{"title":"Purification and structural characterization of an anti-<i>Trichophyton</i> compound produced by <i>Auricularia heimuer</i> mycelium.","authors":"Tomoki Hirata, Shengyao Song, Kota Seki, Maki Taniguchi, Atsushi Ishihara, Tsuyoshi Ichiyanagi, Tadanori Aimi","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.12.001","DOIUrl":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, by screening approximately 160 mushroom extracts for anti-<i>Trichophyton</i> activity, significant activity was found in the culture filtrate of the <i>Auricularia heimuer</i> TUFC 100803 strain. To purify the active compound, the strain was cultured in 2.0 L of malt liquid medium, and the culture filtrate was extracted with ethyl acetate. The resulting crude extract was fractionated by silica-gel chromatography and preparative thin-layer chromatography, and a pure active compound, designated heimuerol A, was successfully isolated. According to IUPAC nomenclature, the compound was identified as (1<i>R</i>,2<i>R</i>,5<i>R</i>)-2-(prop-1-en-2-yl)-6-oxabicyclo[3.1.0]hex-3-en-2-ol. Unlike terbinafine, which is used as both a topical and oral medication for tinea, heimuerol A lacks a nitrogen and possesses a structure containing an epoxide group and a five-membered ring. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of terbinafine-resistant strains was lower than that for wild-type strains when treated with heimuerol A. Furthermore, a mixture of heimuerol A and terbinafine exhibited activity at concentrations lower than their respective MICs. These findings suggest that heimuerol A inhibits ergosterol biosynthesis through a mechanism distinct from that of terbinafine.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"67 2","pages":"27-31"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13112066/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147776533","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":"<i>Auriscalpium flabellatum</i> sp. nov. (<i>Auriscalpiaceae</i>), a species from Japan producing basidiomata directly from soil.","authors":"Chie Hayashi, Hiroki Sato, Kentaro Hosaka, Hitoshi Neda","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.12.003","DOIUrl":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new species, <i>Auriscalpium flabellatum</i> (<i>Auriscalpiaceae</i>), is described from Japan. While <i>A. orientale</i>, which typically grows on conifer cones, is the only known species of <i>Auriscalpium</i> in Japan, <i>A. flabellatum</i> produces basidiomata directly from soil. The basidiocarps are small, laterally stipitate, and have fan-shaped pilei with fimbriate margins. Morphological examination revealed distinctive features, including amyloid basidiospores that are subglobose to broadly elliptic, and a dimitic hyphal system with gloeocystidia. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA placed this species within the <i>Auriscalpium</i>-<i>Gloiodon</i> clade. Clear morphological and ecological differences from known species support the recognition of <i>A. flabellatum</i> as a new species based on substrate specificity, pileus morphology, and phylogenetic evidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"67 2","pages":"43-48"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13112065/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147776382","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":"Origin of the paternal gametes of Japanese whitish truffle (<i>Tuber japonicum</i>) in the second year of truffle production at a konara oak (<i>Quercus serrata</i>) plantation in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.","authors":"Noritaka Nakamura, Akihiko Kinoshita, Yuki Kitade, Muneyoshi Yamaguchi, Takashi Yamanaka","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.12.005","DOIUrl":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.12.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Tuber japonicum</i> is an ectomycorrhizal ascomycete fungus native to Japan that produces whitish truffles as one of their reproductive organs. In 2019, a truffle plantation was established in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, by planting 14 seedlings of konara oak inoculated with two distinct inocula. In November 2022, the first ascocarp production was detected. To contribute to our understanding of the origin of the paternal gametes in this species, we determined the genotypes of 91 second-year ascocarps collected from the site in the autumn of 2023. All of the successfully-analyzed ascocarps possessed one of three maternal multilocus genotypes (MLGs), as identified by simple sequence repeat (SSR) marker analysis, two of which were identical to the paternal and maternal genotypes identified in ascocarps harvested the previous year. The number of paternal MLGs identified increased markedly from 2 in 2022 to 53 in 2023, 48 of which were found in only a single ascocarp. All paternal MLGs were either identical to a maternal one or a random recombination between them, indicating that the paternal gametes were derived from ascospores formed the previous year. Thus, this study clearly demonstrates that the majority of paternal mating partners in <i>T. japonicum</i> originate from the previous year's ascospores.