During investigations into freshwater fungi from the Great Mekong Subregion, four Distoseptispora taxa were collected from China and Thailand. Based on morphological characteristics, and phylogenetic analyses of combined LSU, ITS, SSU, TEF1-α, and RPB2 sequence data, two new species Distoseptisporabangkokensis and D.lancangjiangensis are introduced, and two known species D.clematidis and D.thysanolaenae were first reported in freshwater habitat. Illustrations and descriptions of these taxa are provided, along with comparisons with extant taxa in the genus.
Keywords: 2 new taxa; Distoseptisporales; freshwater fungi; morphology; phylogeny; taxonomy.
Hong-Wei Shen, Dan-Feng Bao, Kevin D. Hyde, Hong-Yan Su, Darbhe J. Bhat, Zong-Long Luo.