasp. nov. Compared to the known 3-septate species of Pyrenula with red or orange oil, P.inspersa is characterised by the inspersed hamathecium; P.thailandicoides is characterised by the IKI+ red hamathecium and the existence of an unknown lichen su

SUBMITTER: Dou M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10877525 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature