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Volume 15 - 2024 Issue 1

4. Study on the diversity of rust pathogens from different hosts in Guizhou Province, China
Sun JE et al. (2024)

3. Retracted: New insights into Gymnopus s.l.: its systematic rearrangements and novel taxa
Hu JJ et al. (2024)

2. Unveiling fungal diversity in China: New species and records within the Xylariaceae
Li QR et al. (2024)

1. Taxonomy and phylogeny of ascomycetes associated with selected economically important monocotyledons in China and Thailand
Tian XG et al. (2024)

Volume 14 - 2023 Issue 1

27. Medical Fusarium: novel species or uncertain identifications?
Song Y et al. (2023)

26. Mycosphere notes 449–468: saprobic and endophytic fungi in China, Thailand, and Uzbekistan
Dong W et al. (2023)

25. Endophytic Fusarium and allied fungi from Rosa roxburghii in China
Zhang H et al. (2023)

24. Boletaceae from Shanxi Province of northern China with descriptions of ten new species
Mao N et al. (2023)

23. Global consortium for the classification of fungi and fungus-like taxa
Hyde KD et al. (2023)

Volume 14 - 2023 Issue 2: SI Recent Advances in Colletotrichum Taxonomy & Sys

5. Identification and characterization of Colletotrichum species associated with ornamental plants in Southern China
Zhang YX et al. (2023)

Volume 3 - 2012 - Issue 5

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1. Brown rotting fungus closely related to Pseudomerulius curtisii (Boletales) recorded for the first time in South America

Authors: Baldoni DB, Coelho G, Jacques RJS, Silveira RMB, Grebenc T, Antoniolli ZI

Recieved: 13 August 2012, Accepted: 17 August 2012, Published: 08 September 2012

In the region of Santa Maria, Southern Brazil, we have analyzed morphologically and molecularly some interesting brown-rotting mushroom specimens closely related to Pseudomerulius curtisii. Except for minor differences in morphology and ITS sequence similarity, collections have corresponded to P. curtisii by basidiospore size and shape, the kind of hyphal system, the macromorphology, the slightly unpleasant pungent spicy smell turning stronger upon drying and, particularly, by the highly supported and closely related clade after phylogenetic analysis. Perhaps due the rarity in nature, morphological data are not abundant in literature and appears to be somewhat incomplete to discordant for the species, so we provide a more detailed description and illustrations from collected specimens.

Keywords: Basidiomycetes – brown-rot – ITS region – Pinus elliottii – saprophytic fungi – Tapinellineae

 

2. Myxogastrid distribution within the leaf litter microhabitat

Authors: Rollins AW, Stephenson SL

Recieved: 26 April 2012, Accepted: 23 July 2012, Published: 10 September 2012

The moist chamber culture technique was used to examine the distribution of myxogastrids at four different levels (or strata) of the forest floor leaf litter microhabitat. Each stratum was characterized by a distinct assemblage of species; moreover, both richness and abundance varied throughout. Many species appeared to exhibit a preference for a particular stratum, whereas others were widespread. Overall, the species richness recorded in the study was relatively high considering the total area sampled. These data suggest that for any study of the forest floor litter microhabitat, an effort should be made to examine all strata so as not to miss any of the species present.

Keywords: ecology – forest floor – myxomycete – sampling strategy – slime mold – soil

 

3. The Genus Rhopalostroma from Maharashtra State, India

Authors: Patil A, Patil MS, Dangat BT

Recieved: 01 June 2012, Accepted: 23 July 2012, Published: 10 September 2012

Two species of Rhopalostroma, viz. R. africanum collected on bark of Ficus benghalensis and R. lekae on bark of Memecelon umbellatum are recorded for the first time in India. A new variety, R. sphaerocephalum var. indica is described on bark of Bombax malabaricum.

