New Species of Whitish Truffle, Tuber Lithocarpii Sp. Nov., Belonging to the Puberulum Clade, Discovered Under Lithocarpus Konishii in Taiwan

Abstract BackgroundDiversity of Tuber species in Taiwan is still poorly known, with only T. formosanum form Melanosporum clade, T. furfuraceum from Rufum clade and T. elevatireticulatum from Puberulum clade were recorded in recent 30 years. During our survey of hypogenous fungi in Taiwan, another whitish truffle was collected from roots of Lithocarpus konishii along a forest road in southern Taiwan in January 2018.ResultsThe whitish truffle is herein described as a new species Tuber lithocarpii, which is appeared to differ from most closely related taxon by its small ascomata size, reddish-brown gleba color, small and globose ascospores size with large pentagonal or irregular marbled reticulated ornamentation. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that T. lithocarpii formed a monophyletic clade within Puberulum clade and placed sister to the Thai whitish truffle T.thailandicum with strong branching support.ConclusionsTuber lithocarpii, which is appeared to differ from the previous recorded species based on morphological and phylogenetic evidences. This is an important and encouraging discovery in Taiwan as to facilitate cognition of Asian truffles, the following development of biotechnological applications and truffle cultivation of native species.

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A new species and two new records of Amanita (Amanitaceae; Basidiomycota) from South Korea

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.451.1.2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 451 (1) ◽

pp. 21-33

Author(s):

JONG WON JO ◽

YOUNG-NAM KWAG ◽

HYUNG SO KIM ◽

HYUN LEE ◽

SANG-KUK HAN ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

South Korea ◽

New Records ◽

Monophyletic Clade ◽

First Report ◽

A New Species

A new species of Amanita sect. Roanokenses, A. brunneofolia, from South Korea, is described based on morphological and molecular evidences. The species is characterized by medium- to large-sized basidiomata, a greenish white pileus covered with brownish, floccose pyramidal volval remnants, an appendiculate margin, reddish brown lamellae, a long radicating stipe, and ellipsoid to elongate amyloid basidiospores. Based on both nrLSU and combined dataset (nrLSU, rpb2 and tef1-α), A. brunneofolia formed a monophyletic clade and clearly separated from other Amanita species. In addition, we describe two other Amanita species in A. sect. Roanokenses, namely, A. caojizong and A. sphaerobulbosa. This is the first report of these species for South Korea.

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Pleurospermum austriacum (L.) Hoffm. (Apiaceae), a new species in the flora of the Republic of Macedonia

Botanica Serbica ◽

10.2298/botserb1901113t ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 113-115

Author(s):

Aco Teofilovski

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

River Basin ◽

Native Species ◽

First Report ◽

Republic Of Macedonia ◽

The Republic ◽

A New Species

Pleurospermum austriacum (Apiaceae) is reported from the Bistrica River basin in the Sar Mountains as a new native species in the flora of the Republic of Macedonia. This is also the first report of the genus Pleurospermum in the country?s flora.

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Bulbostylis litoreamazonicola, a new species of Cyperaceae from the Brazilian Amazonian coast

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.530.2.5 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 530 (2) ◽

pp. 189-197

Author(s):

JULIENE DE FÁTIMA MACIEL-SILVA ◽

ANA PAULA DO NASCIMENTO PRATA ◽

MARIA GABRIELA LÓPEZ ◽

ANDRÉ DOS SANTOS BRAGANÇA GIL

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Native Species ◽

The State ◽

Mature Fruit ◽

Annual Habit ◽

Northern Brazil ◽

Seasonally Flooded ◽

A New Species

A new species of Bulbostylis (Cyperaceae), only known from the Brazilian Amazonian coast, is here described and illustrated. Bulbostylis litoreamazonicola was found growing over dunes, in seasonally flooded restinga vegetation, and in humid fields near the mangroves from the State of Pará, Northern Brazil. This is the fifth Brazilian-native species of Bulbostylis lacking a persistent stylopodium on the mature fruit. The new species is mainly characterized by its annual habit, simple anthelate inflorescences, densely hispid to hispidulous longitudinally ribbed scapes, pubescent glumes, and cordiform nutlets.

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Tremateia murispora sp. nov. (Didymosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales) from Guizhou, China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.416.1.10 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 416 (1) ◽

pp. 79-87 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

YAO FENG ◽

SHENG-NAN ZHANG ◽

ZUO-YI LIU

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Monophyletic Clade ◽

Distinct Lineage ◽

A New Species

An Ascomycetous species was found from decaying woody stems in Guizhou, China. Morphologically, the fungus can be assigned well in Tremateia in having immersed ascomata, cellular pseudoparaphyses and muriform ascospores, but it differs from other species in having the 3–7 transverse septa ascospores surrounded by a gelatinous sheath. Phylogenetic analyses based on a concatenated dataset of ITS, LSU, SSUand TEF1-α sequence data indicated that the fungus belongs to the genus Tremateia, Didymosphaeriaceae, four taxa formed a monophyletic clade and represent the genus Tremateia with well supported. The new collection formed a distinct lineage and can be recognized as a new species. Therefore, a new species Tremateia murispora is introduced with detailed description and illustration, the notes on its morphologically and phylogenetically related taxa is provided.

