Morphology and phylogeny reveal two new species and host records of hyphomycetous fungi on <i>Areca</i> species from marine habitats in Thailand.

ABSTRACT: The marine ecosystem is the largest on Earth, supporting a wide variety of organisms. Fungi in this environment are diverse and play promising ecological roles. This study investigated fungi on submerged, decaying plant materials of Areca species trapped between rocks in seawater in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand. Morphological and multi-gene phylogenetic analysis (LSU-ITS-tub2-SSU for Tetraploa, ITS-LSU-tub2-rpb2 for Rosellinia, LSU-ITS-tef1-α-rpb2 for Musicillium and LSU-ITS-act for Sarocladium) revealed two new species: Tetraploamaritima, characterized by the presence of a hilum and elongating appendages, and Roselliniamaritima, distinguished by a brown to black conidial-like structure com

SUBMITTER: Asghari R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12159667 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature