New species in Aciculosporium, Shimizuomyces and a new genus Morakotia associated with plants in Clavicipitaceae from Thailand.

ABSTRACT: Three new fungal species in the Clavicipitaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycota) associated with plants were collected in Thailand. Morphological characterisation and phylogenetic analyses based on multi-locus sequences of LSU, RPB1 and TEF1 showed that two species belong to Aciculosporium and Shimizuomyces. Morakotia occupies a unique clade and is proposed as a novel genus in Clavicipitaceae. Shimizuomyces cinereus and Morakotia fusca share the morphological characteristic of having cylindrical to clavate stromata arising from seeds. Aciculosporium siamense produces perithecial plates and occurs on a leaf sheath of an unknown panicoid grass.

SUBMITTER: Mongkolsamrit S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8687063 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature