Lignicolous Freshwater Fungi from Plateau Lakes in China (I): Morphological and Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal Eight Species of Lentitheciaceae, Including New Genus, New Species and New Records

Hong-Wei Shen; Dan-Feng Bao; Saranyaphat Boonmee; Xi-Jun Su; Xing-Guo Tian; Kevin D Hyde; Zong-Long Luo

doi:10.3390/jof9100962

Lignicolous Freshwater Fungi from Plateau Lakes in China (I): Morphological and Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal Eight Species of Lentitheciaceae, Including New Genus, New Species and New Records

J Fungi (Basel). 2023 Sep 25;9(10):962. doi: 10.3390/jof9100962.

Authors

Hong-Wei Shen^{1

2

3}, Dan-Feng Bao^{1

2}, Saranyaphat Boonmee^{2

3}, Xi-Jun Su¹, Xing-Guo Tian^{2

3

4

5}, Kevin D Hyde^{2

3}, Zong-Long Luo^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ College of Agriculture and Biological Science, Dali University, Dali 671003, China.
² Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
³ School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
⁴ Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing 655011, China.
⁵ School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guiyang 550003, China.
⁶ Co-Innovation Center for Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake Integrated Protection and Green Development of Yunnan Province, Dali University, Dali 671003, China.

Abstract

During the investigation of lignicolous freshwater fungi in plateau lakes in Yunnan Province, China, eight Lentitheciaceae species were collected from five lakes viz. Luguhu, Qiluhu, Xingyunhu, Cibihu, and Xihu lake. Based on morphological characters and phylogenetic analysis of combined ITS, LSU, SSU, and tef 1-α sequence data, a new genus Paralentithecium, two new species (Paralentithecium suae, and Setoseptoria suae), three new records (Halobyssothecium phragmitis, H. unicellulare, and Lentithecium yunnanensis) and three known species viz. Halobyssothecium aquifusiforme, Lentithecium pseudoclioninum, and Setoseptoria bambusae are reported.

Keywords: lignicolous freshwater fungi; phylogeny; plateau lake; taxonomy; three new taxa.

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