Unveiling fungal diversity associated with coffee trees in China using a polyphasic approach and a global review of coffee saprobic fungi.

ABSTRACT: Arabica coffee (Coffeaarabica) is the most cultured and popular coffee bean in today's world. Yunnan Province is well known as China's largest arabica coffee cultivation region. Fungi represent an important group of microorganisms associated with coffee, profoundly influencing its yield and quality. In this study, twelve fungal collections growing on dead and decaying twigs of coffee were collected and isolated to systematically document microfungi associated with coffee plants in Yunnan Province. Ten novel species, each representing a unique family within Pleosporales, were identified and introduced, based on comprehensive morphological analyses and multigene phylogenetic studies. The ten new species belong to the families Bambusicolaceae, Didymellaceae, Did

SUBMITTER: Lu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11915015 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature