Taxonomy of two synnematal fungal species from Rhus chinensis, with Flavignomonia gen. nov. described

Rhus chinensis represents a commercially and ecologically important tree species in China, but suffers from canker diseases in Jiangxi Province. Synnemata, pycnidia and ascomata were discovered on cankered tissues. Strains were obtained from single ascospore or conidium...

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Main Authors: Ning Jiang, Qin Yang, Ying-Mei Liang, Chengming Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-10-01
Series:MycoKeys
Online Access:https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/46395/download/pdf/
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Summary:Rhus chinensis represents a commercially and ecologically important tree species in China, but suffers from canker diseases in Jiangxi Province. Synnemata, pycnidia and ascomata were discovered on cankered tissues. Strains were obtained from single ascospore or conidium within the fruiting bodies and identified based on morphological comparison and the phylogenetic analyses of partial ITS, LSU, tef1 and rpb2 gene sequences. As a result, two species were confirmed to represent two kinds of synnemata. One of these species is described herein as Flavignomonia rhoigena gen. et sp. nov.; and Synnemasporella aculeans is illustrated showing ascomata, pycnidia and synnemata. Flavignomonia is distinguished from Synnemasporella by the colour of the synnematal tips. Additionally, Flavignomonia can be distinguished from the other gnomoniaceous genera by the formation of synnemata.
ISSN:1314-4057
1314-4049