Taxonomical Study of Noteworthy Species of Botryosphaeria in Japan

Yukako Hattori; Yuho Ando; Atsuko Sasaki; Nami Uechi; Chiharu Nakashima

doi:10.1080/12298093.2021.1895486

Taxonomical Study of Noteworthy Species of Botryosphaeria in Japan

Mycobiology. 2021 Mar 23;49(2):122-132. doi: 10.1080/12298093.2021.1895486. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Yukako Hattori^{1

2}, Yuho Ando³, Atsuko Sasaki⁴, Nami Uechi⁵, Chiharu Nakashima¹

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, Japan.
² Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyoda, Japan.
³ Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan.
⁴ Division of Apple Research, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Morioka, Japan.
⁵ Division of Fruit Production and Postharvest Science, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan.

Abstract

The reexamination of the fungal genus Botryosphaeria on 12 plant species of 10 families was carried out based on molecular phylogenetic analyses using the regions of translation elongation factor 1-α, β-tubulin, DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit, and internal transcribed spacer region of rDNA and morphological characteristics. Japanese isolates were divided into five clades and include Botryosphaeria dothidea, B. qingyuanensis, B. sinensis, and Botryosphaeria spp. Two species, B. qingyuanensis and B. sinensis have been newly added to the Japanese mycoflora, but their host plants are not specified. Botryosphaeria tenuispora isolated from Leucothoe fontanesiana and insect galls on fruits of Aucuba japonica has been proposed as a new species.

Keywords: Botryosphaeriaceae; new species; phylogeny; plant pathogen; systematics.

Grants and funding

This study received financial support from JSPS KAKENHI [grant nos. 20J12025, 20K06146, and 15K07330].