MycosciencePub Date : 2025-10-24eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.002
Prashant B Patil, Sharda Vaidya, Vijay K Hile, Nitinkumar P Patil
{"title":"<i>Micropsalliota subumbonata</i> (<i>Agaricaceae</i>), a new species from Maharashtra, India.","authors":"Prashant B Patil, Sharda Vaidya, Vijay K Hile, Nitinkumar P Patil","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new species, <i>Micropsalliota subumbonata</i>, is described and illustrated from tropical region of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India, and the phylogenetic placement is determined by using nrITS and nrLSU sequence data analyses. <i>Micropsalliota subumbonata</i>, is morphologically circumscribed by its campanulate to conical umbonate pileus, covered with greyish brown to reddish brown squamules, ellipsoid to subcymbiform basidiospores, and cylindrical, long narrow, capitate cheilocystidia with a ventricose base.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"66 6","pages":"314-321"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13062910/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147675121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycosciencePub Date : 2025-10-16eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.47371/mycosci.2025.09.001
Tamotsu Hoshino
{"title":"Diversity, geographical distribution and environmental adaptations of snow molds.","authors":"Tamotsu Hoshino","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.09.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2025.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In regions of cryosphere, plants dormant under snow are attacked by snow mold pathogens, which include various fungal taxa (mainly oomycetes, ascomycetes and basidiomycetes). These fungi are well adapted to the environment with ambient temperatures fluctuating at around 0 °C. Their cold adaptation mechanisms differ at the phylum level. Oomycetous and basidiomycetous snow molds avoid freezing by intracellular host infection and ice-binding protein, respectively. Osmophily is another mechanism to cope with freezing for the ascomycete, <i>Sclerotinia borealis</i>. Thus diverse fungal taxa evolved snow molds to adapt to nival environments, illustrating adaptive radiations by developing cold tolerance and selecting host organisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"66 6","pages":"334-349"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13062971/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147675123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycosciencePub Date : 2025-09-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.003
Masaya Shimizu, Akio Tonouchi
{"title":"<i>Russula nuda</i>, a new species of <i>Russula</i> subsect. <i>Xerampelinae</i> (<i>Russulaceae</i>) from Japan.","authors":"Masaya Shimizu, Akio Tonouchi","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new species, <i>Russula nuda</i>, from Japan is described and illustrated. The species is characterized by a glabrous, white pileus with a pale brown center, a white stipe, a context that turns brown when bruised or dried, a pale olive reaction to FeSO<sub>4</sub>, a fishy odor, and globose to ellipsoid basidiospores with numerous isolated warts. It grows in deciduous broadleaf forests dominated by Japanese beech (<i>Fagus crenata</i>). Maximum likelihood phylogenetic analyses were performed using an ITS dataset and an LSU-<i>rpb2</i>-<i>tef-1a</i> dataset. Based on morphological and molecular evidence, we place this new taxon within <i>Russula</i> subsection <i>Xerampelinae</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"66 5","pages":"264-271"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13062917/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147675122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycosciencePub Date : 2025-09-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.001
Satoshi Suzuki, Takashi Inaoka, Ken-Ichi Kusumoto
{"title":"Transcriptome analysis of red-light effect on <i>Aspergillus oryzae</i> during rice koji fermentation.","authors":"Satoshi Suzuki, Takashi Inaoka, Ken-Ichi Kusumoto","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Aspergillus oryzae</i> can respond to light, but reports of the effects of red light on it are inconsistent. Here we sequenced RNA of rice koji during fermentation under red light and in the dark to elucidate the influence of red light on the expression of genes for koji enzymes. The set of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) largely excluded genes involved in conidiation and saccharification. Red light upregulated only one α-amylase gene, which is homologous to <i>amyD</i> of <i>Aspergillus nidulans</i>. As AmyD regulates the molecular weight of α-glucan, red light might regulate α-glucan molecular weight. Red light enhanced α-amylase activity of rice koji in fermentation by <i>A. oryzae</i>, had no effect on glucoamylase and protease activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"66 5","pages":"255-263"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13077285/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147691113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate recent divergence of two gryllid-specific lineages within the generalist entomopathogenic fungus <i>Metarhizium pingshaense</i> clade.","authors":"Oumi Nishi, Kazuhiro Iiyama, Chisa Yasunaga-Aoki, Susumu Shimizu","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.008","DOIUrl":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the phylogenetic position, pathogenicity, and phenotypic variation of <i>Metarhizium</i> isolates from the Australian cricket <i>Teleogryllus commodus</i> and the Japanese cricket <i>T. emma</i>. Molecular phylogenetic analysis revealed that both the fungal groups formed two clades within the <i>M. pingshaense</i> clade of the PARB clade, a lineage composed of generalist species that infect multiple orders of insects. Virulence bioassays on insects from three orders showed that both fungal groups were cricket-specific and distinctly different from closely related isolates of the PARB clade, despite the very shallow molecular phylogenetic divergence among them. The growth rates of both fungal groups on the agar medium were relatively slow, which seemed to reflect their narrow host range. PCR of virulence genes, such as <i>DtxS</i>1 and <i>Mcl</i>1, revealed that they were conserved among generalist PARB clade members but absent in both or one of the two gryllid-specialists. These results indicate that the two gryllid-specialist lineages have recently diverged from the ancestral generalist lineage, with concomitant divergence or loss of these virulence genes. This study contributes to our understanding of the evolutionary relationships between generalist and specialist species in <i>Metarhizium</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"66 5","pages":"300-313"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13087086/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147723421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ITS phylogeny reveals a wide host range and a high genetic diversity of endophytic <i>Phyllosticta capitalensis</i> in Indonesia.","authors":"Indriati Ramadhani, Yoshiaki Tsuda, Hiroki Yamanobe, Kaoru Yamaguchi, Izumi Okane","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Phyllosticta capitalensis</i> is a cosmopolitan endophytic fungus with a wide host range. We hypothesize that endophytic <i>P. capitalensis</i> originates in tropical regions, which have higher host plant diversity than subtropical and temperate regions. We tested this hypothesis by examining the host range and genetic diversity in Indonesia, and the phylogeographic distribution of haplotypes according to the climatic conditions of Indonesia and elsewhere. A total of 434 plant species were sampled in the Bogor and Cibodas Botanical Gardens in Indonesia. A total of 244 ITS sequences of endophytic <i>P. capitalensis</i> from Indonesia and 133 previously collected from tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions of Japan were analyzed to assess genetic variation across climatic zones. Endophytic <i>P. capitalensis</i> was isolated from the leaves of 217 species from 182 genera in 35 families. The two Indonesian populations had higher haplotype diversities (16 and 11 haplotypes, respectively) than those at high-latitude sites. Assessment of haplotype phylogeny revealed a star-like pattern; Hap 2 was the dominant haplotype, being detected in 30 plant families in Indonesia, suggesting a rapid radiation of the species. The results demonstrate that <i>P. capitalensis</i> has higher genetic diversity in tropical than subtropical and temperate regions, supporting our hypothesis regarding its phylogenetic origin.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"66 5","pages":"290-299"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13062961/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147675091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Five <i>Mycena</i> species that induce seed germination in the mycoheterotrophic orchid <i>Gastrodia</i>.","authors":"Chigusa Yugeta, Kosuke Nagamune, Michiru Kitahara, Kozue Sotome, Yuki Ogura-Tsujita","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The fungus genus <i>Mycena</i> is saprotrophic, but several lineages form orchid mycorrhizae or associate closely with plant roots. To elucidate which <i>Mycena</i> species form mycorrhizal associations with orchids, fungal isolates of five <i>Mycena</i> species (<i>M</i>. <i>epipterygia</i>, <i>M</i>. <i>haematopus</i>, <i>M</i>. <i>polygramma</i>, <i>M</i>. <i>pura</i>, and <i>Mycena</i> sp.) from four sections (<i>Calodontes</i>, <i>Fragilipedes</i>, <i>Hygrocyboideae</i>, and <i>Lactipedes</i>) were cultured with the seeds of mycoheterotrophic orchids, including <i>Gastrodia confusa</i>, <i>G</i>. <i>elata</i>, <i>G</i>. <i>nipponica</i>, and <i>G</i>. <i>pubilabiata</i>. All five <i>Mycena</i> species stimulated seed germination in all four <i>Gastrodia</i> species. <i>Mycena haematopus</i> and <i>M</i>. <i>polygramma</i> had a high affinity for <i>Gastrodia</i> and induced protocorm formation in all of them and tuberization in seedlings of two of them. Phylogenetic analyses indicated that <i>Mycena</i> species that associate with <i>Gastrodia</i> are dispersed throughout the genus and do not form a monophyletic group. <i>Gastrodia</i> species differ in fungal specificity, with <i>G</i>. <i>confusa</i> having a narrow specificity for specific <i>Mycena</i> species, whereas <i>G</i>. <i>pubilabiata</i> and <i>G</i>. <i>nipponica</i> have a broader specificity with multiple <i>Mycena</i> lineages and non-<i>Mycena</i> species, <i>Cyanotrama gypsea</i> and <i>Collybiopsis</i> <i>dichroa</i>. Our results imply that phylogenetically diverse <i>Mycena</i> taxa associate with <i>Gastrodia</i> species as orchid mycorrhizal fungi.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"66 5","pages":"282-289"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13062911/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147675110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Three new species of <i>Alpova</i> from Japan: new insights into biogeography in <i>Alpova</i>.","authors":"Akira Ishikawa, Hiromi Sasaki, Akihiko Kinoshita, Erina Fujii, Kazuhide Nara","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Alpova</i> (Paxillaceae, Boletales) is an ectomycorrhizal fungal genus specifically colonizing alder trees. As observed in other hypogeous fungal taxa that depend on land animals for spore dispersal, <i>Alpova</i> shows strong biogeographical patterns. Although more than 10 <i>Alpova</i> species have been identified in Europe and North America, no <i>Alpova</i> species (except for three Chinese species possibly attributable to <i>Melanogaster</i>) has been formally described from East Asia, which has greater diversity of the host <i>Alnus</i> than other areas. Here, we describe three new <i>Alpova</i> species, i.e., <i>A. fujisanensis</i> sp. nov., <i>A. japonicus</i> sp. nov., and <i>A. venosus</i> sp. nov., collected under Japanese alder trees. Phylogenetic analysis using three DNA loci showed that these three Japanese <i>Alpova</i> species belong to distinctive clades and are distantly related to European and North American species. Both <i>A. fujisanensis</i> and <i>A. japonicus</i> were associated only with the host subgen. <i>Alnobetula</i>, while <i>A. venosus</i> was associated with the subgen. <i>Alnus</i>, indicating host specificity at the subgenus level.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"66 5","pages":"272-281"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13062962/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147675108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycosciencePub Date : 2025-08-06eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.47371/mycosci.2025.06.002
Naohiko Sagara, Inger-Lise Fonneland, Dag Pettersen, Kentaro Hosaka
{"title":"Occurrence of <i>Hebeloma radicosum</i> and <i>H. birrus</i> on badger (<i>Meles meles</i>) latrines in southern Norway.","authors":"Naohiko Sagara, Inger-Lise Fonneland, Dag Pettersen, Kentaro Hosaka","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.06.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2025.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The agaric fungus <i>Hebeloma radicosum</i> was observed fruiting on a badger nest in Arendal, Norway, in the years 2004-2006, 2020, and 2021. This species is typically associated with mole (<i>Talpa</i>) nests in Europe; however, moles are not present in Norway. Fruiting occurred both just outside the nest and on the tunnel floor at the nest entrance. Observations, supported by literature on badger nesting habits, suggest that excrement (dung and/or urine) deposited either in latrines outside the nest or on the tunnel floor was likely responsible for the occurrence of <i>H. radicosum</i>. There was no evidence to suggest involvement of other mammal species. This is the first documented case of <i>H. radicosum</i> fruiting on badger excrement. The observed pattern resembles long-term mole nesting in Japan, which is associated with repeated occurrences of <i>H. sagarae</i>. Additionally, <i>H. birrus</i> was also found fruiting on badger excrement.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"66 5","pages":"249-254"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13062957/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147675131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dual regulation of appressorium development in the maize pathogen <i>Bipolaris maydis</i>: BmOPY2-mediated hydrophobic surface recognition and pectin recognition.","authors":"Hiroki Yoshida, Sae Shigeyoshi, Syunsuke Goto, Masashi Sassa, Kenya Tsuji, Akira Yoshimi, Chihiro Tanaka, Takuya Sumita, Toshikazu Irie, Kazumi Suzuki, Kosuke Izumitsu","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.06.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47371/mycosci.2025.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The CHK1 MAPK pathway is crucial in appressorium formation and is highly conserved among plant pathogenic fungi. Here, we investigated a putative upstream regulator of this pathway, BmOPY2, in the maize pathogen <i>Bipolaris maydis</i>. Yeast two-hybrid analysis confirmed the interaction between BmOPY2 and BmSTE50, suggesting that BmOPY2 functions as an upstream regulator of the CHK1 MAPK pathway. To investigate the role of BmOPY2 in appressorium formation, we generated <i>BmOPY2</i>-disrupted (∆<i>BmOPY2</i>) mutants. These mutants formed appressoria normally on maize leaves, but did not form them on plastic Petri dishes. This suggests that BmOPY2 regulates appressorium formation via hydrophobic surface recognition but not via recognition of host-derived chemicals. Plant waxes or cutin monomers are recognized by other fungal pathogens, but these substances failed to restore appressorium formation in ∆<i>BmOPY2</i> mutants. In comparison with the wild type, the ∆<i>BmOPY2</i> mutants showed increased appressorium formation on intercellular spaces of maize leaves, suggesting that pectin-a component of these spaces-may promote this process. The addition of pectin restored appressorium formation by ∆<i>BmOPY2</i> mutants on plastic surfaces. These findings reveal a novel dual regulation of appressorium formation in <i>B. maydis</i>, involving both BmOPY2-mediated hydrophobic surface recognition and a distinct pectin-dependent pathway.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"66 4","pages":"240-248"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13062926/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147675033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}