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"67 2","pages":"56-64"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13112064/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147776460","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":"Re-examination of the morphological and molecular features of <i>Amanita clarisquamosa</i> and <i>Amanita avellaneosquamosa</i> based on specimens collected in Hokkaido.","authors":"Minoru Nakai, Akihiro Yamaguchi, Hironobu Suga, Hiroko Shirayama, Takahito Kobayashi, Takahiro Suzuki, Jiro Koizumi, Tsutomu Abe, Yasuhiro Funatsu, Yoriko Sugiyama","doi":"10.47371/mycosic.2025.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.47371/mycosic.2025.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Amanita clarisquamosa</i> and <i>A. avellaneosquamosa</i>, both of which belong to the section <i>Amidella</i>, were described in 1933 in Nopporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Owing to large intraspecific variation and high interspecific resemblance in morphology, species delimitation and identification of section <i>Amidella</i> members is difficult. This also applies to the two focal species. Furthermore, the minimality of the original descriptions of <i>A. clarisquamosa</i> and <i>A. avellaneosquamosa</i> exacerbates this problem. For reliable identification, detailed morphological and molecular information of reliably identified specimens, hopefully type specimens is required. However, further morphological and molecular information cannot be obtained from the degraded type specimens. In this study, new specimens that showed morphological and molecular matches with <i>A. clarisquamosa</i> and <i>A. avellaneosquamosa</i> were obtained from Nopporo and the surrounding areas of Hokkaido. Detailed morphology and barcoding region sequences of these specimens were recorded. Importantly, the newly collected specimens showed morphological and molecular mismatches with previously reported <i>A. clarisquamosa</i> or <i>A. avellaneosquamosa</i> specimens. This indicated that specimens previously identified as these two species might have included misidentifications. Overall, the study results suggest a need for reconfirmation of species within the section <i>Amidella</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"67 1","pages":"10-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13062949/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147675183","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":"Detection of fungal contamination on museum books stored under controlled environmental conditions: A discrepancy between culture-based and metagenomic analysis approaches.","authors":"Isoto Yoshioka, Chie Hayashi, Yasunobu Endo, Aoi Sawada, Yugo Mori, Sayaka Ban, Takashi Yaguchi","doi":"10.47371/mycosic.2025.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.47371/mycosic.2025.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mold contamination in library and museum collections poses risks to both cultural heritage and human health. This study examined fungal flora on books stored under controlled environmental conditions (temperature <20 °C, relative humidity <50%) in The University Museum, The University of Tokyo. Both culture-dependent methods and DNA-based metabarcoding targeting the internal transcribed spacer 2 region were used. DNA analysis revealed that <i>Aspergillus halophilicus</i> accounted for over 90% of the sequences from six books. In contrast, culture-based methods using standard media (e.g., PDA, DG18, M40Y) primarily isolated species such as <i>Aspergillus</i>, <i>Penicillium</i>, and <i>Cladosporium</i>, but not <i>A. halophilicus</i>. However, cultivation on CzA supplemented with 70% sucrose at lower temperatures enabled successful isolation of <i>A. halophilicus</i> from one sample. The strain was identified based on morphological features and β-tubulin gene analysis. These findings demonstrate a notable discrepancy between molecular and culture-based results, underscoring the limitations of conventional media for detecting xerophilic fungi in dry environments. The study suggests that desiccation-tolerant species like <i>A. halophilicus</i> can thrive even under strict storage controls and may evade standard integrated pest management (IPM) protocols. To better assess fungal risks in preservation settings, combining improved media with DNA-based methods is essential.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"67 1","pages":"20-26"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13062915/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147675255","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":"<i>Microbotryum crypticum</i>, a new anther smut fungus on <i>Silene miqueliana</i> from Japan.","authors":"Naoko Fujita, Akira Hashimoto, Moriya Ohkuma, Tsuyoshi Hosoya, Makoto Kakishima","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new anther smut fungus, <i>Microbotryum crypticum</i> is described based on specimens collected from the Japanese endemic plant, <i>Silene miqueliana</i> (<i>Caryophyllaceae</i>) in Osaka Prefecture, as well as from herbarium specimens of <i>S. miqueliana</i> preserved at the National Museum of Nature and Science (TNS) in Japan. <i>Microbotryum crypticum</i> is phylogenetically distinct from other anther smut fungi reported on <i>Silene</i> species and has relatively small spores compared to previously described <i>Microbotryum</i> species. Host preference further supports this new species. The presence of infected <i>S. miqueliana</i> plants in both herbarium and fresh specimens suggests that <i>M. crypticum</i> is widely distributed in Japan.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"67 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13062951/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147675222","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":"The multi-locus phylogeny reveals a cryptic species within the <i>Suillus grevillei</i> complex in eastern Eurasia.","authors":"Yumiko Miyamoto, Yutaka Tamai, Trofim C Maximov, Atsuko Sugimoto, Akiyoshi Yamada","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.09.002","DOIUrl":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Suillus grevillei</i> is an ectomycorrhizal fungus of larch that occurs widely throughout the Northern Hemisphere. According to its pileus color and geographic distributions, two closely related species are recognized: European <i>S. grevillei</i> that has a yellowish pileus and North American <i>S. clintonianus</i> that has a reddish pileus. Because specimens in eastern Eurasia are understudied, we incorporated basidioma collections from Japan and eastern Siberia to clarify the taxonomy and distribution of the <i>S. grevillei</i> complex in a global context. The multi-locus phylogeny assembled with four conservative loci (LSU, RPB1, RPB2, and TEF) revealed three monophyletic clades with strong branching support, one of which is described as a new species, <i>S. orientalis</i>. Morphologically, <i>S. orientalis</i> is distinguished from <i>S. grevillei</i> by its dark reddish-brown pileus and from <i>S. clintonianus</i> by having smaller spores and the absence of encrusted hyphae in the pileipellis. <i>S. orientalis</i> is distributed in eastern Eurasia, <i>S. grevillei</i> in Europe and eastern Asia, and <i>S. clintonianus</i> in North America. The multi-locus phylogeny of conservative DNA markers was more effective than rapidly evolving and highly variable ITS regions in recognizing closely related species within the <i>S. grevillei</i> complex.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"66 6","pages":"350-360"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13062965/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147675106","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 : 2025-11-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.007
Yasukazu Ohkubo, Daisuke Sakuma, Hiroshi Masumoto
{"title":"Three new tricholomatoid dark blue <i>Entoloma</i> spp. from temperate forests in Japan, with the redescription of <i>E. cyanonigrum</i>.","authors":"Yasukazu Ohkubo, Daisuke Sakuma, Hiroshi Masumoto","doi":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.007","DOIUrl":"10.47371/mycosci.2025.07.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Three species of tricholomatoid dark blue <i>Entoloma</i> spp. from temperate forests in Japan are described as new to science. <i>Entoloma obscurocyaneum</i> and <i>E. purpureobrunneolum</i> show a dull dark blue pileus, with the former distinguished by the purple-brown suprapellis hyphae of the pileipellis and the latter by its light brown color. <i>Entoloma quasicyanonigrum</i> is similar to <i>E. cyanonigrum</i> but exhibits smaller basidiospores. Our phylogenetic analysis placed them within a moderately supported clade that generally shares the characteristics of having a hymeniderm- or palisadoderm-type pileipellis. To date, the sole tricholomatoid dark blue <i>Entoloma</i> documented from Japan is <i>E. cyanonigrum</i>. Because it was confirmed that the type specimen of <i>E. cyanonigrum</i> no longer exists, the original material, the colored drawing by Tsuguo Hongo, was designated as the lectotype, and <i>E. cyanonigrum</i> was redescribed based on Hongo's observation notes and our examination of herbarium specimens.</p>","PeriodicalId":18780,"journal":{"name":"Mycoscience","volume":"66 6","pages":"322-333"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13062928/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147675073","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 : 2025-10-24eCollection 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":"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":"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}