Veronaeaaquatica sp. nov. (Herpotrichiellaceae, Chaetothyriales, Eurotiomycetes) from submerged bamboo in China

Sajini K U Chandrasiri; Yu-Lin Liu; Jun-En Huang; Milan C Samarakoon; Saranyaphat Boonmee; Mark S Calabon; Dian-Ming Hu

doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e64505

Veronaeaaquatica sp. nov. (Herpotrichiellaceae, Chaetothyriales, Eurotiomycetes) from submerged bamboo in China

Biodivers Data J. 2021 Sep 23:9:e64505. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e64505. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Sajini K U Chandrasiri^{1

2

3

4}, Yu-Lin Liu², Jun-En Huang¹, Milan C Samarakoon³, Saranyaphat Boonmee^{3

4}, Mark S Calabon^{3

4}, Dian-Ming Hu^{1

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5}

Affiliations

¹ College of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China College of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University Nanchang 330045 China.
² Jiangxi Environmental Engineering Vocational College, Ganzhou 341002, China Jiangxi Environmental Engineering Vocational College Ganzhou 341002 China.
³ Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University Chiang Rai 57100 Thailand.
⁴ School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University Chiang Rai 57100 Thailand.
⁵ Bioengineering and Technological Research Centre for Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China Bioengineering and Technological Research Centre for Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Jiangxi Agricultural University Nanchang 330045 China.

Abstract

Background: Freshwater fungi are highly diverse and ecologically important in freshwater systems. In China, more than 1000 species of freshwater fungi are known. Here, we present a brown-spored hyphomycetes that was collected on a submerged decaying bamboo culm in a forest stream in China.

New information: Phylogenetic analyses of combined LSU, ITS and TUB2 sequences confirm the placement of our new strain in Veronaea (Herpotrichiellaceae), sister to V.japonica. Veronaeaaquatica sp. nov. differs from related taxa V.compacta and V.japonica in having longer conidiophores and cylindrical to pyriform or subclavate conidia with 0-2 septa. Veronaeaaquatica also has darker brown hyphae compared to V.japonica. A morphological description and detailed illustrations of V.aquatica are provided.

Keywords: freshwater fungi; hyphomycetes; molecular phylogeny; one new taxon; saprobe; taxonomy.

Sajini K.U. Chandrasiri, Yu-lin Liu, Jun-En Huang, Milan C. Samarakoon, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Mark S. Calabon, Dian-Ming Hu.