MycologiaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-28DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2025.2460003
Timothy Y James, Antonis Rokas
{"title":"Use their names: there are no basal, lower, or early diverging fungi.","authors":"Timothy Y James, Antonis Rokas","doi":"10.1080/00275514.2025.2460003","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00275514.2025.2460003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fungal biologists have embraced phylogenies for understanding the biology of this diverse group in an evolutionary framework. In an attempt to highlight lineages of fungi that are distinct from the most speciose subphylum Dikarya (Ascomycota + Basidiomycota), the terms \"early diverging fungi [lineages]\" and \"basal fungi\" have been introduced, typically to refer to any phylum of fungi outside Dikarya. However, these terms are problematic, because they implicitly assume that the traits and taxa outside of Dikarya are ancestral by invoking a \"ladder of progress.\" A simple rearrangement of the tree to deemphasize the species-rich Dikarya shows that the logic that these taxa are \"early branching\" or \"basal\" is a fallacy, because it ignores two facts: (i) that all extant lineages of fungi have evolved an equivalent amount of time since a last common fungal ancestor, and (ii) that the \"early diverging lineages\" are no more related to each other than they are to Dikarya. To support the many mycologists who want to celebrate the understudied lineages outside of Dikarya while ensuring that these lineages are not mistakenly perceived as \"less evolved,\" \"more ancient,\" or of \"lower complexity,\" we propose that the community abandon these terms and simply use formal taxonomic names, e.g. Mucoromycota. Doing so will promote knowledge of these often overlooked branches of the tree of fungal life.</p>","PeriodicalId":18779,"journal":{"name":"Mycologia","volume":" ","pages":"246-254"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11903137/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143527876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The genus <i>Hermatomyces</i> in Benin, with the description of <i>H. griseomarginatus</i>, sp. nov.","authors":"Ondřej Koukol, Gregorio Delgado, Affoussatou Tabé, Nourou Soulemane Yorou","doi":"10.1080/00275514.2024.2433367","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00275514.2024.2433367","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intensive mycological surveys in southern Benin focused on species of <i>Hermatomyces</i> (Pleosporales) resulted in the collection and sequencing of numerous specimens on dead plant debris of different hosts. Majority of the collections belonged to the monomorphic species <i>H. sphaericus</i>, except for two specimens of a hitherto unknown species, which is introduced as <i>Hermatomyces griseomarginatus</i>. The fungus was collected on dead twig of <i>Hymenocardia acida</i> still attached to the tree and dead peduncle of <i>Tectona grandis</i>. It is distinct in having sporodochia with a dense and dark gray margin enclosing their lenticular conidia. Phylogenetically, it formed a well-supported lineage sister to two other monomorphic species, <i>H. verrucosus</i> and <i>H. sphaericoides</i>. Two dimorphic species were also found, <i>H. krabiensis</i> and <i>H. nabanheensis</i>, which are reported for the first time outside of Asia. Detailed morphological descriptions are provided, and the diversity of <i>Hermatomyces</i> in Benin is summarized based on published data and results from the GlobalFungi database.</p>","PeriodicalId":18779,"journal":{"name":"Mycologia","volume":" ","pages":"286-296"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142951472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycologiaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-27DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2025.2462525
Jacob Mora, Matthew Olson, Sara S Rocks, Geoffrey Zahn
{"title":"Watershed urbanization alters aquatic plant mycobiomes through the loss of rare taxa.","authors":"Jacob Mora, Matthew Olson, Sara S Rocks, Geoffrey Zahn","doi":"10.1080/00275514.2025.2462525","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00275514.2025.2462525","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Urban expansion, projected to triple globally from 2000 to 2030, significantly impacts biodiversity and ecosystem processes, including those of microbial communities. Microbes are key drivers of many ecosystem processes and affect the fitness and resilience of plants and animals, but research on the biotic effects of urbanization has focused primarily on macroorganisms. This study investigates host-associated fungal communities in the