Morpho-molecular characterisation of Arecophila, with A.australis and A.clypeata sp. nov. and A.miscanthi comb. nov

Qi Rui Li; Xu Zhang; Yan Lin; Milan C Samarakoon; Kevin David Hyde; Xiang Chun Shen; Wan Qing Liao; Anuruddha Karunarathna; Si Han Long; Ying Qian Kang; Ji Chuan Kang

doi:10.3897/mycokeys.88.79475

Morpho-molecular characterisation of Arecophila, with A.australis and A.clypeata sp. nov. and A.miscanthi comb. nov

MycoKeys. 2022 Apr 13:88:123-149. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.88.79475. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ The Engineering and Research Center for Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources of National Education Ministry of China, Guizhou University, Guizhou, China.
² The High Efficacy Application of Natural Medicinal Resources Engineering Center of Guizhou Province (The Key Laboratory of Optimal Utilization of Natural Medicine Resources), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, Guizhou, China.
³ Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
⁴ Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
⁵ Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Medical Mycology, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, China.
⁶ Department of Microbiology, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, Guizhou, China.

Abstract

Three arecophila-like fungal samples were collected on dead culms of gramineous plants in China. Morphological studies of our new collections and the herbarium specimen of Arecophilagulubiicola (generic type) were conducted and the morphological affinity of our new collections with Arecophila was confirmed. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses using combined ITS, LSU, rpb2 and β-tubulin data from our collections revealed the phylogeny of Cainiaceae. The monospecific genus Alishanica (type species Al.miscanthi), which had been accepted in Cainiaceae, is revisited and synonymised under Arecophila. Based on morphology and phylogeny, Arecophilaaustralis sp. nov. and A.clypeata sp. nov. are introduced as new species, while A.miscanthi is a new record for China. All the new collections are illustrated and described.

Keywords: Cainiaceae; gramineous plants; phylogeny; taxonomy.

Qi Rui Li, Xu Zhang, Yan Lin, Milan C. Samarakoon, Kevin David Hyde, Xiang Chun Shen, Wan Qing Liao, Anuruddha Karunarathna, Si Han Long, Ying Qian Kang, Ji Chuan Kang.