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A new Satsuma species (Pulmonata: Camaenidae) endemic to Taiwan

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1608.1.8 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1608 (1) ◽

pp. 59-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

SHU-PING WU ◽

YAO-SUNG LIN ◽

CHUNG-CHI HWANG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Geographical Distribution ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

Land Snail ◽

Large Shell ◽

Lowland Forests ◽

Southern Taiwan ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

A new species of camaenid land snail, Satsuma longkiauwensis sp. nov. from southern Taiwan is established. This large terrestrial and herbivorous snail inhabits the lowland forests with a narrow geographical distribution. The species is characterized by having a large shell, roundly angulated peripheries adjacent to the peristome, an open umbilicus, a robust flagellum, a weak expansion on male genitalia instead of a penial caecum externally and a hemispherical verge instead of an elongated pilaster internally. A key is provided for the first time to identify camaenids from Taiwan.

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Description of Indoclausia helioporae sp. nov. (Copepoda, Clausiidae) from blue coral, associated with a number of polychaetes

Crustaceana ◽

10.1163/15685403-00003309 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 87 (5) ◽

pp. 627-633

Author(s):

Yu-Rong Cheng ◽

Ju-Shey Ho ◽

Chang-Feng Dai

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Shallow Water ◽

Small Body ◽

Full Description ◽

Caudal Ramus ◽

Southern Taiwan ◽

Symbiotic Copepods ◽

A New Species

This is the first study of Helioporacea Bock, 1938 for symbiotic copepods. A new species of copepod, Indoclausia helioporae sp. nov., was obtained by washing segments of blue coral, Heliopora coerulea (Pallas, 1766), collected from shallow water reefs in southern Taiwan. A full description of the new species is provided. The new species can be easily distinguished from its only congener, Indoclausia bacescui Sebastian & Pillai, 1974, by having (1) a small body of 1.32 × 0.20 mm; (2) a small caudal ramus, 33 × 15 μm; (3) a short antennule with formula: 4, 10, 11, 4, 2 + 1 aesthetasc and 7 + 1 aesthetasc (very short); (4) a 2-segmented maxilliped; (5) the exopod of leg 1 with formula: I-0; III-0; (6) the exopod of leg 2 with formula: I-0; I, III; (7) no seta on the endopod of legs 1 and 2; (8) a uniseriate egg-sac with 6 eggs.

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A new species of habitat–forming Suberites (Porifera, Demospongiae, Suberitida) in the Benguela upwelling region (South Africa)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4254.1.3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4254 (1) ◽

pp. 49

Author(s):

TOUFIEK SAMAAI ◽

SESHNEE MADURAY ◽

LIESL JANSON ◽

MARK J GIBBONS ◽

BENEDICTA NGWAKUM ◽

...

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Specimen Size ◽

Unconsolidated Sediments ◽

Monophyletic Clade ◽

African Region ◽

The West ◽

Benguela Upwelling ◽

A New Species

S. dandelenae sp. nov. is described from the west coast of South Africa and occurs at depths of 80–500 m among unconsolidated sediments. Specimens can reach 40 cm in length and in some areas off South Africa, up to 18 tons/km2 can be collected in a single demersal trawl. Morphologically, the sponge is straw yellow, massive with rounded lobes and has a velvety surface: it is characterized by subradiate, irregular reticulation of bundles of tylostyles and tylostrongyles. Specimens of S. dandelenae sp. nov. have three size classes of tylostyles with the largest tylostyle lengths being 516 μm (441–614 μm), medium tylostyle lengths being 352 μm (307–422 μm) and the shortest tylostyle lengths being 215 μm (153–288 μm). Apart from the presence of tylostyles, some specimens of S. dandelenae sp. nov. also possess centrotylostongyles/oxeas, tylostrongyles and microacanthostrongyles spicules. We have used morphological characters to distinguish this species and a molecular marker (cox1) to conform that all specimens are the same species. At the spicular level, S. dandelenae sp. nov. is characterized by a complex of spicule types that vary with specimen size. Following a histological investigation and re–description of the holotypes of S. ficus (Johnston, 1842) and S. tylobtusus Lévi, 1958, and comparisons with S. carnosus (Johnston, 1842), S. stilensis Burton, 1933, and other Suberites species described from the African region, it is clear that the new species is different in spicule morphology, spicule size and external morphology. For example, microacanthostrongyles are not present in S. tylobtusus and S. carnosus, whilst S. ficus possesses a second, non–spinose category of microstrongyles. Suberites tylobtusus has tylostyles that are sometimes polytylote, with heads either well formed, pear shaped or reduced, in only one size catogory. The 'tylobtuse' condition of the tylostyles is also different to the kidney–shaped and centrotylostrongyles found in S. dandelenae sp. nov. Suberites stilensis Burton, 1933 has larger and thicker tylostyles (800 μm length x 10 μm thick) than those of S. dandelenae sp. nov. A comparative analysis of partial cox1 sequences from morphologically diverse specimens of S. dandelenae sp. nov. with published material indicates that all specimens comprise a monophyletic clade. The combined morphological and genetic data support the designation of Suberites dandelenae sp. nov.