Keywords: Mycotaxonomy – Rhopalostroma – Xylariaceae

 

4. A new bioluminescent species of Mycena sect. Exornatae from Kerala State, India

Authors: Aravindakshan DM, Kumar TKA, Manimohan P

Recieved: 20 August 2012, Accepted: 27 August 2012, Published: 12 September 2012

Recent studies on the genus Mycena in Kerala State, India resulted in the discovery of a new species, herein described as M. deeptha. It has hallmarks of Mycena section Exornatae such as gelatinous pileipellis composed of hyphae that are covered with thorn-like excrescences, non-gelatinized stipitipellis, discoid stipe base and luminescent mycelium. A combination of characters such as larger basidiomata, fimbriate pileal margin composed of cells with elongate protrusion, cheilocystidia and caulocystidia with elongate apical projections, and the presence of detersile elements over the primordium, however, makes it unique within that section. Phylogenetic analyses based on ITS rDNA sequences using maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood methods support M. deeptha as a distinct species belonging to a clade containing M. chlorophos, a well-known luminescent species of sect. Exornatae. The ITS rDNA sequence of M. deeptha shows 99–100% similarity with those of two unidentified Mycena species (environmental samples) deposited in GenBank indicating that the new species may have a wider geographical distribution.

Keywords: Agaricales – Basidiomycota – biodiversity – molecular phylogeny – Mycenaceae

 

5. New record of genus Peziza (Pezizales, Ascomycetes) in Egypt and Africa

Authors: Abdel-Azeem AM, El-Fallal AA

Recieved: 26 August 2012, Accepted: 27 August 2012, Published: 13 September 2012

The genus Peziza is new for Egypt and Africa where it is represented by Peziza repanda Wahlenb. Location, dates of collections in Egypt, general distribution, detailed macro- and micro-morphological descriptions and illustrations are given.

Keywords: Ascomycetes – Egypt – Peziza – Pezizales

 

6. Tropical fungi: twelve species of lignicolous Ascomycota from the Dominican Republic

Authors: Angelini C, Medardi G

Recieved: 04 August 2012, Accepted: 13 August 2012, Published: 25 September 2012

Twelve lignicolous interesting Ascomycota from the Dominican Republic collected during the winter period (November–January) in the years 2008–2011 are described and illustrated.

Keywords: Pezizomycetes – Pezizomycotina – Sordariomycetes – Sub-tropical zone Caribbeans – Taxonomy

 

7. Cookeina Sinensis from India

Authors: Patil A, Patil MS, Dangat BT

Recieved: 04 September 2012, Accepted: 10 September 2012, Published: 25 September 2012

Discomycete Cookeina sinensis Z. Wang is reported for the first time from India.

Keywords: Cookeina – Discomycetes – Mycotaxonomy

 

8. Identification and Comparison of Xylaria curta and Xylaria sp. from Western Ghats-Courtallum Hills, India

Authors: Ramesh V, Thalavaipandian A, Karunakaran C, Rajendran A

Recieved: 23 August 2012, Accepted: 14 September 2012, Published: 25 September 2012

Xylaria curta and Xylaria sp., originating from evergreen forests of Courtallum Hills, Western Ghats Tamil Nadu, India were identified based on 18S rRNA gene sequence comparisons and morphological characteristics. These two species nested within a subclade that also contained X. curta from Thailand and X. longipes from Spain.

Keywords: Ascomycetes – MEGA 5 – Molecular phylogeny – Neigbour-joining method – Nuclear small subunit 18s RNA

 

9. Asterinales of India

Authors: Hosagoudar VB

Recieved: 15 February 2012, Accepted: 28 April 2012, Published: 26 September 2012

This paper gives an account of 293 taxa resulting from the examination of 1168 fungal exsiccates belonging to 434 host plants in 82 families. The fungal taxa are distributed among 20 genera in two families, namely, Asterinaceae: Asterina (207 species), Asterolibertia (4), Bheemamyces (2), Gangamyces (2), Ishwaramyces (1), Meliolaster (1), Prillieuxina (11), Symphaster (1), Trichasterina (1), Vishnumyces (1); Lembosiaceae: Cirsosia (5), Echidnodella (5), Echidnoides (1), Eupelte (1), Lembosia (19), Maheshwaramyces (2). The anamorphs are Asterostomella (24), Asterostomula (3), Bramhamyces (1) and Mahanteshamyces (1). A new genus, Gangamyces with its type species, G. miliusae, is proposed to accommodate Asterina-like species possessing appressoria in couplets with a stellate lumen in the hyphal cells. Asterina cassiicola, Asterina clusiacearum, Asterina homaligena, Asterina kannurensis, Asterina kodajadriensis, Asterina mallotigena, Asterina mezonevronis, Asterina murrayicola, Asterina physalidis, Bheemamyces capparidis, Gangamyces miliusae, Gangamyces shoreae, Cirsosia vateriae, Lembosia calamigena, Lembosia garciniae, Lembosia pandanacearum, Maheshwaramyces coculi, Asterostomella anogeissi, Asterostomella flacourtiae-montanae, Asterostomella shoreae, Asterostomella xylosmae, Asterostomella ziziphina and Asterostomula pavettae are new species, while, Asterina munnarensis, Asterina songii and Asterina viburnicola are new names proposed for homonyms. The new combination has effected here as Prillieuxina argyreiae based on Asterinella argyreiae. All the genera, species and infraspecific taxa are arranged alphabetically in the two families (Asterinaceae and Lembosiaceae). Individual taxa are dealt with in detail and supplemented with line drawings and or photomicrographs. Host and fungus indexes are provided.

Keywords: Taxonomy– black mildews–asterinaceous fungi–India

 

10. Notes on three lichenicolous species of Acremonium

Authors: Brackel Wv, Etayo J, Lechat C

Recieved: 04 September 2012, Accepted: 14 September 2012, Published: 30 September 2012

Two new species of lichenicolous fungi: Acremonium pertusariae on Pertusaria spp. and A. bavaricum on Melanelixia glabratula are described. A new combination is proposed for Dendrodochium subeffusum.

Keywords: Anamorph fungi – Bionectriaceae – Hyphomycetes

 

11. Two new species of Corynespora from Uttar Pradesh, India

Authors: Kumar S, Singh R, Gond D, Saini DC

Recieved: 14 September 2012, Accepted: 16 September 2012, Published: 16 October 2012

This paper presents the descriptions and illustrations of two hitherto undescribed species of Corynespora Gussow viz., Corynespora annonacea sp. nov. and Corynespora holopteleicola sp. nov. collected on living leaves of Annona squamosa (Annonaceae) and Holoptelea integrifolia (Ulmaceae) respectively from Uttar Pradesh, India.

Keywords: Corynespora – Foliicolous hyphomycete – Fungi – Morphotaxonomy – New species

 

12. Contribution to the knowledge of pestalotioid fungi of Iran

Authors: Arzanlou M, Torbati M, Khodaei S, Bakhshi M

Recieved: 18 September 2012, Accepted: 21 September 2012, Published: 16 October 2012

Pestalotioid fungi, generally comprising Bartalinia, Monochaetia, Pestalotia, Pestalotiopsis, Sarcostroma, Seimatosporium, Truncatella, are coelomycetous genera with saprobic, endophytic or plant pathogenic life styles residing in the Amphisphaeriaceae (Xylariales). Little is known about the biodiversity of pestalotioid fungi in Iran. We provide a literature-based checklist for the pestalotioid fungi known to occur on different plant species in Iran. Two species, Bartalinia pondoensis and Pestalotiopsis neglecta are characterised based on morphological and molecular data from bamboo and rock samples, respectively. This is the first record of the genus Bartalinia from Iran and first report on the occurrence of B. pondoensis on bamboo and first report of P. neglecta on rock sample worldwide.

Keywords: appendage – coelomycetes – Pestalotiopsis – Seimatosporium

 

13. Cyathus morelensis, a rare bird’s nest fungus in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest

Authors: Cruz RHSF, Lima RAA, Braga-Neto R, Baseia IG

Recieved: 26 September 2012, Accepted: 01 October 2012, Published: 24 October 2012

Cyathus morelensis, an uncommon species of bird’s nest fungi, is described for the second time in the world from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. A detailed description, taxonomical remarks, photographs of basidiomata and illustrations of basidiospores, peridiole and basidiomata are provided.

Keywords: asidiomycota – gasteromycetes – neotropics – taxonomy