pollution-tolerant aquatic plant <i>Ranunculus aquatilis</i> along an urbanization gradient in the Provo River, Utah, USA, a rapidly urbanizing region. We collected plant and adjacent water samples from 10 locations along the river, spanning from rural to urbanized areas within a single watershed, and conducted DNA amplicon sequencing to characterize fungal community composition. Our results show a significant decline in fungal alpha diversity correlated with increased urbanization metrics such as impervious surface area and developed land cover. Specifically, fungal richness and Shannon diversity decreased as urbanization intensified, driven primarily by a reduction in rare taxa. Despite a stable core microbiome dominated by a few taxa, the overall community structure varied significantly along the urbanization gradient, with notable shifts in dominant fungal taxa. Contrary to expectations, no detectable levels of heavy metals were found in water samples at any location, suggesting that other urbanization-related factors, potentially including organic pollutants or plant stress responses, influence fungal endophyte communities. Our findings underscore the need for further investigation into the mechanisms driving these patterns, particularly the roles of organic pollution, nutrient loads, and plant stress. As global urbanized watershed area grows, the fate of aquatic plant life is tied to their fungal community. Understanding these interactions is crucial for predicting the impacts of continued urbanization on freshwater ecosystems.</p>","PeriodicalId":18779,"journal":{"name":"Mycologia","volume":" ","pages":"235-245"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143523822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycologiaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-03DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2024.2445759
Veronica Spinelli, Andrea Ceci, Roberto Giovannini, Fabio Sciubba, Anna Maria Persiani
{"title":"The good fight: <i>Minimedusa polyspora</i> and <i>Chaetomium globosum</i> effectively antagonize phytopathogenic fungi in in vitro conditions.","authors":"Veronica Spinelli, Andrea Ceci, Roberto Giovannini, Fabio Sciubba, Anna Maria Persiani","doi":"10.1080/00275514.2024.2445759","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00275514.2024.2445759","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, <i>Minimedusa polyspora</i> and <i>Chaetomium globosum</i> and their metabolites were assessed in vitro for their ability to inhibit growth of <i>Alternaria alternata, Berkeleyomyces basicola</i>, and <i>Botrytis cinerea</i>, gaining insights into their biocontrol mechanisms. A dual culture, an assay for volatile antimicrobial compounds effectiveness (performed in two different conditions), and a culture filtrate antifungal assay were designed to discriminate the involved mechanisms. Moreover, the culture filtrates of these strains were assessed for fungistatic and fungicidal activities (determining also the minimum inhibitory concentration and the minimum fungicidal concentration) and for the occurrence of siderophores. The results show that both <i>M. polyspora</i> and <i>C. globosum</i> inhibited, to different extents, growth of all the pathogens in the plate assays. Both culture filtrates showed fungistatic and fungicidal activities, pointing to the release of diffusible compounds as an involved biocontrol mechanism. Based on the results of this study, <i>M. polyspora</i> and <i>C. globosum</i> are promising bioprotection agents of these phytopathogens and species of interest for further studies aimed at validating their potential in in vivo conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":18779,"journal":{"name":"Mycologia","volume":" ","pages":"331-345"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143123385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychrophilic fungi from the world's roof, II: Species delimitation within an integrative taxonomic framework.","authors":"Shaohui Zhang, Shuqing Liu, Xiaoguang Li, Qi-Ming Wang, Hui Tang, Manman Wang","doi":"10.1080/00275514.2025.2450857","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00275514.2025.2450857","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Southeast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which harbors large numbers of marine glaciers and spans across two worldwide \"biodiversity hotspots,\" is facing massive habitat loss in the context of global warming, and the biodiversity of coldadapted fungi in this unique area is also suffering drastic reduction. In this study, we selected 23 fungal isolates that represented the most commonly encountered psychrophilic taxa isolated from soil or water samples of marine glaciers in the southeast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for detailed taxonomic studies. Incorporating morphological characteristics, multilocus phylogenetic analyses, and the results of four widely used molecular species delimitation methods, including two distance-based: Automatic Barcode Gap Discovery (ABGD) and Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning (ASAP), and two tree-based: Bayesian Poisson Tree Processes (bPTP) and generalized mixed Yule coalescent model (GMYC), seven <i>Gelida</i> (formerly <i>Psychrophila</i>) species, including six new species, and two <i>Tetracladium</i> species, including one new species, were described. As the genus name <i>Psychrophila</i> is an illegitimate later homonym of a plant genus, we proposed the new name <i>Gelida</i> as a replacement for <i>Psychrophila</i> and transferred four illegitimate <i>Psychrophila</i> species to <i>Gelida</i> as new combinations. Our study provides a valuable perspective on how to delimit robust and accurate species boundaries within an integrative taxonomic framework, which is especially important for efficient biodiversity assessment and conservation of the fungal groups that are facing serious habitat loss.</p>","PeriodicalId":18779,"journal":{"name":"Mycologia","volume":" ","pages":"297-318"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143399491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycologiaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-10DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2025.2452305
Takashi Baba, Ryo Hagiuda, Hiromi Matsumae, Dai Hirose
{"title":"Does the genome of <i>Sarcoleotia globosa</i> encode a rich carbohydrate-active enzyme gene repertoire?","authors":"Takashi Baba, Ryo Hagiuda, Hiromi Matsumae, Dai Hirose","doi":"10.1080/00275514.2025.2452305","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00275514.2025.2452305","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The lifestyles of the order Geoglossales (Geoglossomycetes, Ascomycota) remain largely unknown. Recent observations support ericoid mycorrhizal lifestyles, especially in cultured <i>Sarcoleotia</i>-related species. However, the currently known genomes of geoglossoid fungi encode fewer carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) in Pezizomycotina, in contrast to the abundant CAZyme repertoires found in well-known ericoid mycorrhizal fungi. The absence of assembled genomes for cultured geoglossoid fungi hinders our understanding of the genomic features related to their lifestyles. We hypothesize that the genome of <i>Sarcoleotia globosa</i>, a putative ericoid mycorrhizal fungus, encodes abundant CAZymes, consistent with its culturability. General features, such as smaller genome size and smaller number of genes, are shared between the genome of <i>S. globosa</i> strain NBRC 116039 and other geoglossalean genomes. However, the former had the most extensive CAZyme repertoire, with several enzyme families involved in plant cell wall degradation. Some of these CAZymes are not found in Geoglossales and closely related lineages. Nonetheless, the number of CAZymes from <i>S. globosa</i> was notably smaller than that previously reported in ericoid mycorrhizal fungi. This inconsistency may highlight not only ecophysiological variation among ericoid root mycobionts but also the specific evolution of lifestyles in Geoglossales.</p>","PeriodicalId":18779,"journal":{"name":"Mycologia","volume":" ","pages":"255-260"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143391201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycologiaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-24DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2025.2450754
Abdollah Ahmadpour, Zeinab Heidarian, Youbert Ghosta, Zahra Alavi, Fatemeh Alavi, Dimuthu S Manamgoda, Samantha C Karunarathna, Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto
{"title":"Morphological and molecular characterization of <i>Curvularia</i> species from Iran, with description of two novel species and two new records.","authors":"Abdollah Ahmadpour, Zeinab Heidarian, Youbert Ghosta, Zahra Alavi, Fatemeh Alavi, Dimuthu S Manamgoda, Samantha C Karunarathna, Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto","doi":"10.1080/00275514.2025.2450754","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00275514.2025.2450754","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Curvularia</i> species exhibit a wide range of ecological roles, including plant, animal, or human pathogens, as well as epiphytes, saprophytes, or endophytes, predominantly associated with cultivated cereals. In this study, several fungal isolates with similar characteristics in the genus <i>Curvularia</i> were recovered from various poaceous hosts (Poales