Species Diversity, Molecular Phylogeny, and Ecological Habits of Fomitopsis (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)

Shun Liu; Chang-Ge Song; Tai-Min Xu; Xing Ji; Dong-Mei Wu; Bao-Kai Cui

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.859411

Species Diversity, Molecular Phylogeny, and Ecological Habits of Fomitopsis (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)

Front Microbiol. 2022 Apr 5:13:859411. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.859411. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Shun Liu¹, Chang-Ge Song¹, Tai-Min Xu¹, Xing Ji¹, Dong-Mei Wu², Bao-Kai Cui¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Institute of Microbiology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.
² Xinjiang Production and Construction Group Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Gene Resources Utilization, Biotechnology Research Institute, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences, Shihezi, China.

Abstract

Fomitopsis is a worldwide brown-rot fungal genus of Polyporales, which grows on different gymnosperm and angiosperm trees and has important ecological functions and economic values. In this study, species diversity, phylogenetic relationships, and ecological habits of Fomitopsis were investigated. A total of 195 specimens from 24 countries representing 29 species of Fomitopsis were studied. Based on the morphological characters and phylogenetic evidence of DNA sequences including the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions, the large subunit of nuclear ribosomal RNA gene (nLSU), the small subunit of nuclear ribosomal RNA gene (nSSU), the small subunit of mitochondrial rRNA gene (mtSSU), the translation elongation factor 1-α gene (TEF), and the second subunit of RNA polymerase II (RPB2), 30 species are accepted in Fomitopsis, including four new species: F. resupinata, F. srilankensis, F. submeliae and F. yimengensis. Illustrated descriptions of the novel species and the geographical locations of the Fomitopsis species are provided.

Keywords: brown-rot fungi; distribution areas; multi-gene phylogeny; new species; polypore.