Morphological and multi-gene phylogenetic analyses reveal five new hyphomycetes from freshwater habitats

Ya-Zhou Zhang; Qi-Lei Chen; Jian Ma; Yong-Zhong Lu; Hu-Biao Chen; Ning-Guo Liu

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1253239

Morphological and multi-gene phylogenetic analyses reveal five new hyphomycetes from freshwater habitats

Front Microbiol. 2023 Dec 5:14:1253239. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1253239. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Ya-Zhou Zhang^#^{1

2}, Qi-Lei Chen^#², Jian Ma³, Yong-Zhong Lu³, Hu-Biao Chen², Ning-Guo Liu³

Affiliations

¹ College of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
² School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
³ School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guiyang, Guizhou, China.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

During the survey on freshwater hyphomycetes in Guangxi, Guizhou and Hainan Provinces, China, five fresh collections were encountered. Based on their morphology, these five isolates were identified as belonging to Hermatomyces, Kirschsteiniothelia, Paramonodictys, Pleopunctum and Sparticola. Multi-gene phylogenetic analyses were performed for each genus, which resulted in the identification of five new species, namely Hermatomyces hainanensis, Kirschsteiniothelia ramus, Paramonodictys globosa, Pleopunctum guizhouense, and Sparticola irregularis. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of the morphological characteristics of these new taxa were provided. This research enriches the biodiversity of freshwater dematiaceous hyphomycetes.

Keywords: 5 new taxa; asexual morph; biodiversity; morphology; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the Guizhou Province, Science and Technology Department, Natural Science Fund, Qiankehe Grant No. [2018]1071 and the Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Nature Supply Fund, Grant No. 2018YFC170810501, and the Innovation and Technology Fund in Hong Kong (MHP/023/20).