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Steinernema beitlechemi n. sp., a new entomopathogenic nematode (Nematoda: Steinernematidae) from South Africa

Nematology ◽

10.1163/15685411-00002968 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 439-453 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Harun Çimen ◽

Vladimír Půža ◽

Jiří Nermuť ◽

Justin Hatting ◽

Tshima Ramakuwela ◽

...

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

First Generation ◽

Entomopathogenic Nematode ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Monophyletic Clade ◽

African Species ◽

Spicule Length ◽

Tail Tip ◽

A New Species

Steinernema beitlechemi n. sp. is a new species of entomopathogenic nematode isolated from soil samples collected in Bethlehem, Free State province, South Africa. The infective juveniles of S. beitlechemi n. sp. are characterised by a body length of 696 (606-768) μm, position of nerve ring of 96 (86-105) μm from the head and lateral fields with six ridges (i.e., seven lines) in mid-body. First-generation males of S. beitlechemi n. sp. can be distinguished by a spicule length of 93 (88-100) μm and 12 pairs of genital papillae. First-generation females have a moderately protruding vulva and a rounded tail tip bearing one spine-like projection. The new species is further characterised by sequences of the ITS and partial 28S regions of the ribosomal DNA. Phylogenetic analyses show S. beitlechemi n. sp. as a member of a strongly supported monophyletic clade with three other African species: S. sacchari, S. cameroonense and S. nyetense.

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Streblocladia (Rhodomelaceae) in New Zealand: recognition of a new species

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.374.1.3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 374 (1) ◽

pp. 41

Author(s):

MYUNG SOOK KIM ◽

BYEONGSEOK KIM ◽

MI YEON YANG ◽

ROBERTA D’ARCHINO ◽

JUDY E. SUTHERLAND ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Zealand ◽

Strong Support ◽

Red Alga ◽

Morphological Evidence ◽

Rbcl Gene ◽

Monophyletic Clade ◽

Molecular Analyses ◽

A New Species ◽

Rbcl Gene Sequences

The genus Streblocladia was described by early European collectors based on S. neglecta, a marine red alga from southern New Zealand currently treated as a taxonomic synonym of Streblocladia glomerulata. In New Zealand, Streblocladia includes two species and has always been considered distinct. To analyse the phylogenetic relationships of this genus with other Polysiphonia sensu lato, we conducted a molecular-assisted investigation using plastid rbcL gene sequences of recent collections of Streblocladia from New Zealand, as well as morphological observations. The molecular analyses indicated that Streblocladia species form a monophyletic clade sister to P. rhododactyla with strong support. The Streblocladia clade is clearly separated from other species of Polysiphonia sensu lato. Species of Streblocladia are characterized by sympodially branched, corticated main axes, the absence of vegetative trichoblasts, and spermatangial branches that are unilaterally arranged and replace the whole trichoblast. As a result, the New Zealand endemic Polysiphonia rhododactyla is transferred to the genus Streblocladia on the basis of genetic and morphological evidence and compared with the two other species from New Zealand, S. glomerulata and S. muelleriana.

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Apteronotus caudimaculosus n. sp. (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae), a sexually dimorphic black ghost knifefish from the Pantanal, Western Brazil, with a note on the monophyly of the A. albifrons species complex

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.252.1.1 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 252 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

CARLOS DAVID DE SANTANA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

Sensu Stricto ◽

Sexually Dimorphic ◽

Undescribed Species ◽

Monophyletic Clade ◽

Caudal Peduncle ◽

Paraguay River ◽

Identification Of Species ◽

A New Species

Apteronotus caudimaculosus, a new species of ghost knifefish with males having greatly elongated snouts, is described from the Pantanal wetlands, Paraguay River basin in Western Brazil. It is distinguished from its congeners by two light bands encircling the caudal peduncle, the first caudal band with irregular spots throughout its development. The presence of two light bands can be used to identify a monophyletic clade in Gymnotiformes, the so-called A. albifrons species complex. This group comprises A. albifrons, A. caudimaculosus and at least six undescribed species. An artificial key to identification of species currently in Apteronotus (sensu stricto) is provided.

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