plants) in different locations in Iran during 2012‒2022. Based on the morphological characteristics and multilocus phylogeny of the translation elongation factor-1 alpha (<i>TEF1</i>), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (<i>GAPDH</i>), and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS-rDNA) genes, the studied isolates were assigned to five species, of which <i>Curvularia caspica</i>, sp. nov. and <i>C. cyperi</i>, sp. nov. are introduced as novel species and <i>Curvularia nodulosa</i> and <i>C. oryzae</i> are new records for Iran's mycobiota. Molecular studies revealed a closer relationship between one of the studied species (<i>Curvularia</i> sp.) and <i>C. frankliniae</i>. However, due to the absence of detailed morphological characteristics for <i>C. frankliniae</i>, morphological comparisons were not feasible. To precisely establish their phylogenetic position, more isolates need to be analyzed. Consequently, the studied species was identified as <i>Curvularia</i> sp. in this study. Additionally, a new clade, \"papendorfii,\" was established to accommodate 11 species that share common morphological characteristics and form a distinct clade in phylogenetic analyses. The morphology, habitat, distribution, and evolutionary relationships of each species with other <i>Curvularia</i> species were analyzed, accompanied by detailed illustrations and descriptions. This comprehensive study offers valuable insights into the diversity and distribution of <i>Curvularia</i> species, enhancing our understanding of fungal ecology and taxonomy.</p>","PeriodicalId":18779,"journal":{"name":"Mycologia","volume":" ","pages":"261-285"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143492935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycologiaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-01-31DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2024.2445110
Peter G Kennedy, Dyonishia J Nieves, Kelcie Paige Walther, Soren Matney, Eivind K Ronold
{"title":"High overlap in the richness and composition of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities associated with <i>Corylus</i> shrubs and co-occurring <i>Quercus</i> and <i>Pinus</i> trees.","authors":"Peter G Kennedy, Dyonishia J Nieves, Kelcie Paige Walther, Soren Matney, Eivind K Ronold","doi":"10.1080/00275514.2024.2445110","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00275514.2024.2445110","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite being present in many North American forest understories, the ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal communities associated with <i>Corylus</i> shrubs have received no prior study. To address this knowledge gap, we characterized the ECM fungal communities on roots of <i>Corylus</i> shrubs as well as co-occurring <i>Quercus</i> and <i>Pinus</i> trees in Minnesota, USA. ECM-colonized root tips from pairs of <i>Corylus</i> shrubs and four ECM tree species, <i>Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus ellipsoidalis, Pinus strobus</i>, and <i>Pinus resinosa</i>, growing in close proximity (<1 m), were sampled at the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve. ECM fungal communities were assessed using high-throughput sequencing of the ITS2 region. ECM fungal operational taxonomic unit (OTU) richness was equivalent among the two <i>Quercus</i> species and their associated <i>Corylus</i> shrubs, but significantly higher on <i>P. strobus</i>-associated <i>Corylus</i> shrubs compared with <i>P. strobus, P. resinosa</i>, and <i>P. resinosa</i>-associated <i>Corylus</i> shrubs. ECM fungal community composition on <i>Corylus</i> shrubs largely mirrored that on each of the <i>Quercus</i> and <i>Pinus</i> species, although the two <i>Pinus</i> communities were significantly different from each other. Further, the same ECM fungal OTUs were commonly encountered on paired <i>Corylus</i>-tree host samples, suggesting a high potential for co-colonization by the same fungal individuals. Collectively, these results support the growing consensus that woody understory plants often associate with similar ECM fungal communities as co-occurring tree hosts regardless of phylogenetic relatedness.</p>","PeriodicalId":18779,"journal":{"name":"Mycologia","volume":" ","pages":"201-212"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143071065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycologiaPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2024.2386230
Michael Bradshaw, Uwe Braun, James K Mitchell, Uma Crouch, Scott LaGreca, Donald H Pfister
{"title":"Phylogeny and taxonomy of the genera of Erysiphaceae, part 6: <i>Erysiphe</i> (the \"<i>Microsphaera</i> lineage\" part 2).","authors":"Michael Bradshaw, Uwe Braun, James K Mitchell, Uma Crouch, Scott LaGreca, Donald H Pfister","doi":"10.1080/00275514.2024.2386230","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00275514.2024.2386230","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This is the sixth contribution in a series devoted to the phylogeny and taxonomy of powdery mildews. This part includes our third treatment of the species of the genus <i>Erysiphe</i>. It continues the previous contribution on the phylogenetic-taxonomic assessment of the species belonging to the \"<i>Microsphaera</i> lineage.\" Since this is a large lineage, we have split the treatment of the \"<i>Microsphaera</i> lineage\" into two parts. Phylogenetic trees based on rDNA are supplemented by sequences of additional markers (<i>CAM, GAPDH, GS, RPB2</i>, and <i>TUB</i>). The \"<i>Erysiphe trifoliorum</i> complex\" is a challenging group that belongs to the \"<i>Microsphaera</i> lineage.\" Adequate clarification of this complex will be possible when additional worldwide multilocus sequence analyses are performed. The new species <i>Erysiphe acetosae, E. acmisponis, E. lathyrina, E. salmoniana</i>, and <i>E. santalicola</i> are described, and the new combinations <i>E. biuncinata</i> and <i>E. pavoniae</i> are introduced. Specimens of several species have been sequenced for the first time, particularly North American species, such as <i>Erysiphe caryae, E. ceanothi, E. juglandis-nigrae</i>, and <i>E. ravenelii. Erysiphe syringae</i> is lectotypified and 15 species names are epitypified in order to provide ex-epitype reference sequences. For other species, non-ex-type reference sequences are proposed for phylogenetic-taxonomic purposes. Ex-type sequences for <i>Erysiphe baptisiicola, E. sesbaniae, Microsphaera sydowiana, M. umbilici</i>, and <i>Oidium pavoniae</i> have been retrieved.</p>","PeriodicalId":18779,"journal":{"name":"Mycologia","volume":" ","pages":"110-165"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142575778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycologiaPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-11-05DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2024.2413343
Henrik F Gøtzsche, Bernard Woerly, Flavius Popa, Oleg N Shchepin, Ilya S Prikhodko, Ángela López-Villalba, Jan Woyzichovski, Lothar Krieglsteiner, Yuri K Novozhilov, Anja Klahr, Martin Schnittler
{"title":"A new species of <i>Diacheopsis</i> (Myxomycetes) and a new habitat for myxomycetes.","authors":"Henrik F Gøtzsche, Bernard Woerly, Flavius Popa, Oleg N Shchepin, Ilya S Prikhodko, Ángela López-Villalba, Jan Woyzichovski, Lothar Krieglsteiner, Yuri K Novozhilov, Anja Klahr, Martin Schnittler","doi":"10.1080/00275514.2024.2413343","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00275514.2024.2413343","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We describe a new species, <i>Diacheopsis resinae</i> (Myxomycetes), collected from a microhabitat new for myxomycetes: stem wounds of coniferous trees (Norway spruce) where the resin is overgrown with a community of resinicolous fungi. The 80 known collections come from the Vosges (France), the Black Forest (Germany), Swabian Alp (Germany), and several localities in Denmark and Norway. Observations, but as well as metabarcoding of substrate samples with fungal (ITS [internal transcribed spacer]), bacterial (16S rDNA), and myxomycete (18S nuc rDNA) primers from eight trunks, revealed the new myxomycete to co-occur with resin-degrading ascomycetes (<i>Infundichalara microchona, Lophium arboricola, Zythia resinae</i>). The gram-negative bacterial genera <i>Endobacter</i> and <i>Sphingomonas</i> were found to be abundant in the substrate and may be a food source for the myxomycete. Fruit bodies were found mostly during the more humid winter season, with a peak in January/February. Partial sequences of two independent molecular markers (18S nuc rDNA, <i>EF1α</i> [elongation factor 1-alpha] gene) were obtained for 41 accessions, which form a monophyletic cluster in a two-gene phylogeny of Stemonititidales but do not group with other species of <i>Diacheopsis</i>, thus rendering this genus paraphyletic. The new species, although exclusively developing sessile sporocarps and morphologically undoubtedly falling into the genus <i>Diacheopsis</i>, is most closely related to species of <i>Lamproderma</i>, especially <i>L. album, L. zonatum</i>, and <i>L. zonatopulchellum</i>. Within <i>D. resinae</i>, three groups can be differentiated, which show nearly complete reproductive isolation, as judged from a recombination analysis of the two unlinked markers and the allelic combinations of the <i>EF1α</i> gene.</p>","PeriodicalId":18779,"journal":{"name":"Mycologia","volume":" ","pages":"183-200"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}