In:
MycoKeys, Pensoft Publishers, Vol. 69 ( 2020-06-09), p. 33-52
Abstract:
Huntiella species are wood-infecting, filamentous ascomycetes that occur in fresh wounds on a wide variety of tree species. These fungi are mainly known as saprobes although some have been associated with disease symptoms. Six fungal isolates with typical culture characteristics of Huntiella spp. were collected from wounds on native forest trees in Greece and South Africa. The aim of this study was to identify these isolates, using morphological characters and multigene phylogenies of the rRNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, portions of the β-tubulin (BT1) and translation elongation factor 1α (TEF-1α) genes. The mating strategies of these fungi were also determined through PCR amplification of mating type genes. The study revealed two new species; one from Platanus orientalis in Greece and one from Colophospermum mopane and Senegalia nigrescens in South Africa. These novel taxa have been provided with the names, H. hellenica sp. nov. and H. krugeri sp. nov. , respectively. The former species was found to have a homothallic and the latter a heterothallic mating system.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1314-4049
,
1314-4057
DOI:
10.3897/mycokeys.69.53205
DOI:
10.3897/mycokeys.69.53205.figure1
DOI:
10.3897/mycokeys.69.53205.figure2
DOI:
10.3897/mycokeys.69.53205.figure3
DOI:
10.3897/mycokeys.69.53205.suppl1
DOI:
10.3897/mycokeys.69.53205.suppl2
DOI:
10.3897/mycokeys.69.53205.suppl3
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Pensoft Publishers
Publication Date:
2020
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2630648-7
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