Note on the genus Nemania (Xylariaceae) - first records and a new species of the genus from Iran.

ABSTRACT: In a survey of xylarialean fungi in northern Iran, some specimens attributable to the genus Nemania were collected, cultured and sequenced. Morphological evidence and phylogenetic analyses of a combined ITS, LSU, RPB2 and TUB2 gene dataset confirmed the presence of Nemaniadiffusa and N.serpens in Iran for the first time. Furthermore, the new species N.hyrcana, which shows similarities to N.subaenea and its putative synonym N.plumbea, but significantly differs from the latter in its DNA sequences, was encountered. All species are illustrated, described and discussed. In the phylogenetic analyses, for the first time, the overlooked ex-type ITS sequences of the neotype of the generic type, N.serpens and that of the holotype of

SUBMITTER: Pourmoghaddam MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9836441 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature