Phylogenetic analyses of Nematoctonus and Hohenbuehelia (Pleurotaceae)

2007 ◽  
Vol 85 (8) ◽  
pp. 762-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra T.E. Koziak ◽  
Kei Chin Cheng ◽  
R. Greg Thorn

Hohenbuehelia (Agaricales, Pleurotaceae) and Nematoctonus (Hyphomycetes) are the names for the sexual and asexual stages of a genus of nematode-destroying fungi (Basidiomycota). We obtained partial sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA, including the internal transcribed spacer region and the 5′ end of the large subunit, of 37 isolates of Hohenbuehelia and Nematoctonus representing 13 of the 16 described species in Nematoctonus. Phylogenetic analyses support Hohenbuehelia–Nematoctonus as a monophyletic clade of the Pleurotaceae, within which the species were placed in five main subclades. Exclusively predatory species ( Nematoctonus brevisporus Thorn & G.L. Barron, Nematoctonus campylosporus Drechsler, Nematoctonus robustus F.R. Jones, and Nematoctonus sp. UAMH 5317) appear to be basal. In these species, adhesive knobs to capture prey are produced on their hyphae but not on their conidia. A single mycelial individual may feed on many nematodes. From these have arisen both exclusively parasitoid species ( Nematoctonus cylindrosporus Thorn & G.L. Barron, Nematoctonus leiosporus Drechsler, Nematoctonus leptosporus Drechsler, Nematoctonus pachysporus Drechsler, Nematoctonus tylosporus Drechsler), and species that we call intermediate predators ( Nematoctonus angustatus Thorn & G.L. Barron, Nematoctonus concurrens Drechsler, Nematoctonus geogenius Thorn & GL. Barron, Nematoctonus hamatus Thorn & G.L. Barron, and Nematoctonus subreniformis Thorn & G.L. Barron). Exclusively parasitoid species have conidia that germinate to form sticky knobs that attach to passing nematodes but lack adhesive knobs on the hyphae. Each mycelial individual feeds on only one nematode. Intermediate predators have adhesive knobs both on hyphae and on germinated conidia and can act in both predatory and parasitoid modes. Most morphospecies are resolved as monophyletic, but sequences of additional gene regions are required to clarify species limits within the N. angustatus – N. geogenius group.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 312 (1) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
HUAN-DI ZHENG ◽  
WEN-YING ZHUANG

A new species, namely Chlorociboria herbicola, is discovered on herbaceous stems in central China. Morphologically, the new fungus is distinctive by the combination of light blue-green apothecia, rectangular cells in ectal excipulum, and elongate-ellipsoidal ascospores with rounded ends. Phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer and large subunit of nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences confirm its ascription in Chlorociboria and distinction from the known species of the genus.



Phycologia ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 672-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidetoshi Sakayama ◽  
Yoshiaki Hara ◽  
Shogo Arai ◽  
Hiroshi Sato ◽  
Hisayoshi Nozaki


Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 427 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-199
Author(s):  
ARCHANA SINGH ◽  
NIKHIL KUMAR SINGH ◽  
PARAS NATH SINGH ◽  
RAGHVENDRA SINGH ◽  
NAWAL KISHORE DUBEY

Ochroconis helicteris, a novel species of the oligotrophic genus Ochroconis (Sympoventuriaceae, Venturiales), has been described and illustrated. Morphologically, this species has characters similar to allied species in the genus Ochroconis, but differs in conidial dimensions and shape. Phylogenetic analyses using nuclear ribosomal DNA gene ITS and protein coding gene BT2 revealed it clustering as monophyletic clade which was separated from known Ochroconis species. New species was isolated from leaf surface of medicinal plant Helicteris isora L.



2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 541-554
Author(s):  
Mai Asanuma ◽  
Shu Zhu ◽  
Naoki Okura ◽  
Shao-Qing Cai ◽  
Kayo Yoshimatsu ◽  
...  


Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 338 (3) ◽  
pp. 294
Author(s):  
SAJEEWA S. N. MAHARACHCHIKUMBURA ◽  
KEVIN D. HYDE ◽  
REKHANI H. PERERA ◽  
ABDULLAH M. AL-SADI

Acrocordiella omanensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated from specimens on dead stem of Juniper sp. collected in Al Jabal al-Akhdar (Green Mountain), Sultanate of Oman. It strongly resembles Acrocordiella occulta, the type of the genus, in its similar asci and ascospore anatomy. It differs from A. occulta in having bell-shaped to cap-like clypeus around the ostiole and larger asci and ascospores. The combined large subunit nuclear ribosomal DNA and internal transcribed spacer sequences support the conclusions based on the morphological data.



2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Hayakawa ◽  
Maiko Akasaka ◽  
Yoshiko Shimono ◽  
Shunji Kurokawa ◽  
Tomoko Nishida ◽  
...  


Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 490 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-210
Author(s):  
JIZE XU ◽  
XIAODONG YU ◽  
CHUNLAN ZHANG ◽  
YU LI

A new species, Calocybe decurrens, is illustrated and described in detail based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses. Calocybe decurrens is mainly characterized by its decurrent gills and by its stipe that discolors upon maturation. Molecular phylogenetic analyses were based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2) and the large subunit of the nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrLSU) sequences. The results indicated that its affiliation is in genus Calocybe, where it occupies an isolated position. A full description, color images, illustrations and a phylogenetic tree to show the placement of the new species are provided.



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