MycotaxonPub Date : 2022-04-28DOI: 10.5248/137.135
Aisha Umar, Shakil Ahmed, L. Guzmán-Dávalos, Milay Cabarroi-Hernández
{"title":"Ganoderma multipileum and Tomophagus cattienensis— new records from Pakistan","authors":"Aisha Umar, Shakil Ahmed, L. Guzmán-Dávalos, Milay Cabarroi-Hernández","doi":"10.5248/137.135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5248/137.135","url":null,"abstract":"New records of Ganoderma multipileum and Tomophagus cattienensis collected from Changa Manga Forest and Lahore, Pakistan, are presented based on morphological and nuclear rDNA ITS sequence data from fresh basidiomata. Specimens previously treated as G. lucidum from\u0000 Pakistan were reviewed and found to represent different species, among them G. multipileum. Specimens of T. cattienensis determined for the first time from Pakistan presented morphological features similar to T. colossus but corresponded molecularly to T. cattienensis;\u0000 the morphological description for T. cattienensis is expanded accordingly.","PeriodicalId":49788,"journal":{"name":"Mycotaxon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49255818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Singh, S. Yadav, Raghvendra Singh, Shambhu Kumar
{"title":"Passalora golaghati comb. nov. from India","authors":"G. Singh, S. Yadav, Raghvendra Singh, Shambhu Kumar","doi":"10.5248/137.89","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5248/137.89","url":null,"abstract":"The hyphomycete Cercospora golaghati is recombined as Passalora golaghati based on critical re-examinations of original type material and a fresh topotypic collection and comparison with closely related species of cercosporoid taxa.","PeriodicalId":49788,"journal":{"name":"Mycotaxon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47851772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neotypification of Claviceps humidiphila and recognition of C. bavariensis sp. nov.","authors":"Miao Liu, E. Tanaka, M. Kolařík","doi":"10.5248/137.73","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5248/137.73","url":null,"abstract":"Claviceps humidiphila [≡ C. purpurea var. phalaridis] was previously typified with the holotype collected by Tanda in Japan and an epitype from Bavaria, Germany. Phylogenetic analyses based on translation elongation factor 1-α (TEF1-α) and RNA polymerase\u0000 II second largest subunit (RPB2) indicated that the previously designated epitype from Germany was not conspecific with the Japanese species. The German specimen is proposed as a new species, C. bavariensis, and a specimen collected from the type location (Chiba, Japan) is designated\u0000 as a neotype for C. humidiphila, replacing the lost holotype.","PeriodicalId":49788,"journal":{"name":"Mycotaxon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44475537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Norvell, Ron Exeter, M. Gordon, S. Mullineux, S. Redhead
{"title":"Phaeocollybia chefensis sp. nov. and new synonyms for P. rifflipes, P. rufotubulina, and P. tibiikauffmanii","authors":"L. Norvell, Ron Exeter, M. Gordon, S. Mullineux, S. Redhead","doi":"10.5248/137.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5248/137.1","url":null,"abstract":"Phylogenetic analyses of ITS and RBP2 sequence data from Phaeocollybia collections made at Cascade Head Experimental Forest in Oregon support recognition of a new species, P. chefensis. Collections of the new species were previously referred to P. tibiikauffmanii.\u0000 Sequence analyses also establish that P. tibiikauffmanii is a synonym of P. spadicea, P. rifflipes is a synonym of P. lilacifolia, and P. rufotubulina is a synonym of P. californica. A revised general key to Pacific Northwest Phaeocollybia\u0000 species is provided.","PeriodicalId":49788,"journal":{"name":"Mycotaxon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71064804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Xia, TAI-CHANG Mu, Zhaoxue Zhang, Zhuang Li, X. Zhang
{"title":"Neoacrodictys elegans gen. & sp. nov. from Hainan Province, China","authors":"J. Xia, TAI-CHANG Mu, Zhaoxue Zhang, Zhuang Li, X. Zhang","doi":"10.5248/137.63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5248/137.63","url":null,"abstract":"A new anamorphic genus and species,Neoacrodictys elegans, is illustrated and described from dead branches of an unidentified plant in Hainan Province, China. The genus is characterized by darkly pigmented turbinate to obpyriform muriform conidia produced from monoblastic integrated\u0000 terminal conidiogenous cells on macronematous unbranched conidiophores.","PeriodicalId":49788,"journal":{"name":"Mycotaxon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43820811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lennart J. J. van de Peppel, Z. D. de Beer, D. Aanen, Benjamin Auxier
{"title":"Termitomyces cryptogamus sp. nov. associated with Macrotermes natalensis in Africa","authors":"Lennart J. J. van de Peppel, Z. D. de Beer, D. Aanen, Benjamin Auxier","doi":"10.5248/137.41","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5248/137.41","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of Termitomyces symbiotic with the termite Macrotermes natalensis is described from Africa. As there are no records of field collected basidiocarps within this lineage, traditional basidiocarp-based morphological taxonomy is not practical. While basidiocarps\u0000 may be obtained rarely from incubation of fungal comb fragments, their practical use for taxonomical purposes is limited. Therefore, the species is described based on an ITS nucleotide sequence, with comparisons to an asexual culture. Based on samples with similar ITS sequences, this species\u0000 is likely associated with multiple termite hosts across a large part of Africa.","PeriodicalId":49788,"journal":{"name":"Mycotaxon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43054643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Natasha Azmi Nur-Aliah, Jingyu Liu, N. Azmiera, C. Heo
{"title":"Stigmatomyces aff. limnophorae on dipteran hosts in Peninsular Malaysia","authors":"Natasha Azmi Nur-Aliah, Jingyu Liu, N. Azmiera, C. Heo","doi":"10.5248/137.95","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5248/137.95","url":null,"abstract":"Flies parasitized by Laboulbeniales, captured in Selangor state, were examined and identified as Boettcherisca javanica, Boettcherisca sp ., and Hypopygiopsis violacea. The fungus was identified as Stigmatomyces aff. limnophorae based on\u0000 morphology and phylogenetic analysis of sequences of the partial nuclear small and large subunit ribosomal RNA genes. This fungus represents a new record for Malaysia; and these are the first reports of Boettcherisca and Hypopygiopsis as hosts for any laboulbenialean species.","PeriodicalId":49788,"journal":{"name":"Mycotaxon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43483936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycotaxonPub Date : 2022-03-27DOI: 10.5248/137.399
R. Petersen
{"title":"Curtis Gates Lloyd: American mycological narcissist","authors":"R. Petersen","doi":"10.5248/137.399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5248/137.399","url":null,"abstract":"Curtis Gates Lloyd, self-taught but knowledgeable amateur mycologist, wielded inordinate power through his self-supported publications during the period 1885–1925. His idiosyncrasies were exhibited also during his extensive travel and residence in Europe. Two subjects drew his\u0000 ire to specific workers: 1) Lloyd concluded that the numbers of fungi were limited, especially the mycota of Europe versus North America, so what he considered an inflated number of taxa was unwarranted; and 2) the accepted and \"legislated\" custom of adding the names of authors following nomenclatural\u0000 binomials, which Lloyd considered personal 'advertising.' While the number of victims was measured in scores, four recipients of Lloyd's criticisms are selected and summarized: Lee Oras Overholts, George Francis Atkinson, George Edward Massee, and Edward Angus Burt. Key words: criticism, mycological\u0000 history","PeriodicalId":49788,"journal":{"name":"Mycotaxon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42268644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycotaxonPub Date : 2022-03-27DOI: 10.5248/137.471
M. Lizárraga, G. Moreno
{"title":"Didymium dictyosporum sp. nov. from Mexico","authors":"M. Lizárraga, G. Moreno","doi":"10.5248/137.471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5248/137.471","url":null,"abstract":"A new myxomycete species, Didymium dictyosporum from Mexico, is described and illustrated. It is characterized by its sessile to shortly stipitate whitish to greyish fruiting bodies, absence of a capillitium, and reticulate spores. The new species is compared with other morphologically\u0000 similar myxomycetes. Micrographs of the most important characteristics under LM and SEM are provided.","PeriodicalId":49788,"journal":{"name":"Mycotaxon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46069394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MycotaxonPub Date : 2022-03-27DOI: 10.5248/137.615
N. Afshan, A. Khalid
{"title":"Checklist of rust fungi (Pucciniales) in Pakistan (Summary)","authors":"N. Afshan, A. Khalid","doi":"10.5248/137.615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5248/137.615","url":null,"abstract":"The recently submitted 62-page ???Checklist of rust fungi (Pucciniales) in Pakistan??? by Afshan & Khalid will be available for downloading from the Mycotaxon mycobiota webpage following final editorial approval during April 2023. This will bring to 156 the number of free access\u0000 fungae uploaded or linked to http://www.mycotaxon.com/mycobiota/index.html","PeriodicalId":49788,"journal":{"name":"Mycotaxon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49425838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}