Four new species of Dothideomycetes (Ascomycota) from Para Rubber (Heveabrasiliensis) in Yunnan Province, China.

ABSTRACT: The tropical areas in southern and south-western Yunnan are rich in fungal diversity. Additionally, the diversity of seed flora in Yunnan Province is higher than in other regions in China and the abundant endemic species of woody plants provide favourable substrates for fungi. Rubber plantations in Yunnan Province are distributed over a large area, especially in Xishuangbanna. During a survey of rubber-associated fungi in Yunnan Province, China, dead rubber branches with fungal fruiting bodies were collected. Morphological characteristics and multigene phylogenetic analyses (ITS, LSU, SSU, rpb2 and tef1-α) revealed four distinct new species, described herein as Melomastiapuerensis, Nigrogranalincangensis, Pseudochaetosphaeronemalincangensis and Pseudoc

SUBMITTER: Xu RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10980880 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature