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{"title":"A novel, exclusively lichen-inhabiting lineage of hypocrealean fungi revealed in the <i>Sordariomycetes</i>.","authors":"V Darmostuk, J Etayo, P Rodriguez-Flakus, M Kukwa, R Pino-Bodas, S Pérez-Ortega, A Flakus","doi":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.02","DOIUrl":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.02","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lichen-inhabiting (lichenicolous) fungi comprise a considerable portion of the <i>Hypocreales</i> (<i>Sordariomycetes</i>), their placement and phylogenetic relationships within the order remain largely unknown due to a lack of available molecular data. This study focuses mainly on tropical lichenicolous hypocrealean fungi which were neglected for a long time. Increasing knowledge of this fungal group is crucial to better understanding the complex evolutionary histories and trophic strategies of the <i>Hypocreales</i>. Through an order-wide phylogeny based on multiple loci, we unveiled a novel lineage within the <i>Hypocreales</i>, composed exclusively of lichenicolous species from genera such as <i>Ovicuculispora</i> and <i>Paranectria</i>, along with <i>Nectriopsis lichenophila</i> and <i>Nectria byssophila</i>-like taxa. Beyond the strong phylogenetic support, the clade is also characterized by its distinct morphology. Here it is introduced as a new family <i>Paranectriaceae</i> characterized by yellow to orange sessile ascomata, featuring a distinct tomentum, and by pigment in ascomata walls that do not change colour in KOH solution. The delimitation of interspecific and generic boundaries within the novel family was based on molecular, morphological and ecological data. As a result, we established nine species and five genera, including two genera new to science (<i>Rossmaniella</i> and <i>Sphaeronectria</i>) and four new species (<i>Rossmaniella coenogonii</i>, <i>R. cryptica</i>, <i>R. filispora</i>, and <i>R. tylophori</i>). Additionally, we reinstated the genus <i>Ciliomyces</i>, with the type species <i>Ciliomyces oropensis</i>, from the synonyms of <i>Paranectria</i>. Our results also show that the genus <i>Neobaryopsis</i> is more closely related to the family <i>Calcarisporiaceae</i> than to the <i>Cordycepitaceae</i>, as originally described. A key to species determination within <i>Paranectriaceae</i> is provided. The present study suggests that neglected lichenicolous fungi are an important component that appears in <i>Hypocreales</i> several times during their evolution, and indicates that their considerable diversity can still be hidden. <b>Citation:</b> Darmostuk V, Etayo J, Rodriguez-Flakus P, Kukwa M, Pino-Bodas R, Pérez-Ortega S, Flakus A (2025). A novel, exclusively lichen-inhabiting lineage of hypocrealean fungi revealed in the <i>Sordariomycetes</i>. <i>Persoonia</i> <b>54</b>: 47-91. doi: 10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.02.</p>","PeriodicalId":20014,"journal":{"name":"Persoonia","volume":"54 ","pages":"47-91"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12308291/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144760718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rise up, <i>Rhizoctonia</i>: moving to one fungus, one name in the <i>Ceratobasidiaceae</i> (<i>Agaricomycetes</i>, <i>Cantharellales</i>).","authors":"R P O'Donnell, C C Linde, T W May","doi":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.09","DOIUrl":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.09","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Ceratobasidiaceae</i> is a family of cryptic basidiomycetous fungi, most notable for the plant pathogens known under generic names such as <i>Rhizoctonia</i>, <i>Thanatephorus</i>, <i>Ceratorhiza</i>, and <i>Ceratobasidium</i>. While responsible for billions of dollars in crop losses annually, members of these genera also serve important ecological functions as orchid mycorrhizal symbionts and saprotrophs. While asexually-typified (<i>Rhizoctonia</i> and <i>Ceratorhiza</i>) and sexually-typified (<i>Thanatephorus</i> and <i>Ceratobasidium</i>) names have been utilised, molecular studies have repeatedly demonstrated these genera to be paraphyletic. In addition, the type of <i>Ceratobasidium</i> is not congeneric with the many other species introduced in the genus. Despite previous attempts to synonymise various names under a broadly-defined <i>Rhizoctonia</i>, authors have continued to describe new species using outdated generic names. Using publicly-available ITS, LSU, <i>ATP6, RPB2</i>, and <i>TEF1</i> sequences generated from holotype specimens or from isolates obtained from permanently preserved cultures of type collections (ex-type specimens), we recovered a phylogeny of the <i>Ceratobasidiaceae</i> that reiterates the paraphyly of various genera within a well-supported clade to which we apply the name <i>Rhizoctonia</i>. We review the placements of names introduced in the genera <i>Ceratobasidium</i>, <i>Ceratorhiza</i>, and <i>Thanatephorus</i>, and formalise 32 new combinations in <i>Rhizoctonia</i>. While it is accepted that the type of <i>Ceratobasidium</i> does not belong in <i>Rhizoctonia</i>, we advocate continued use of the family name <i>Ceratobasidiaceae</i> and discuss a nomenclatural solution to formally cement this usage. Using <i>Rhizoctonia</i> as a case study, we argue that continued use of names that are evident synonyms is out of step with contemporary fungal taxonomic practice and precludes a holistic understanding of the classification and biology of this group. <b>Citation:</b> O'Donnell RP, Linde CC, May TW (2025). Rise up, <i>Rhizoctonia</i>: moving to one fungus, one name in the <i>Ceratobasidiaceae</i> (<i>Agaricomycetes</i>, <i>Cantharellales</i>). <i>Persoonia</i> <b>54</b>: 285-325. doi: 10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.09.</p>","PeriodicalId":20014,"journal":{"name":"Persoonia","volume":"54 ","pages":"285-325"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12308286/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144760788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Taxonomy and phylogeny of <i>Cortinarius</i> sect. <i>Anomali</i> in China.","authors":"M L Xie, B Dima, K Wang, C Phukhamsakda, Y Li, L L Qi, G J Li, T Z Liu, P S Jia, Q Wang, L R Song, T Z Wei, Y Li","doi":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.07","DOIUrl":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.07","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Cortinarius</i> section <i>Anomali</i> is a species-rich group that occurs worldwide, particularly in Europe and North America. The overlapping morphological and microscopical characteristics of <i>Anomali</i> species pose significant challenges for species identification. Therefore, the focus of this study was to clarify the taxonomy and phylogeny of section <i>Anomali</i> in China. A total of 229 specimens of section <i>Anomali</i> were collected in China over the past two decades. The present study, based on a combination of extensive morphological investigations and molecular methods, reports 22 <i>Anomali</i> species. Eleven of them are recognized as new to science and formally described here as <i>C. albocyaneoides, C. campanianomalus, C. microalbocyaneus, C. neocaninus, C. qilianensis, C. robustianomalus, C. rufolilacinus, C. subalbocyaneus, C. subanomalus, C. xizangensis</i>, and <i>C. vernalianomalus</i>, respectively. <i>Cortinarius albocyaneus, C. azureovelatus, C. caninus, C. kranabetteri, C. lepidopus</i>, and <i>C. perrotensis</i> are reported in China for the first time. In addition, the occurrence of <i>C. cinnamomeolilacinus, C. epsomiensis, C. subclackamasensis, C. tabularis</i>, and <i>C. tropicus</i> in China is confirmed. Descriptions, accompanied by illustrations of morphological characters of the Chinese <i>Anomali</i> species, and comparisons with closely related taxa are provided. The present study reports <i>Cortinarius</i> section <i>Anomali</i> in China or Asia, clarifying taxonomy and conducting phylogeny analyses based on nrITS, nrLSU, <i>rpb1</i> and <i>rpb2</i> sequences. We compare the <i>Anomali</i> species from China with those in Europe and North America, enriching the species and sequences of sect. <i>Anomali</i>. In addition, the ornamentation of basidiospores was studied using scanning electron microscopy. <b>Citation:</b> Xie ML, Dima B, Wang K, Phukhamsakda C, Li Y, Qi LL, Li GJ, Liu TZ, Jia PS, Wang Q, Song LR, Wei TZ, Li Y (2025). Taxonomy and phylogeny of <i>Cortinarius</i> sect. <i>Anomali</i> in China. <i>Persoonia</i> <b>54</b>: 225-263. doi: 10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.07.</p>","PeriodicalId":20014,"journal":{"name":"Persoonia","volume":"54 ","pages":"225-263"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12308292/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144760791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Taxonomy and phylogeny of <i>Stereaceae</i> (<i>Russulales</i>, <i>Basidiomycota</i>): two new genera, nine new species and twenty new combinations.","authors":"Y L Xu, Y F Cao, S L Liu, K K Nakasone, S H He","doi":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.04","DOIUrl":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.04","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An in-depth study of the taxonomy and phylogeny of the &lt;i&gt;Stereaceae&lt;/i&gt; was conducted. Specimens collected from East Asia were studied by using morphological and molecular systematic methods. The phylogenetic analyses were based on a concatenated ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 (ITS) and the D1-D2 domains of nuc 28S rDNA (LSU) sequence data of &lt;i&gt;Stereaceae&lt;/i&gt; by using the maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference methods. Fourteen lineages including two new genera, &lt;i&gt;Confertotrama&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Gelatinostereum&lt;/i&gt;, are recognized in the phylogenetic tree. &lt;i&gt;Confertotrama&lt;/i&gt;, typified by &lt;i&gt;Merulius rugulosus&lt;/i&gt;, is segregated from &lt;i&gt;Gloeocystidiellum&lt;/i&gt; s. lat. &lt;i&gt;Gelatinostereum&lt;/i&gt; is sister to &lt;i&gt;Stereum&lt;/i&gt; in the tree but differs in having gelatinous basidiomes and lacking thick-walled pseudocystidia. &lt;i&gt;Conferticium&lt;/i&gt; is shown to be restricted to include species with smooth basidiospores, while species with ornamented basidiospores are nested within the &lt;i&gt;Gloeocystidiopsis&lt;/i&gt; lineage. The delimitation of &lt;i&gt;Megalocystidium&lt;/i&gt; is expanded based on the phylogenetic analyses. It includes species with or without clamp connections and acanthohyphidia and with a large variety of basidium size. &lt;i&gt;Neoaleurodiscus&lt;/i&gt; is treated as a later synonym of &lt;i&gt;Aleurodiscus&lt;/i&gt; sensu stricto, since their type species &lt;i&gt;N. fujii&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;A. amorphus&lt;/i&gt; were nested within the same lineage. With this disposal, &lt;i&gt;Aleurodiscus&lt;/i&gt; s. str. now includes species with smooth or ornamented basidiospores. The generic name, &lt;i&gt;Gloeomyces&lt;/i&gt; is applied for the lineage of species of &lt;i&gt;Aleurodiscus&lt;/i&gt; s. lat. with resupinate basidiomes, well-developed acanthohyphidia and smooth basidiospores, while &lt;i&gt;Acanthophysellum&lt;/i&gt; is regarded as a synonym of &lt;i&gt;Xylobolus&lt;/i&gt;. Nine new species, &lt;i&gt;Aleurodiscus globisporus&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Conferticium subtropicum&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Gelatinostereum phlebioides&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Gloeocystidiopsis shenghuae&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Gloeomyces subcerussatus&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Megalocystidium brunneum&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;M. effusum&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Stereum rhododendri&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;S. tropicum&lt;/i&gt; are described and illustrated from China. Twenty new combinations, &lt;i&gt;Aleurodiscus fujii&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Confertotrama aspella&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Ca. macrospora&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Ca. rugulosa&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Ca. rajchenbergii&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Gloeocystidiopsis ravum&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Gs. tenuissimus&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Gloeomyces bambusinus&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;G. bicornis&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;G. cerussatus&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;G. dextrinoideocerussatus&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;G. dextrinoideophyses&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;G. formosanus&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;G. parvisporus&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;G. persicus&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;G. thailandicus&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;G. thoenii&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;G. tropicus&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Megalocystidium chinense&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Xylobolus lividocoeruleus&lt;/i&gt; are proposed. &lt;i&gt;Aleurodiscus isabellinus&lt;/i&gt; is treated as a synonym of &lt;i&gt;Gloeomyces graminicola&lt;/i&gt;. Morphological differences between closely related genera are discussed, and an identification key to all 14 genera of &lt;i&gt;Stereaceae&lt;/i&gt; is presented. &lt;b&gt;Citation:&lt;/b&gt; Xu YL, Cao YF, Liu SL, Nakasone KK, He SH (2025). Taxon","PeriodicalId":20014,"journal":{"name":"Persoonia","volume":"54 ","pages":"119-145"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12308289/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144760792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A taxonomic revision of <i>Aureobasidium</i> (<i>Saccotheciaceae, Dothideales</i>) with new species, new names, and typifications.","authors":"B Jumbam, I A Zasada, K Bensch, P W Crous, M C Aime","doi":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.05","DOIUrl":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.05","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Aureobasidium</i> comprises dimorphic yeast-like fungi that usually produce melanised cells at maturity. Species are globally distributed and ubiquitous, colonizing a variety of habitats. At present, ca 40 species are accepted, with the type, <i>A. pullulans</i>, representing a complex of unresolved cryptic species. In this study, we isolated 128 <i>Aureobasidium</i> from multiple temperate and tropical regions. We performed multigene analyses using eight loci (ITS, 28S, <i>EF1a</i>, <i>ELO2</i>, <i>RPB2</i>, <i>BTUB</i>, mtLSU and mtSSU) on new isolates and including sequences from type material for all available <i>Aureobasidium</i> species. Data on growth, physiological profiles, micro- and macromorphological attributes were also collected and analysed. Several DNA-based species delimitation methods were evaluated for their ability to delimit species. We found that assimilation of D-quinic acid, L-sorbose, D-mannitol, gluconolactone, erythritol, L-arabinose, and sodium succinate dibasic hexahydrate were important in delineating species of <i>Aureobasidium</i> and note that production of pigmentation in culture often takes longer than the 14 d standard for carbon assimilations. Genealogical concordance phylogenetic species recognition criteria (GCPSR) provided the most consistent results for species delimitation. We describe nine new species of <i>Aureobasidium (A. albui</i>, <i>A. cavalettoi</i>, <i>A. diazvalderramae</i>, <i>A. ellingtonae</i>, <i>A. essambei</i>, <i>A. peruvianum</i>, <i>A. rubi</i>, <i>A. toomeae</i>, and <i>A. vanuatuense</i>), make new combinations for <i>A. aubasidani</i> (<i>≡ A. pullulans</i> var. <i>aubasidani</i>), <i>A. fermentans</i> (<i>≡ Pullularia fermentans</i>), and <i>A. mahoniae</i> (<i>≡ Selenophoma mahoniae</i>), validate and provide descriptions for <i>A. musti</i> and <i>A. uvarum</i>, and provide lecto- and epitypes for <i>Dematium pullulans</i>, the basionym of <i>A. pullulans.</i> Finally, we resolved the phylogeny for <i>Aureobasidium</i>, reduce <i>Kabatiella</i> (based on <i>K. microsticta</i>) to synonymy, and provide an updated list of species to facilitate future studies. <b>Citation:</b> Jumbam B, Zasada IA, Bensch K, Crous PW, Aime MC (2025). A taxonomic revision of <i>Aureobasidium</i> (<i>Saccotheciaceae</i>, <i>Dothideales</i>) with new species, new names, and typifications. <i>Persoonia</i> <b>54</b>: 147-195. doi: 10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.05.</p>","PeriodicalId":20014,"journal":{"name":"Persoonia","volume":"54 ","pages":"147-195"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12308290/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144760720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Soil ascomycetes from Spain. XIV. The <i>Chaetomiaceae</i> of La Palma (Canary Islands).","authors":"A P Sastoque, J F Cano-Lira, A M Stchigel","doi":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.03","DOIUrl":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.03","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean within the Macaronesian biogeographic region, consist of seven main islands alongside numerous smaller ones of volcanic origin, representing the southernmost region of Spain. This archipelago shows a variety of microclimates and ecological settings, encompassing from laurisilva cloud forests to montane pine forests and deserts, responsible for diverse flora and fauna rich in endemism. Despite considerable research focused on the biodiversity of plant and animal life, knowledge regarding fungi, particularly micromycetes, remains comparatively limited. Building on our ongoing investigation of soil-borne ascomycetes of the Canary Islands, initiated several decades ago, we collected samples from the southern region of La Palma Island. At the laboratory, these samples were processed using different semi-selective techniques aimed at isolating ascomycetes, such as the Warcup's soil plate method, the activation of soil dormant ascospores with 5 % acetic acid, and <i>ToKaVa</i> hair baiting method. After a phenotypic characterization, subsequent molecular identification of the fungal strains was conducted through amplification and sequencing of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) and the domains D1-D2 of the Large Subunit (LSU) regions of nuclear ribosomal DNA, and fragments of the RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (<i>rpb</i>2), β-tubulin (<i>tub</i>2) and translation elongation factor 1-alpha (<i>tef</i>) genes. Preliminary taxonomic assignment was carried out using BLAST searches, followed by phylogenetic studies for precise taxonomic delimitation. Among the identified members of the <i>Chaetomiaceae</i>, noteworthy taxa include <i>Achaetomium aegilopsis</i>, <i>Canariomyces arenarius</i>, <i>Carteria arctostaphyli</i>, <i>Ovatospora senegalensis</i>, <i>Parathielavia kuwaitensis</i>, <i>Pseudohumicola alba</i>, and <i>P. glauca</i>, representing the first documented occurrences in volcanic soils. Furthermore, the discovery encompasses the description of three new genera (<i>Oidiosporium</i>, <i>Phaeohyphomyces</i> and <i>Steirochaetomium</i>) and nine new species (<i>Botryotrichum pseudomurorum</i>, <i>Canariomyces asexualis</i>, <i>Carteria canariensis</i>, <i>Oidiosporium botulisporum</i>, <i>Phaeohyphomyces canariensis</i>, <i>Pseudohumicola cinnamobrunnea</i>, <i>P. intercalispora</i>, <i>P. variispopra</i> and <i>Steirochaetomium canariensis</i>) within this fungal family. These findings underscore the significance of volcanic soils of La Palma Island as reservoirs of novel micromycetes, particularly emphasizing the prevalence of <i>Chaetomiaceae</i> members as revealed by the applied isolation methodologies. <b>Citation:</b> Sastoque AP, Cano-Lira JF, Stchigel AM (2025). Soil ascomycetes from Spain. XIV. The <i>Chaetomiaceae</i> of La Palma (Canary Islands). <i>Persoonia</i> <b>54</b>: 93-117. doi: 10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.03.</p>","PeriodicalId":20014,"journal":{"name":"Persoonia","volume":"54 ","pages":"93-117"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12308285/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144760789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A comprehensive multigene phylogeny of <i>Phylloporia</i> (<i>Hymenochaetaceae</i>, <i>Basidiomycota</i>), with an emphasis on tropical African species.","authors":"M Jerusalem, M Amalfi, P Yombiyeni, G Castillo, C Decock","doi":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.01","DOIUrl":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.01","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Phylloporia</i> (<i>Hymenochaetaceae</i>) is becoming a very large and complex genus and the species definition is becoming a challenge, as for many other groups of <i>Hymenochaetaceae</i>. <i>Phylloporia</i> comprises 79 species up to date. However, this number is probably still largely underestimated. A comprehensive, multigene phylogeny of <i>Phylloporia</i> (<i>Hymenochaetaceae</i>, <i>Basidiomycota</i>), inferred from the large subunit nuclear ribosomal region (LSU), portions of the translation elongation factor 1-α (<i>TEF-1α</i>), and second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (<i>RPB2</i>) genes is presented and discussed. The multigene phylogeny reveals several undescribed paleotropical or neotropical phylogenetic species. On this basis, complemented by both morphological and ecological data, six new species from tropical Africa are described: <i>P. afropectinata</i>, <i>P. cinnamomea</i>, <i>P. memecyli</i>, <i>P. miomboensis</i>, <i>P. pseudoweberiana</i>, and <i>P. warneckeicola</i>. A new combination, <i>P. microspora</i> (basionym <i>Inonotus microsporus</i>), is also proposed. A synthesis of the taxonomic and ecological knowledge of <i>Phylloporia</i> in tropical Africa is presented, with an identification key for the African species known to date. Although the multigene phylogenetic inferences do not resolve the backbone structure within <i>Phylloporia</i>, it reveals two main lineages, a basal A and a core B lineage. The basal lineage contains six species whereas the core lineage comprises most of the described species and a number of unnamed taxa. The multigene phylogenetic inferences also resolved several well-supported, multiple species lineages within the core lineage. These lineages are predominantly biogeographically structured with a dichotomy Neotropics vs Paleotropics. They are discussed in relation to the morpho-ecological types. <b>Citation:</b> Jerusalem M, Amalfi M, Yombiyeni P, Castillo G, Decock C (2025). A comprehensive multigene phylogeny of <i>Phylloporia</i> (<i>Hymenochaetaceae</i>, <i>Basidiomycota</i>), with an emphasis on tropical African species. <i>Persoonia</i> <b>54</b>: 1-46. doi: 10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.01.</p>","PeriodicalId":20014,"journal":{"name":"Persoonia","volume":"54 ","pages":"1-46"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12308284/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144760717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A taxogenomic view of the genus <i>Torulaspora</i>: an expansion from ten to twenty-two species.","authors":"M R Silva, F Paraíso, J Al-Oboudi, M Abegg, A Aires, K O Barros, P H Brito, M Jarzyna, K Sylvester, Q K Langdon, D A Opulente, F Carriconde, J W Fell, T A Hofmann, M-A Lachance, J-L Legras, D Libkind, A Pontes, P Gonçalves, C A Rosa, M Groenewald, C T Hittinger, J P Sampaio","doi":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.08","DOIUrl":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.08","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The yeast genus <i>Torulaspora</i> (subphylum <i>Saccharomycotina</i>, family <i>Saccharomycetaceae</i>) is mostly known from its type species, <i>T. delbrueckii</i>, a frequent colonizer of wine and sourdough bread fermentations. The genus currently contains 10 species that are typically found in various natural terrestrial environments in temperate and tropical climates. Here we employ taxogenomic analyses to investigate a large collection of <i>Torulaspora</i> strains obtained in multiple surveys we carried out in Asia, Australasia, North America, South America, and Europe, and to which we added several strains maintained in culture collections. Our analyses detected twelve novel species that are formally described here, thereby more than doubling the species diversity of <i>Torulaspora</i>. We also sketch a genotype-phenotype map for the genus and show how the complex relationship between key genes and the physiological traits they control both between and within species. This remarkable increase in the number of species in the genus <i>Torulaspora</i> highlights how limited the current inventory of fungal taxa is. It also shows how integrated taxogenomic approaches can foster the assessment of species circumscriptions in fungi. <b>Citation:</b> Silva MR, Paraíso F, Al-Oboudi J, Abegg M, Aires A, Barros KO, Brito PH, Jarzyna M, Sylvester K, Langdon QK, Opulente DA, Carriconde F, Fell JW, Hofmann TA, Lachance M-A, Legras J-L, Libkind D, Pontes A, Gonçalves P, Rosa CA, Groenewald M, Hittinger CT, Sampaio JP (2025). A taxogenomic view of the genus <i>Torulaspora</i>: an expansion from ten to twenty-two species. <i>Persoonia</i> <b>54</b>: 265-283. doi: 10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.08.</p>","PeriodicalId":20014,"journal":{"name":"Persoonia","volume":"54 ","pages":"265-283"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12308288/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144760719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fungal Planet description sheets: 1781-1866.","authors":"P W Crous, D E A Catcheside, P S Catcheside, A C Alfenas, R F Alfenas, R W Barreto, T Lebel, S Balashov, J Broadbridge, Ž Jurjević, S De la Peña-Lastra, R Hoffmann, A Mateos, J Riebesehl, R G Shivas, F F Soliz Santander, Y P Tan, A Altés, D Bandini, F Carriconde, J Cazabonne, P Czachura, H Gryta, G Eyssartier, E Larsson, O L Pereira, A Rigueiro-Rodríguez, M J Wingfield, W Ahmad, S Bibi, S Denman, F Esteve-Raventós, S Hussain, T Illescas, J J Luangsa-Ard, L Möller, A Mombert, W Noisripoom, I Olariaga, F Pancorbo, A Paz, M Piątek, C Polman-Short, E Suárez, N S Afshan, H Ali, M Arzanlou, F Ayer, J Barratt, J-M Bellanger, A Bidaud, S L Bishop-Hurley, M Bohm, T Bose, E Campo, N B Chau, Ö F Çolak, T R L Cordeiro, M O Cruz, F A Custódio, A Couceiro, V Darmostuk, J D W Dearnaley, A L C M de Azevedo Santiago, L W S de Freitas, M de J Yáñez-Morales, C Domnauer, B Dentinger, K Dhileepan, J T De Souza, F Dovana, U Eberhardt, P Eisvand, A Erhard, V Fachada, A García-Martín, M Groenewald, A Hammerbacher, K Harms, S Haroon, M Haqnawaz, S Henriques, A J Hernández, L M Jacobus, D Jaen-Contreras, P Jangsantear, O Kaygusuz, R Knoppersen, T K A Kumar, M J Lynch, R Mahiques, G L Maraia, P A S Marbach, M Mehrabi-Koushki, P R Miller, S Mongkolsamrit, P-A Moreau, N H Oberlies, J A Oliveira, D Orlovich, A S Pérez-Méndez, A Pinto, H A Raja, G H Ramírez, B Raphael, A Rodrigues, H Rodrigues, D O Ramos, A Safi, S Sarwar, I Saar, R M Sánchez, J S Santana, J Scrace, L S Sales, L N P Silva, M Stryjak-Bogacka, A Tacconi, V N Thanh, A Thomas, N T Thuy, M Toome, J M Valdez-Carrazco, N I van Vuuren, J Vasey, J Vauras, C Vila-Viçosa, M Villarreal, C M Visagie, A Vizzini, E J Whiteside, J Z Groenewald","doi":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.10","DOIUrl":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.10","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: &lt;b&gt;Argentina&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Septoria reinamora&lt;/i&gt; on leaf spots of &lt;i&gt;Mutisia spinosa&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Australia&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Cortinarius albofolliculus&lt;/i&gt; on mossy soil, &lt;i&gt;Cortinarius descensoriformis&lt;/i&gt; among leaf litter, &lt;i&gt;Cortinarius kaki&lt;/i&gt; among leaf litter, &lt;i&gt;Cortinarius lissosporus&lt;/i&gt; in leaf litter, &lt;i&gt;Cortinarius malogranatus&lt;/i&gt; in leaf litter, &lt;i&gt;Cortinarius meletlac&lt;/i&gt; on soil in mixed forest, &lt;i&gt;Cortinarius sebosioides&lt;/i&gt; in long decayed wood litter, &lt;i&gt;Helicogermslita australiensis&lt;/i&gt; as an endophyte from healthy leaves of &lt;i&gt;Archontophoenix cunninghamiana&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Puccinia clemensiorum&lt;/i&gt; on culms of &lt;i&gt;Eleocharis ochrostachys, Puccinia geethae&lt;/i&gt; on leaves of &lt;i&gt;Cyperus brevifolius&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Puccinia marjaniae&lt;/i&gt; on leaves of &lt;i&gt;Nymphoides indica, Puccinia scleriae-rugosae&lt;/i&gt; on leaves of &lt;i&gt;Scleria rugosa&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Brazil&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Dactylaria calliandrae&lt;/i&gt; on living leaf of &lt;i&gt;Calliandra tweediei, Mucor cerradoensis&lt;/i&gt; from soil, &lt;i&gt;Musicillium palmae&lt;/i&gt; on living leaves of unidentified palm species, &lt;i&gt;Neodendryphiella agapanthi&lt;/i&gt; from stalks of &lt;i&gt;Agapanthus praecox&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Parafusicladium riodejaneiroanum&lt;/i&gt; on living leaves of native bamboo, &lt;i&gt;Parapenidiella melastomatis&lt;/i&gt; on living leaves of unidentified &lt;i&gt;Melastomataceae&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Pararamichloridium ouropretoense&lt;/i&gt; on living leaves of unidentified &lt;i&gt;Poaceae&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Pentagonomyces endophyticus&lt;/i&gt; (incl. &lt;i&gt;Pentagonomyces gen. nov.&lt;/i&gt;) as endophytic from roots of &lt;i&gt;Musa acuminata&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Polyschema endophytica&lt;/i&gt; from healthy roots of coffee plant, &lt;i&gt;Purimyces endophyticus&lt;/i&gt; as root endophyte of &lt;i&gt;Cattleya locatellii, Ramularia rhododendri&lt;/i&gt; on living leaves of &lt;i&gt;Rhododendron&lt;/i&gt; sp., &lt;i&gt;Staphylotrichum soli&lt;/i&gt; from soil, &lt;i&gt;Trichoderma sexdentis&lt;/i&gt; from leaves inside a nest of the leaf-cutting ant &lt;i&gt;Atta sexdens rubropilosa&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Wiesneriomyces soli&lt;/i&gt; from soil. &lt;b&gt;France&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Cosmospora nemaniae&lt;/i&gt; on dead or effete stromata of &lt;i&gt;Nemania&lt;/i&gt; cf. &lt;i&gt;colliculosa&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Inocybe alnobetulae&lt;/i&gt; in subalpine green alder stands, &lt;i&gt;Stylonectria hygrophila&lt;/i&gt; on dead twigs of &lt;i&gt;Betula pubescens.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;Germany&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Coniochaeta corticalis&lt;/i&gt; from bark humus, &lt;i&gt;Coniochaeta fermentaria&lt;/i&gt; from fermentation residues from biogas plants, &lt;i&gt;Coniochaeta fibricola&lt;/i&gt; from softwood fibres, &lt;i&gt;Coniochaeta weberae&lt;/i&gt; from bark humus, &lt;i&gt;Inocybe canicularis&lt;/i&gt; on calcareous to more acidic soil with conifers. &lt;b&gt;Iceland&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Inocybe islandica&lt;/i&gt; associated with &lt;i&gt;Dryas octopetala&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;b&gt;India&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Vishniacozyma indica&lt;/i&gt; on dead twigs. &lt;b&gt;Iran&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Botryotrichum lycii&lt;/i&gt; on rotten leaf of &lt;i&gt;Lycium depressum.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;Italy&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Cuphophyllus dolomiticus&lt;/i&gt; among &lt;i&gt;Salix retusa&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Salix reticulata&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Dryas octopetala&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Inocybe subentolomospora&lt;/i&gt; on moss with the presence of &lt;i&gt;Alnus incana&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Populus nigra&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;","PeriodicalId":20014,"journal":{"name":"Persoonia","volume":"54 ","pages":"327-587"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12308287/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144760787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Taxonomic revision of <i>Bisifusarium</i> (<i>Nectriaceae</i>).","authors":"K Zhang, M Sandoval-Denis, H Kandemir, N Yilmaz, J Z Groenewald, F Roets, M de J Yáñez-Morales, M J Wingfield, P W Crous","doi":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.06","DOIUrl":"10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.06","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Species of <i>Bisifusarium</i> (previously the <i>Fusarium dimerum</i> species complex) have been associated with cheese fermentation and a wide range of opportunistic human infections, but they are generally regarded as saprotrophs. <i>Bisifusarium</i> spp. are also commonly isolated from soils and tissues of plants growing in arid climates. The genus is typically characterized by its distinct pionnotal growth in culture, and typically very short, 0-2(-3)-septate macroconidia, produced in sporodochia or on lateral phialidic hyphal pegs. Only 16 species of <i>Bisifusarium</i> have been described to date, and this study sought to re-evaluate these taxa by examining 116 <i>Bisifusarium</i> isolates from the culture collection of the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute in Utrecht, The Netherlands. A multi-gene phylogenetic analysis using partial nucleotide sequences of the translation elongation factor 1-alpha (<i>tef1</i>), partial RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (<i>rpb2</i>), the 5.8S nrDNA with its flanking intergenic spacer regions (ITS), and partial β-tubulin (<i>tub2</i>) genes resolved 25 phylogenetic lineages. Further evaluation of culture and morphological characters, and host-substrates, confirmed eight of these clades as novel taxa that are formally described here. In addition, two putative novel species were identified but not described due to limited available data. We provide the morphological descriptions and photographic illustrations for <i>B. hedylamarriae</i> and <i>B. lovelliae</i>, which were formerly known only from their DNA data. This study significantly increases the number of species in <i>Bisifusarium</i> and provides a crucial foundation for future studies to elucidate the ecology and evolutionary relationships within this expanding genus. <b>Citation:</b> Zhang K, Sandoval-Denis M, Kandemir H, Yilmaz N, Groenewald JZ, Roets F, Yáñez-Morales M de J, Wingfield MJ, Crous PW (2025). Taxonomic revision of <i>Bifusarium</i> (<i>Nectriaceae</i>). <i>Persoonia</i> <b>54</b>: 197-223. doi: 10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.06.</p>","PeriodicalId":20014,"journal":{"name":"Persoonia","volume":"54 ","pages":"197-223"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12308283/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144760790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}