Exploring ascomycete diversity in Yunnan II: Introducing three novel species in the suborder Massarineae (Dothideomycetes, Pleosporales) from fern and grasses

Rungtiwa Phookamsak; Sinang Hongsanan; Darbhe Jayarama Bhat; Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe; Itthayakorn  Promputtha; Nakarin Suwannarach; Jaturong Kumla; Ning Xie; Turki M. Dawoud; Peter E. Mortimer; Jianchu Xu; Saisamorn Lumyong

doi:10.3897/mycokeys.104.112149

Abstract

This article presents the results of an ongoing inventory of Ascomycota in Yunnan, China, carried out as part of the research project series “Exploring ascomycete diversity in Yunnan”. From over 100 samples collected from diverse host substrates, microfungi have been isolated, identified and are currently being documented. The primary objective of this research is to promote the discovery of novel taxa and explore the ascomycete diversity in the region, utilising a morphology-phylogeny approach. This article represents the second series of species descriptions for the project and introduces three undocumented species found in the families Bambusicolaceae, Dictyosporiaceae and Periconiaceae, belonging to the suborder Massarineae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes). These novel taxa exhibit typical morphological characteristics of Bambusicola, Periconia and Trichobotrys, leading to their designation as Bambusicola hongheensis, Periconia kunmingensis and Trichobotrys sinensis. Comprehensive multigene phylogenetic analyses were conducted to validate the novelty of these species. The results revealed well-defined clades that are clearly distinct from other related species, providing robust support for their placement within their respective families. Notably, this study unveils the phylogenetic affinity of Trichobotrys within Dictyosporiaceae for the first time. Additionally, the synanamorphism for the genus Trichobotrys is also reported for the first time. Detailed descriptions, illustrations and updated phylogenies of the novel species are provided, and thus presenting a valuable resource for researchers and mycologists interested in the diversity of ascomycetes in Yunnan. By enhancing our understanding of the Ascomycota diversity in this region, this research contributes to the broader field of fungal taxonomy and their phylogenetic understanding.

Key words

Ascomycota, Bambusicola, Periconia, phylogeny, polyphasic approach, taxonomy, the Greater Mekong Subregion, Trichobotrys

Introduction

Pleosporales is the largest order of Dothideomycetes, comprising two main suborders (viz. Massarineae and Pleosporineae), 91 families, 653 genera (including Pleosporales genera incertae sedis) and a quarter of all Dothideomycetes species (Hongsanan et al. 2020; Wijayawardene et al. 2022b). The order was invalidly introduced by Luttrell (1955) and later validated by Barr (1987) and is characterised by perithecial ascomata with typically a papillate ostiole, bitunicate, fissitunicate asci and hyaline to pigmented, variedly shaped, mostly septate ascospores. The asexual morph is represented by both coelomycetes and hyphomycetes (Zhang et al. 2012; Hyde et al. 2013; Hongsanan et al. 2020). Members of Pleosporales are ecologically and morphologically diverse and also shown to be polyphyletic in various groups, as well as contained within species complexes still waiting to be resolved (Zhang et al. 2012; Hyde et al. 2013; Jaklitsch et al. 2016a; Hongsanan et al. 2020). Pleosporalean species are cosmopolitan and ubiquitous in diverse ecological niches. Their life modes include epiphytes, endophytes or parasites on living organisms, hyperparasites on fungi or insects, saprobes, pathogens and lichenised fungi (Zhang et al. 2012; Hyde et al. 2013; Tanaka et al. 2015; Jaklitsch et al. 2016a; Hongsanan et al. 2020). Of these, several genera, such as Alternaria, Bipolaris, Didymella, Leptospharia, Parastagonospora, Phaeosphaeria and Pyrenophora, have been reported as plant pathogens causing severe diseases on economic crops (Quaedvlieg et al. 2013; Woudenberg et al. 2013, 2014, 2015; Manamgoda et al. 2014; Ariyawansa et al. 2015a, b; Chen et al. 2015, 2017; Tanaka et al. 2015; El-Demerdash 2018; Khiralla et al. 2019; Bhunjun et al. 2020; Hongsanan et al. 2020; Backes et al. 2021; Bartosiak et al. 2021; Li et al. 2023).

A comprehensive study of the genera in Pleosporales was carried out by Zhang et al. (2012), based on morphological studies of the type specimens coupled with phylogenetic analyses. Consequently, the taxonomic treatment of numerous Pleosporales was updated by various authors, based on polyphasic taxonomic approaches, mainly using morphology-phylogeny-based taxonomy (Ariyawansa et al. 2014, 2015a, b; Phookamsak et al. 2014, 2015; Tanaka et al. 2015; Thambugala et al. 2015; Boonmee et al. 2016; Jaklitsch and Voglmayr 2016; Jaklitsch et al. 2016a, b, 2018; Su et al. 2016; Chen et al. 2017; Hashimoto et al. 2017; Wanasinghe et al. 2017a, b). Even though novel taxa of Pleosporales have been dramatically increasing over the last ten years after the taxonomic circumscription provided by Zhang et al. (2012) and Hyde et al. (2013), there is still over a quarter of the total known species lacking molecular data and/or reliable phylogenetic markers for clarifying the placements in Pleosporales.

Yunnan is known as one part of the 36 global biodiversity hotspots where over 17,000 species of vascular plants are known, including highly endemic species (Feng and Yang 2018; Cai et al. 2019). Highly diverse environments and geographical distribution, as well as flourishing vegetation, have shown the Province to be one of the richest sources of fungi, covering over 40% of the known species in China (Feng and Yang 2018; Liu et al. 2018). Feng and Yang (2018) estimated a species number of fungi existing in Yunnan Province, based on the ratio of local vascular plants and fungi (1:6) following the suggestion of Hawksworth (2001). With this estimation, Yunnan may harbour over 104,000 fungal species; of which only 6000 described species have been reported from the Province, including approximately 3000 species of Ascomycota and Basidiomycota (Feng and Yang 2018).

Since Feng and Yang (2018) updated the status of fungal diversity in this region, the taxonomic study of ascomycetes has steadily increased and over 300 novel species have been discovered in the last five years (Luo et al. 2019; Phookamsak et al. 2019; Dong et al. 2020; Hyde et al. 2020a, b; Wanasinghe et al. 2020, 2022; Wang et al. 2020; Mortimer et al. 2021; Wijayawardene et al. 2021b, 2022a; Gu et al. 2022; Jiang et al. 2022; Yang et al. 2022a, b; Si et al. 2023). However, most studies were restricted to certain groups of ascomycetes, such as bambusicolous fungi (Jiang et al. 2019, 2021b; Dai et al. 2022; Phookamsak et al. 2022), cordycipitoid fungi (Wang et al. 2020; Fan et al. 2021; Dong et al. 2022; Tang et al. 2023), endolichenic fungi (Si et al. 2021, 2023), lignicolous freshwater fungi (Luo et al. 2018a, b, 2019; Su et al. 2018; Dong et al. 2020; Shen et al. 2022), nematode-trapping fungi (Zhang et al. 2020, 2022a, b, c, 2023; Yang et al. 2023b) and woody litter-inhabiting fungi (Mortimer et al. 2021; Wanasinghe et al. 2022), as well as fungi associated with specific host plants (e.g. Camellia, Coffea, Magnolia, Mangifera and Rhododendron) (Wanasinghe et al. 2020; Gu et al. 2022; Lu et al. 2022; Tibpromma et al. 2022; Wijayawardene et al. 2022a; Yang et al. 2022a, b, 2023a). Comparable with the total estimated number of species that may be found in this region, these fungal inventories are still only representing a small number of extant ascomycetes in Yunnan.

The present study aims to introduce three novel pleosporalean species from Yunnan, based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic evidence coupled with the differences in nucleotide pairwise comparison amongst closely-related species.

Materials and methods

Sample collection, isolation, morphological examination and preservation

Samples were collected from Yunnan Province, China during 2016–2021 at three different collecting sites: Honghe (rice terraces), Kunming (botanical garden) and Xishuangbanna (secondary forest). Specimens were collected during the rainy (September) and dry seasons (January and April) and brought to the laboratory in sealed plastic Ziploc bags for further observation and examination. The samples were observed and axenic cultures, via single spore isolation, were obtained within 1–2 weeks after collection. Single spore isolation was performed using the spore suspension technique (Senanayake et al. 2020). Two sets (five spores per set) of the germinated spores were placed separately on to freshly sterilised potato dextrose agar (PDA) medium and incubated under normal day/night light conditions at room temperature (15–25 °C depending on the rainy and dry seasons). Culture characteristics, growth and sporulation in vitro were observed and recorded after one and four-week intervals.

Macro-morphological features, such as ascomata and fungal colonies visualised on host substrates, were observed using an Olympus SZ61 series stereomicroscope and photo-captured by a digital camera. Micro-morphological features were examined by differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy using a Nikon ECLIPSE Ni-U compound microscope and images captured with a Nikon DS-Ri2 camera. The mucilaginous sheath that covered the ascospores was checked by staining with India Ink and the fungal centrum was stained using Congo red for checking the clearity of conidiophores and conidiogenous cells. Lactoglycerol was added to preserve important morphological features on permanent slides. All morphological features were measured using Tarosoft (R) Image FrameWork version 0.9.7. and photographic plates were edited and combined using Adobe Photoshop CS6 software (Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose, CA, USA).

Axenic living cultures were preserved in PDA and sterilised double-distilled water (ddH₂O) at 4 °C for short-term storage and long-term glycerol storage at -20 °C and -80 °C, respectively. Ex-type living cultures were deposited at the collection of Rungtiwa Phookamsak housed at Honghe Center for Mountain Futures (RPC) and duplicated in the Culture Collection of the Herbarium of Cryptogams Kunming Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica (KUNCC), Kunming, China Mae Fah Luang University Culture Collection (MFLUCC), Chiang Rai, Thailand. The type specimens were preserved with silica gel and deposited in the Herbarium of Cryptogams Kunming Institute of Botany Academia Sinica (KUN-HKAS), China. Index Fungorum numbers (http://www.indexfungorum.org; accessed on 25 May 2023) were obtained for the newly-described taxa.

DNA extraction, PCR amplification and sequencing

Fungal genomic DNA was extracted from fresh mycelia using the Biospin Fungus Genomic DNA Extraction Kit (BioFlux, Hangzhou, China) following the procedure from the manufacturer. The genomic DNA was also extracted from ascomata using a Forensic DNA Kit (Omega, Norcross, GA, USA) in case the fungus could not be obtained from the pure culture. Amplicons were generated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using five phylogenetic markers, including the internal transcribed spacers region of ribosomal DNA (ITS; ITS1-5.8S-ITS2), the partial 28S large subunit nuclear ribosomal DNA (LSU), the partial 18S small subunit rDNA (SSU), the partial RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (rpb2) and the partial translation elongation factor 1-alpha (tef1-α). The ITS region was amplified with the primer pair ITS4 and ITS5 (White et al. 1990), the LSU region with LR0R and LR5 (Vilgalys and Hester 1990), the SSU region with NS1 and NS4 (White et al. 1990), the rpb2 region with fRPB2-5F and fRPB2-7cR (Liu et al. 1999) and the tef1-α region with EF1-983F and EF1-2218R (Rehner and Buckley 2005). The component of PCR reaction was performed in a total volume of 25 μl, containing 2 μl DNA template (30–50 ng/μl), 1 μl of each forward and reverse primer (10 μM), 12.5 μl Master Mix (mixture of EasyTaqTM DNA Polymerase, dNTPs and optimised buffer; Beijing TransGen Biotech Co., Ltd., Chaoyang District, Beijing, China) and 8.5 µl of double-distilled water (ddH₂O). The thermal cycle of PCR amplification for ITS, LSU, SSU, rpb2 and tef1-α was set up following Phookamsak et al. (2014, 2023). PCR products were purified and sequenced by using PCR primers at TsingKe Biological Technology (Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China). The quality of raw sequence data was checked and trimmed of low-quality segments with BioEdit 7.1.3.0 (Hall 1999). The consensus sequences of the newly-generated strains were assembled using SeqMan Pro version 11.1.0 (DNASTAR, Inc. Madison, WI, USA) and submitted to the GenBank database to further encourage accession within the scientific community.

Sequence alignments and phylogenetic analyses

The newly-generated sequences were subjected to the nucleotide BLAST search tool on the NCBI website for checking the correctness of species identification and searching for closely-related taxa that were further included in the sequence alignment dataset. Reference sequences from relevant publications and BLAST results of the closely-related species were downloaded from GenBank to supplement the datasets (Tables 1–3). Three datasets were prepared to construct the phylogenetic trees for clarifying phylogenetic relationships of the novel taxa in Bambusicolaceae (Table 1), Dictyosporiaceae (Table 2) and Periconiaceae (Table 3). The individual gene dataset was aligned using MAFFT v.7 (Katoh et al. 2019) and improved manually where necessary in Bioedit 7.1.3.0 (Hall 1999). The alignments of individual gene datasets were prior analysed by Maximum Likelihood (ML) for checking the congruence of tree topologies and further combined into a multigene dataset. Phylogenetic analyses were performed, based on ML and Bayesian Inference (BI) analyses.

Table 1.

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Species details and GenBank accession numbers used in phylogenetic analysis of Bambusicola species (Bambusicolaceae, Pleosporales). The new sequences are indicated in bold and the ex-type strains are indicated by superscript “T”. Missing sequences are indicated by “–”.

Species name	Strain/specimen no.	GenBank accession numbers
Species name	Strain/specimen no.	ITS	LSU	rpb2	SSU	tef1-α
Bambusicola aquatica ^T	MFLUCC 18-1031	MT627729	MN913710	MT878462	MT864293	MT954392
Bambusicola autumnalis ^T	CGMCC 3.24280	OQ427824	OQ427825	OQ507621	OQ427823	OQ507622
Bambusicola autumnalis	UESTCC 23.0001	OQ609612	OQ550210	OQ556791	OQ550209	OQ556792
Bambusicola bambusae ^T	MFLUCC 11-0614	JX442031	JX442035	KP761718	JX442039	KP761722
Bambusicola didymospora ^T	MFLUCC 10-0557	KU940116	KU863105	KU940163	KU872110	KU940188
Bambusicola dimorpha ^T	MFLUCC 13-0282	KY026582	KY000661	KY056663	KY038354	–
Bambusicola ficuum ^T	MFLUCC 17-0872	–	MT215580	–	MT215581	MT199326
Bambusicola fusispora ^T	MFLUCC 20-0149	MW076532	MW076531	MW034589	MW076529	–
Bambusicola guttulata ^T	CGMCC 3.20935	ON332909	ON332927	ON383985	ON332919	ON381177
Bambusicola hongheensis ^T	BN06/ KUN-HKAS 129042	OR233600	OR335804	OR540736	OR501419	–
Bambusicola irregulispora ^T	MFLUCC 11-0437	JX442032	JX442036	KP761719	JX442040	KP761723
Bambusicola loculata ^T	MFLUCC 13-0856	KP761732	KP761729	KP761715	KP761735	KP761724
Bambusicola massarinia ^T	MFLUCC 11-0389	JX442033	JX442037	KP761716	JX442041	KP761725
Bambusicola pustulata ^T	MFLUCC 15-0190	KU940118	KU863107	KU940165	KU872112	KU940190
Bambusicola nanensis ^T	MFLUCC 21-0063	NR_176767	NG_081535	–	–	–
Bambusicola sichuanensis ^T	SICAUCC 16-0002	MK253473	MK253532	MK262830	MK253528	MK262828
Bambusicola splendida ^T	MFLUCC 11-0439	JX442034	JX442038	KP761717	JX442042	KP761726
Bambusicola subthailandica ^T	SICAU 16-0005	MK253474	MK253533	MK262831	MK253529	MK262829
Bambusicola thailandica ^T	MFLUCC 11-0147	KU940119	KU863108	KU940166	–	KU940191
Bambusicola triseptatispora ^T	MFLUCC 11-0166	KU940120	KU863109	KU940167	–	–
Corylicola italica	MFLU 19-0500	MT554925	MT554926	MT590776	MT554923	–
Corylicola italica ^T	MFLUCC 20-0111	MT633085	MT626713	MT635596	MT633084	MT590777
Leucaenicola aseptata ^T	MFLUCC 17-2423	MK347746	MK347963	MK434891	MK347853	MK360059
Leucaenicola camelliae ^T	NTUCC 18-093-4	MT112302	MT071278	MT743283	MT071229	MT374091
Leucaenicola phraeana ^T	MFLUCC 18-0472	MK347785	MK348003	MK434867	MK347892	MK360060
Occultibambusa bambusae ^T	MFLUCC 13-0855	KU940123	KU863112	KU940170	KU872116	KU940193
Occultibambusa kunmingensis ^T	KUN-HKAS 102151	MT627716	MN913733	MT878453	MT864342	MT954407
Occultibambusa sichuanensis ^T	CGMCC 3.20938	ON332913	ON332931	ON383989	–	ON381181
Palmiascoma gregariascomum ^T	MFLUCC 11-0175	KP744452	KP744495	KP998466	KP753958	–
Palmiascoma qujingense ^T	KUMCC 19-0201	MT477183	MT477185	MT495782	MT477186	–
Pseudotetraploa bambusicola ^T	CGMCC 3.20939	ON332915	ON332933	ON383991	ON332923	ON381183
Pseudotetraploa curviappendiculata ^T	JCM 12852	AB524792	AB524608	–	AB524467	–
Seriascoma bambusae ^T	KUMCC 21-0021	MZ329039	MZ329035	MZ325470	MZ329031	MZ325468
Seriascoma didymosporum ^T	MFLUCC 11-0179	KU940127	KU863116	KU940173	KU872119	KU940196
Seriascoma yunnanense ^T	MFLU 19-0690	–	MN174695	MN210324	MN174694	MN381858
Versicolorisporium triseptatum ^T	JCM 14775	AB365596	AB330081	–	AB524501	–
Versicolorisporium triseptatum	NMX1222	OL741378	OL741318	–	OL741381	–

Table 2.

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Species details and GenBank accession numbers used in phylogenetic analysis of taxa in Dictyosporiaceae (Pleosporales). The new sequences are indicated in bold and the ex-type strains are indicated by superscript “T”. Missing sequences are indicated by “–”.

Species name	Strain/ specimen no.	GenBank accession numbers
Species name	Strain/ specimen no.	ITS	LSU	SSU	tef1-α
Anthosulcatispora subglobosa ^T	MFLUCC 17-2065/ MFLU 17-1473	MT310636	NG_073851	MT226705	MT394649
Aquadictyospora lignicola ^T	MFLUCC 17-1318	MF948621	MF948629	–	MF953164
Aquaticheirospora lignicola ^T	RK-2006a/ HKUCC10304	AY864770	AY736378	AY736377	–
Cheirosporium triseriale ^T	HMAS 180703	EU413953	EU413954	–	–
Chromolaenicola nanensis ^T	MFLUCC 17-1473	MN325015	NG_070942	MN325009	MN335648
Darksidea alpha ^T	CBS 135650	NR_137619	KP184019	KP184049	KP184166
Dendryphiella fasciculata ^T	MFLUCC 17-1074	NR_154044	NG_059177	–	–
Dendryphiella variabilis ^T	CBS 584.96	LT963453	LT963454	–	–
Dictyocheirospora bannica ^T	KH 332	LC014543	AB807513	AB797223	AB808489
Dictyocheirospora rotunda ^T	MFLUCC 14-0293b	KU179099	KU179100	–	–
Dictyosporium bulbosum	yone 221	LC014544	AB807511	AB797221	AB808487
Dictyosporium elegans ^T	NBRC 32502	DQ018087	DQ018100	DQ018079	–
Didymosphaeria rubi-ulmifolii ^T	MFLUCC 14-0023	–	KJ436586	KJ436588	–
Digitodesmium bambusicola ^T	CBS 110279	DQ018091	DQ018103	–	–
Falciformispora senegalensis ^T	CBS 196.79	MH861195	NG_057981	NG_062928	KF015687
Fuscosphaeria hungarica ^T	DSE883, CBS 147250	MW209054	MW209059	MW209065	MW238843
Gregarithecium curvisporum ^T	HHUF 30134	NR_154049	NG_059394	NG_061002	AB808523
Gregarithecium curvisporum	MS224	LC482117	–	–	–
Gregarithecium curvisporum	DCR17	MZ047572	–	–	–
Helicascus elaterascus	KT 2673/ MAFF 243867	AB809626	AB807533	AB797243	AB808508
Immotthia bambusae ^T	KUN-HKAS 112012AI	MW489455	MW489450	MW489461	MW504646
Immotthia bambusae ^T	KUN-HKAS 112012B	MW489457	MW489452	–	–
Jalapriya pulchra ^T	MFLUCC 15-0348	KU179108	KU179109	KU179110	–
Jalapriya toruloides ^T	CBS 209.65	DQ018093	DQ018104	DQ018081	–
Katumotoa bambusicola ^T	KT1517a	LC014560	AB524595	AB524454	AB539108
Lentithecium clioninum ^T	KT1149A/ HHUF:28199	NR_154137	NG_059391	NG_064845	AB808515
Lentithecium pseudoclioninum ^T	HHUF 29055	AB809633	NG_059392	NG_064847	AB808521
Loculosulcatispora thailandica ^T	KUMCC 20-0159	MT376742	MT383964	MT383968	MT380476
Magnicamarosporium iriomotense ^T	HHUF 30125/ KT 2822	NR_153445	NG_059389	NG_060999	AB808485
Montagnula cirsii ^T	MFLUCC 13-0680	KX274242	KX274249	KX274255	KX284707
Morosphaeria muthupetensis ^T	NFCCI4219	MF614795	MF614796	MF614797	MF614798
Murilentithecium clematidis ^T	MFLUCC 14-0562	KM408757	KM408759	KM408761	KM454445
Neodendryphiella mali ^T	CBS 139.95	LT906655	LT906657	EF204511	–
Neodendryphiella michoacanensis ^T	FMR 16098	NR_160583	LT906658	–	–
Neohelicascus aquaticus	MFLUCC 10-0918/ KT 1544	AB809627	AB807532	AB797242	AB808507
Paradictyocheirospora tectonae ^T	NFCCI 4878/ AMH 10301	MW854646	MW854647	–	MW854832
Phaeosphaeria oryzae ^T	CBS 110110	KF251186	KF251689	GQ387530	–
Phaeosphaeriopsis glaucopunctata ^T	MFLUCC 13-0265	KJ522473	KJ522477	KJ522481	MG520918
Pseudocoleophoma bauhiniae ^T	MFLUCC 17–2586	MK347736	MK347953	MK347844	MK360076
Pseudocoleophoma calamagrostidis ^T	KT 3284/ HHUF 30450	LC014592	LC014609	LC014604	LC014614
Pseudoconiothyrium broussonetiae ^T	CBS:145036/ CPC:33570	NR_163377	NG_066331	–	MK442709
Pseudoconiothyrium typhicola ^T	MFLUCC 16-0123	KX576655	KX576656	–	–
Pseudocyclothyriella clematidis ^T	MFLUCC 17-2177A	MT310595	MT214548	–	MT394730
Pseudocyclothyriella clematidis	MFLU 16-0280	MT310596	MT214549	–	–
Pseudodictyosporium elegans ^T (=Cheiromoniliophora elegans)	CBS 688.93	DQ018099	DQ018106	DQ018084	–
Pseudodictyosporium thailandica ^T	MFLUCC 16-0029	NR_154347	NG_059688	NG_063611	KX259526
Sajamaea mycophila ^T	APA-2999	MK795715	MK795718	–	–
Sulcatispora acerina ^T	KT 2982	LC014597	LC014610	LC014605	LC014615
Tingoldiago graminicola ^T	KH68	LC014598	AB521743	AB521726	AB808561
Trichobotrys effusus	1179	KJ630313	–	–	–
	HNNUZCJ-94	OM281094	–	–	–
	FS524	MN545626	–	–	–
	SYSU-MS4729	MH050972	–	–	–
	DFFSCS021	JX156367	–	–	–
Trichobotrys sinensis ^T	RPC 21-007/ KUNCC 23-14554	OR233595	OR335805	OR501420	OR547995
Trichobotrys sp. [as Gregarithecium sp.]	MFLUCC 13-0853	KX364281	KX364282	KX364283	–
Trichobotrys sp. [as Gregarithecium sp.]	GMB1217	–	–	OM836759	–
Trematosphaeria pertusa ^T	CBS 122368	NR_132040	NG_057809	FJ201991	KF015701
Verrucoccum coppinsii ^T	E 00814291	MT918785	MT918770	NG_081399	–
Verrucoccum spribillei ^T	SPO 1154	MT918781	MT918764	MT918772	–
Vikalpa australiense	HKUCC 8797	DQ018092	–	–	–

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Species details and GenBank accession numbers used in phylogenetic analysis of Periconia species (Periconiaceae, Pleosporales). The new sequences are indicated in bold and the ex-type strains are indicated by superscript “T”. Missing sequences are indicated by “–”.

Species	Strain No.	GenBank accession numbers
Species	Strain No.	ITS	LSU	SSU	tef1-α
Flavomyces fulophazae	CBS 135664	KP184000	KP184039	KP184081	–
Flavomyces fulophazae ^T	CBS 135761	NR_137960	NG_058131	NG_061191	–
Lentithecium aquaticum ^T	CBS 123099	NR_160229	NG_064211	NG_016507	GU349068
Lentithecium clioninum ^T	KT 1149A	LC014566	AB807540	AB797250	AB808515
Lentithecium clioninum	KT 1220	LC014567	AB807541	AB797251	AB808516
Massarina cisti ^T	CBS 266.62	–	AB807539	AB797249	AB808514
Massarina eburnea	CBS 473.64	–	GU301840	GU296170	GU349040
Morosphaeria ramunculicola	KH 220	–	AB807554	AB797264	AB808530
Morosphaeria velatispora	KH 221	LC014572	AB807556	AB797266	AB808532
Periconia algeriana ^T	CBS 321.79	MH861212	MH872979	–	–
Periconia alishanica ^T	MFLUCC 19-0145	MW063165	MW063229	–	MW183790
Periconia aquatica ^T	MFLUCC 16-0912	KY794701	KY794705	–	KY814760
Periconia artemisiae ^T	KUMCC 20-0265	MW448657	MW448571	MW448658	MW460898
Periconia artemisiae	G1782	MK247789	–	–	–
Periconia atropurpurea	CBS 381.55	MH857524	MH869061	–	–
Periconia banksiae ^T	CBS 129526	JF951147	NG_064279	–	–
Periconia byssoides	KUMCC 20-0264	MW444854	MW444855	MW444856	MW460895
	MAFF 243869	LC014582	AB807569	AB797279	AB808545
	MFLUCC 17-2292	MK347751	MK347968	MK347858	MK360069
	MFLUCC 18-1553	MK347806	MK348025	MK347914	MK360068
	MFLUCC 20-0172	MW063162	MW063226	–	–
	NCYUCC 19-0314	MW063163	MW063227	–	–
Periconia caespitosa ^T	LAMIC 110 16	MH051906	MH051907	–	–
Periconia chengduensis ^T	CGMCC 3.23930	OP955987	OP956012	OP956056	OP961453
Periconia chengduensis	UESTCC 22.0140	OP955977	OP956002	OP956046	OP961443
Periconia chimonanthi ^T	KUMCC 20-0266	MW448660	MW448572	MW448656	MW460897
Periconia circinata	CBS 263.37	MW810265	MH867413	–	MW735660
Periconia citlaltepetlensis ^T	ENCB 140251 = IOM 325319.1	MH890645	MT625978	–	–
Periconia citlaltepetlensis	IOM 325319.2	MT649221	MT649216	–	–
Periconia cookei	MFLUCC 17-1399	MG333490	MG333493	–	MG438279
	MFLUCC 17-1679	–	MG333492	–	MG438278
	UESTCC 22.013	OP955968	OP955993	OP956037	–
Periconia cortaderiae ^T	MFLUCC 15-0457	KX965732	KX954401	KX986345	KY310703
Periconia cynodontis ^T	CGMCC 3.23927	OP909925	OP909921	OP909920	OP961434
Periconia cyperacearum ^T	CPC 32138	NR_160357	NG_064549	–	–
Periconia delonicis ^T	MFLUCC 17-2584	–	NG_068611	NG_065770	MK360071
Periconia didymosporum ^T	MFLU 15-0058	KP761734	KP761731	KP761738	KP761728
Periconia digitata	CBS 510.77	LC014584	AB807561	AB797271	AB808537
Periconia elaeidis ^T	MFLUCC 17-0087	MG742713	MH108552	MH108551	–
Periconia epilithographicola	MFLUCC 21–0153	OL753687	OL606155	OL606144	OL912948
Periconia epilithographicola ^T	CBS 144017	NR_157477	–	–	–
Periconia festucae ^T	CGMCC 3.23929	OP955973	OP955998	OP956042	OP961439
Periconia genistae ^T	CBS 322.79	MH861213	MH872980	–	–
Periconia homothallica ^T	CBS 139698/ KT916	AB809645	AB807565	AB797275	AB808541
Periconia igniaria	CBS 379.86	LC014585	AB807566	AB797276	AB808542
Periconia imperatae ^T	CGMCC 3.23931	OP955984	OP956009	OP956053	OP961450
Periconia imperatae	UESTCC 22.0145	OP955979	OP956004	OP956048	OP961445
Periconia kunmingensis ^T	KUMCC 18-0173/ RPC 15-017	MH892346	MH892399	OR225814	MH908963
Periconia lateralis	CBS 292.36	MH855804	MH867311	–	–
Periconia macrospinosa	CBS 135663	KP183999	KP184038	KP184080	–
Periconia macrospinosa	REF144	JN859364	JN859484	–	–
Periconia minutissima	MFLUCC 15-0245	KY794703	KY794707	–	–
Periconia minutissima	MUT 2887	MG813227	–	–	–
Periconia neobrittanica ^T	CPC 37903	NR_166344	NG_068342	–	–
Periconia palmicola ^T	MFLUCC 14-0400	–	NG_068917	MN648319	MN821070
Periconia penniseti ^T	CGMCC 3.23928	OP955971	OP955996	OP956040	OP961437
Periconia prolifica ^T	CBS 209.64	MH858422	MH870050	–	–
Periconia pseudobyssoides	KUMCC 20-0263	MW444851	MW444852	MW444853	MW460894
Periconia pseudodigitata	KT 644	MW444852	AB807562	AB797272	AB808538
Periconia pseudodigitata ^T	KT 1395	MW444853	NG_059396	NG_064850	AB808540
Periconia sahariana ^T	CBS 320.79	MW444854	MH872978	–	–
Periconia salina ^T	GJ374/ MFLU 19–1235	MW444855	MN017846	MN017912	–
Periconia spodiopogonis ^T	CGMCC 3.23932	MW444856	OP955988	OP956032	OP961429
Periconia submersa ^T	MFLUCC 16-1098	MW444857	KY794706	–	KY814761
Periconia thailandica ^T	MFLUCC 17-0065	MW444858	KY753888	KY753889	–
Periconia thysanolaenae ^T	KUMCC 20-0262	MW444859	MW444850	MW448659	MW460896
Periconia variicolor ^T	SACCR-64	MW444860	–	–	–
Periconia verrucosa ^T	MFLUCC 17-2158	MT310617	MT214572	MT226686	MT394631
Periconia verrucosa	UESTCC 22.0136	OP955966	OP955991	OP956035	OP961432
	KT 1825	–	AB807573	AB797283	AB808549
	KT 1820A	–	AB807572	AB797282	AB808548

Maximum Likelihood (ML) implemented by the Randomised Axelerated Maximum Likelihood (RAxML), was performed in RAxML-HPC v.8 on the XSEDE (8.2.12) tool via the online web portal CIPRES Science Gateway v. 3.3 (Miller et al. 2010) using default settings, but adjusted with 1000 bootstrap replicates and a gamma-distributed rate variation of a general time reversible model (GTR) was applied. The BI analyses were conducted by MrBayes on XSEDE v. 3.2.7a via the same web portal as in ML, with two parallel runs. The best-fit model of nucleotide substitution was determined by MrModelTest v. 2.3 (Nylander et al. 2008). Six simultaneous Markov chains were run for 1–5 million generations, but stopped automatically when the critical value for the topological convergence diagnostic reached 0.01. Trees were sampled every 100^th generation. The initial 10% of sample trees were treated as burn-in (estimated by Tracer v. 1.7; Rambaut et al. (2018)) and discarded. The remaining trees were used to calculate the posterior probabilities in the majority rule consensus tree. The phylograms were visualised using Figtree v. 1.4.0 (Rambaut and Drummond 2012) and backbone trees were laid out and edited in Adobe Illustrator version 20.0.0. software (Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose, CA, USA).

Results

Phylogenetic analyses

In this study, three phylogenetic analyses were conducted to clarify the phylogenetic placements of our new taxa within the Bambusicolaceae (Analysis 1), Dictyosporiaceae (Analysis 2) and Periconiaceae (Analysis 3), as follows:

Analysis 1

The Bambusicola species tree was constructed using a sequence dataset of the concatenated ITS, LSU, rpb2, SSU and tef1-α of all Bambusicola species, as well as representatives of other related genera. A total of 37 strains were included, with two strains of Pseudotetraploa bambusicola (CGMCC 3.20939) and P. curviappendiculata (JCM 12852) as the outgroup. Primarily, phylogenetic analysis of the concatenated LSU, SSU and ITS sequence dataset was conducted, based on ML and compared with the multigene phylogenetic analysis (the concatenated ITS, LSU, rpb2, SSU and tef1-α sequence dataset). Phylogenetic analysis, based on the concatenated LSU, SSU and ITS gene regions, showed a similar topology with the concatenated ITS, LSU, rpb2, SSU and tef1-α gene regions and were not significantly different (data not shown). Hence, multigene phylogenetic analysis of the concatenated ITS, LSU, rpb2, SSU and tef1-α gene regions was selected to represent the phylogenetic relationships of the new species with other closely-related species in Bambusicolaceae. The aligned dataset contained 4929 characters, including gaps. Phylogenetic relationships were inferred by conducting analyses using both ML and BI methods. The best-scoring RAxML tree was selected to represent the relationships amongst taxa, with a final likelihood value of -29592.797597 (Fig. 1). The matrix contained 1905 distinct alignment patterns, with a 22.83% proportion of gaps and completely undetermined characters. The estimated base frequencies of A = 0.243583, C = 0.258293, G = 0.271748, T = 0.226375; substitution rates AC = 1.393909, AG = 2.806593, AT = 1.064133, CG = 1.193703, CT = 6.412290, GT = 1.000000; gamma distribution shape parameter α = 0.589535; Tree-Length = 1.823129. For BI analysis, GTR + I + G was selected as the best-fit model by AIC in MrModelTest for each gene (ITS, LSU, rpb2, SSU and tef1-α). Six simultaneous Markov chains were set to run for 1,000,000 generations, but stopped at 25,000 generations because the convergence diagnostic hit the stop value, resulting in 251 total trees. The first 10% of trees were discarded as the burn-in phase of the analyses and the remaining trees were used for calculating posterior probabilities in the majority rule consensus tree, of which the final average standard deviation of split frequencies at the end of total MCMC generations was 0.005298.

Figure 1.

Phylogram of the best-scoring ML consensus tree of taxa in Bambusicolaceae and Occultibambusaceae. The new isolate is indicated in blue. Isolates from type materials are in bold. The ML ultrafast bootstrap and Bayesian PP values greater than 60% and 0.90 are shown at the nodes.

Multigene phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that all genera of Bambusicolaceae formed well-resolved clades (up to 98% ML, 1.00 PP; Fig. 1) in the present study. The new species, Bambusicola hongheensis (KUN-HKAS 129042), clustered with the clade containing B. loculata (MFLUCC 13-0856) (85% ML, 1.00 PP) and B. triseptatispora (MFLUCC 11-0166) with high statistical support (100% ML, 1.00 PP). These three species have close relationships with B. massarinia (MFLUCC 11-0389) (73% ML, 0.99 PP), the type genus of Bambusicola.

Analysis 2

The Trichobotrys tree was constructed using sequence data from ITS, LSU, SSU and tef1-α. A total of 61 strains of taxa in Dictyosporiaceae and closely-related families (viz. Didymosphaeriaceae, Lentitheciaceae, Morosphaeriaceae, Sulcatisporaceae and Trematosphaeriaceae) were included, with Phaeosphaeria oryzae (CBS 110110) and Phaeosphaeriopsis glaucopunctata (MFLUCC 13-0265) (Phaeosphaeriaceae) as the outgroup. Primarily, phylogenetic analysis of the concatenated LSU, SSU and ITS sequence dataset was conducted, based on ML and compared with phylogenetic analysis of the concatenated ITS, LSU, SSU and tef1-α sequence dataset. Phylogenetic analysis, based on the concatenated LSU, SSU and ITS sequence dataset, showed a similar topology with the concatenated ITS, LSU, SSU and tef1-α sequence dataset and were not significantly different (data not shown). Hence, multigene phylogenetic analysis of the concatenated ITS, LSU, SSU and tef1-α gene regions was selected to represent the phylogenetic relationships of Trichobotrys sinensis sp. nov. with other closely-related species in Dictyosporiaceae. The aligned dataset contained 3729 characters, including gaps. Phylogenetic relationships were inferred by conducting analyses using both ML and BI methods. The best-scoring RAxML tree was selected to represent the relationships amongst taxa, with a final likelihood value of -28366.415110 (Fig. 2). The matrix contained 1566 distinct alignment patterns, with a 39.19% proportion of gaps and completely undetermined characters. The estimated base frequencies of A = 0.239629, C = 0.244575, G = 0.269426, T = 0.246371; substitution rates AC = 1.123110, AG = 2.634717, AT = 1.787337, CG = 0.836519, CT = 6.160493, GT = 1.000000; gamma distribution shape parameter α = 0.461486; Tree-Length = 3.107341. For BI analysis, GTR + I + G was selected as the best-fit model by AIC in MrModelTest for each gene (ITS, LSU, SSU and tef1-α). Six simultaneous Markov chains were run for 4,085,000 generations, resulting in 40,851 total trees. The first 10% of trees were discarded as the burn-in phase of the analyses and the remaining trees were used for calculating posterior probabilities in the majority rule consensus tree, of which the final average standard deviation of split frequencies at the end of total MCMC generations was 0.009998.

Figure 2.

Phylogram of the best-scoring ML consensus tree of Trichobotrys species in Dictyosporiaceae and closely-related families viz. Didymosphaeriaceae, Lentitheciaceae, Morosphaeriaceae, Sulcatisporaceae and Trematosphaeriaceae. The new isolate is indicated in blue. Isolates from type materials are in bold. The ML ultrafast bootstrap and Bayesian PP values greater than 70% and 0.95 are shown at the nodes.

Multigene phylogenetic analyses of the concatenated ITS, LSU, SSU and tef1-α demonstrated that all representative families formed well-resolved clades in the present study. Our new isolate grouped with two unnamed Gregarithecium sp. (strains GMB1217 and MFLUCC 13-0853), with high support in ML and BI analyses (99% ML, 100 PP; Fig. 2) and clustered with Trichobotrys effusus (strains 1179, HNNUZCJ-94, FS524, SYSU-MS4729 and DFFSCS021) with high support (100% ML, 1.00 PP; Fig. 2) in Dictyosporiaceae. Gregarithecium sp. (strains GMB1217 and MFLUCC 13-0853) is unpublished and showed to be conspecific with our new isolate. Therefore, our new isolate is introduced as Trichobotrys sinensis, based on phylogenetic evidence coupled with morphological characteristics. Trichobotrys formed a highly-supported subclade with Gregarithecium (99% ML, 1.00 PP; Fig. 2) in the present study. However, these two genera are represented by different morphs. Therefore, the congeneric status of these two genera is doubtful in the study pending future study.

Analysis 3

The Periconia species tree was constructed using sequence data from ITS, LSU, SSU and tef1-α of all taxa in Periconiaceae and other related families (viz. Lentitheciaceae, and Massarinaceae). A total of 71 strains were included, with Morosphaeria ramunculicola (KH 220) and M. velatispora (KH 221) as the outgroup. The aligned dataset contained 3646 characters, including gaps. The best-scoring RAxML tree was selected to represent the relationships amongst taxa, with a final likelihood value of -19141.848334 (Fig. 3). The matrix contained 1265 distinct alignment patterns, with a 32.87% proportion of gaps and completely undetermined characters. The estimated base frequencies of A = 0.239678, C = 0.253426, G = 0.268914, T = 0.237981; substitution rates AC = 1.751555, AG = 3.051838, AT = 1.900841, CG = 1.359429, CT = 9.411951, GT = 1.000000; gamma distribution shape parameter α = 0.505775; Tree-Length = 1.483987. For BI analysis, GTR + I + G was selected as the best-fit model by AIC in MrModelTest for each gene (ITS, LSU, SSU and tef1-α). Six simultaneous Markov chains were run for 555,000 generations, resulting in 5551 total trees. The first 10% of trees were discarded as the burn-in phase of the analyses and the remaining trees were used for calculating posterior probabilities in the majority rule consensus tree, of which the final average standard deviation of split frequencies at the end of total MCMC generations was 0.009941.

Figure 3.

Phylogram of the best-scoring ML consensus tree of taxa in Periconiaceae and the closely-related families Lentitheciaceae and Massarinaceae. The new isolate is indicated in blue. Isolates from type materials are in bold. The ML ultrafast bootstrap and Bayesian PP values greater than 50% and 0.95 are shown at the nodes.

Multigene phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that the new species Periconia kunmingensis (KUMCC 18-0173) formed a distinct lineage and clustered with the clade containing P. cookei (MFLUCC 17-1679, MFLUCC 17-1399 and UESTCC 22.013), P. delonicis, (MFLUCC 17-2584), P. elaeidis (MFLUCC 17-0087), P. palmicola (MFLUCC 14-0400) and P. verrucosa (MFLUCC 17-2158, Lu40-1, KT1820A and KT1825), with strong statistical support (100% ML, 1.00 PP; Fig. 3).

Taxonomy

Bambusicolaceae D.Q. Dai & K.D. Hyde, Fungal Diversity 63: 49 (2013)

Index Fungorum: IF804293

Notes

Bambusicolaceae was first introduced by Hyde et al. (2013) to accommodate Bambusicola with B. massarinia being the type species. Subsequently, another three genera were accommodated in this family viz. Corylicola (Wijesinghe et al. 2020), Leucaenicola (Jayasiri et al. 2019) and Palmiascoma (Liu et al. 2015). Species of these genera have been reported from various hosts, such as Camellia, Corylus, Eucalyptus, Fagaceae sp., Leucaena, Osmanthus and palm and so far, found distributed in China (Sichuan and Yunnan), Italy and Thailand (Liu et al. 2015; Jayasiri et al. 2019; Ariyawansa et al. 2020a, b; Hongsanan et al. 2020; Wijesinghe et al. 2020; Monkai et al. 2021). Members of Bambusicolaceae are mainly saprobes; however, Ariyawansa et al. (2020a, b) reported that species of Leucaenicola associated with leaf spot diseases on Camellia and Osmanthus in Taiwan (China). Bambusicolaceae is a well-studied family, based on morphological characteristics of sexual-asexual morphs and multigene phylogenetic evidence. Recent taxonomic treatment carried out by Hongsanan et al. (2020) revealed that the family belongs to the suborder Massarineae, order Pleosporales of Dothideomycetes, comprising four genera and 25 species (http://www.indexfungorum.org; accessed on 25 May 2023).

Bambusicola D.Q. Dai & K.D. Hyde, Cryptog. Mycol. 33(3): 367 (2012)

Index Fungorum: IF801041

Notes

Bambusicola was introduced by Dai et al. (2012) to accommodate four saprobic species associated with bamboo, namely B. bambusae, B. irregulispora, B. massarinia and B. splendida. Subsequently, many species were included in the genus which were mainly known as saprobes on different bamboos in terrestrial habitats (Dai et al. 2012, 2015, 2017; Thambugala et al. 2017; Monkai et al. 2021; Phukhamsakda et al. 2022; Yu et al. 2022). However, B. sichuanensis and B. subthailandica were reported as parasites on Phyllostachys heteroclada (Yang et al. 2019). While B. aquatica was reported as a saprobe submerged in freshwater (Dong et al. 2020) and B. ficuum was reported on dead twigs of Ficus (Brahmanage et al. 2020). Bambusicola is morphologically well-studied and appear pleomorphic. Besides, its phylogenetic affinities have been well-clarified, based on multigene phylogenetic evidence (e.g. B. didymospora, B. massarinia, B. triseptatispora) (Dai et al. 2012, 2017). Currently, there are 17 species accepted in the genus, mostly distributed in the Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces of China and Thailand (http://www.indexfungorum.org; accessed on 25 May 2023). In the present study, we introduce a novel species B. hongheensis which was collected from dead bamboo culms in Yunnan, China.

Bambusicola hongheensis Phookamsak, Bhat & Hongsanan, sp. nov.

Index Fungorum: IF900830

Fig. 4

Etymology

The specific epithet “hongheensis” refers to the locality, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (Yunnan, China), where the holotype was collected.

Figure 4.

Bambusicola hongheensis (KUN-HKAS 129042, holotype) A the appearance of ascomata on the host surface B vertical section of an ascoma C, D peridia E pseudoparaphyses F, G asci embedded in pseudoparaphyses H–K ascospores L, M ascospores stained in India Ink show a thin mucilaginous sheath surrounding ascospores. Scale bars: 100 μm (B); 20 μm (C–G); 10 μm (H–M).

Holotype

KUN-HKAS 129042.

Description

Saprobic on dead culm of bamboo in terrestrial habitats, visible as black, shiny, gnarled on the host surface. Sexual morph: Ascomata 225–350 μm high, 340–590 μm diam., scattered, sometimes forming stroma with a clustered 1–3 ascomata, gregarious, semi-immersed, raised, becoming superficial, dark brown, dome-shaped to subconical or subglobose, glabrous, coriaceous, ostiolate with inconspicuous papilla. Peridium 40–80(–130) μm wide at sides towards the apex, 10–25 μm wide at the base, composed of several layers of small, dark brown pseudoparenchymatous cells, outer layer fused with host cells, arranged in textura angularis to textura globulosa, inner layer composed of 1–3 strata of flattened cells, of textura globulosa to textura prismatica, with thick, palisade-like cells at the sides. Hamathecium composed of 1–3 μm wide, filiform, dense, septate, branched, pseudoparaphyses, anastomosed between and above the asci, embedded in a gelatinous matrix. Asci (58–)70–90(–105)(–119) × 12–15(–17) μm (x̄ = 80.5 × 13.5 μm, SD = ± 13.2 × 1.8, n = 25), 8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate, cylindrical-clavate, shortly pedicellate, apically rounded with well-developed ocular chamber. Ascospores 22–26(–30) × 4.5–7 μm (x̄ = 24.6 × 5.4 μm, SD = ± 2.3 × 0.5, n = 30), overlapping 1–3-seriate, hyaline, fusiform, slightly curved, 1-septate, occasionally 2–3-septate, slightly constricted at the septum, the upper cell slightly larger than the lower cell, smooth-walled, surrounded by a thin, indistinct, mucilaginous sheath. Asexual morph: Undetermined.

Distribution

China (Yunnan).

Specimen examined

China. Yunnan Province: Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Honghe County, rice terraces, on dead culm of bamboo, 26 Jan 2021, R. Phookamsak BN06 (KUN-HKAS 129042, holotype). Notes: As the axenic culture is not active, the sequences of SSU and rpb2 were obtained from genomic DNA extracted from ascomata and dried culture.

Notes

Based on the NCBI nucleotide BLAST search of ITS sequence, Bambusicola hongheensis (KUN-HKAS 129042) has the closest match with B. triseptatispora (MFLUCC 11-0166, ex-type strain) with 98.71% similarity (Identities = 535/542 with no gap) and is similar to B. loculata (MFLU 15-0056, ex-type strain) with 98.69% similarity (Identities = 528/535 with 1 gap) and B. splendida (MFLUCC 11-0611) with 98.25% similarity (Identities = 392/399 with no gap). The NCBI nucleotide BLAST search of LSU sequence indicated that B. hongheensis has the closest match with B. triseptatispora (MFLUCC 11-0166, ex-type strain) and B. didymospora (MFLUCC 10-0557, ex-type strain) with 100% similarity (Identities = 802/802 with no gap) and is similar to B. loculata (MFLU 15-0056, ex-type strain) with 99.75% similarity (Identities = 813/815 with 2 gaps) and B. nanensis (MFLUCC 21-0063, ex-type strain) with 99.49% similarity (Identities = 785/789 with no gap). The NCBI nucleotide BLAST search of rpb2 sequence indicated that B. hongheensis has the closest match with B. loculata (MFLU 15-0056, ex-type strain) with 99.90% similarity (Identities = 1042/1043 with no gaps) and is also similar to B. triseptatispora (MFLUCC 11-0166, ex-type strain) with 97.92% similarity (Identities = 990/1011 with no gap) and B. massarinia (voucher MFLU 11-0389) with 93.57% similarity (Identities = 975/1042 with 4 gaps).

Phylogenetic analyses of a concatenated ITS, LSU, rpb2, SSU and tef1-α sequence dataset demonstrated that Bambusicola hongheensis formed a separate branch (85% ML, 1.00 PP; Fig. 1), and clustered with B. loculata and B. triseptatispora with high support (100% ML, 1.00 PP; Fig. 1) and also clustered with the generic type of Bambusicola, B. massarinia with significant support (73% ML, 0.99 PP; Fig. 1). A nucleotide pairwise comparison of ITS sequence indicated that B. hongheensis differs from B. triseptatispora in 35/600 bp (5.83%), differs from B. loculata in 16/547 bp (2.92%) and differs from B. massarinia in 72/608 bp (11.84%). Whereas the nucleotide pairwise comparison of LSU sequence indicated that B. hongheensis is consistent with B. triseptatispora (0/802 bp) and B. loculata (1/816 bp), but differs from B. massarinia in 7/803 bp (0.87%). Furthermore, the nucleotide pairwise comparison of rpb2 sequence indicated B. hongheensis is not significantly different from B. loculata (1/1043 bp), but differs from B. triseptatispora in 21/1012 bp (2.07%) and differs from B. massarinia in 68/1042 bp (6.52%).

Morphologically, Bambusicola hongheensis resembles B. loculata and B. triseptatispora in terms of the size range of ascomata, asci and ascospores. However, B. hongheensis has comparatively smaller ascomata (340–590 μm diam. of B. hongheensis vs. 350–600 μm diam. of B. loculata vs. 470–730 μm diam. of B. triseptatispora), shorter and wider asci ((58–)70–90(–105)(–119) × 12–15(–17) μm vs. 80–105 × 8–13 μm vs. (78–)80–100(−110) × 10–12(−14) μm, respectively) and sharing the size range of ascospores (22–26(–30) × 4.5–7 μm vs. 22–26.5 × 5–6 μm vs. (25–)26–30(−31) × 4–6 μm, respectively). The ascospores of B. hongheensis are typically hyaline, 1-septate, whereas B. triseptatispora has hyaline to pale brown and 3-septate ascospores (Dai et al. 2017). Distinguishing B. loculata from B. hongheensis, based on morphological characteristics alone is challenging, but B. loculata can be differentiated by its larger ascomata and asci (Dai et al. 2015). However, a clear differentiation is achieved through phylogenetic evidence (Fig. 2) and nucleotide pairwise comparison of ITS gene region (2.92% difference).

Dictyosporiaceae Boonmee & K.D. Hyde, in Boonmee et al., Fungal Diversity: 10.1007/s13225-016-0363-z, [7] (2016)

Index Fungorum: IF551574

Notes

Dictyosporiaceae was introduced by Boonmee et al. (2016) to initially accommodate ten genera that were mainly represented by the hyphomycetous asexual morph, forming cheiroid, digitate, palmate and/or dictyosporous conidia. The sexual morph is scarcely known for this family, of which species of genera Dictyosporium, Gregarithecium, Immotthia, Pseudocoleophoma, Sajamaea and Verrucoccum have been represented as the sexual morph (Boonmee et al. 2016; Piątek et al. 2020; Atienza et al. 2021; Jiang et al. 2021a). Members of Dictyosporiaceae are morphologically diverse in various ecological niches, commonly known as saprobes on plant litter in terrestrial and freshwater habitats (Tanaka et al. 2015; Boonmee et al. 2016; Li et al. 2017; Crous et al. 2019; Rajeshkumar et al. 2021; Tian et al. 2022; Tennakoon et al. 2023). Besides, some genera were known as fungicolous (hyperparasites and mycoparasites) and lichenicolous fungi as well as inhabiting soil and herbivore dung (Iturrieta-González et al. 2018; Piątek et al. 2020; Atienza et al. 2021; Jiang et al. 2021a). An updated taxonomic description of Dictyosporiaceae was provided by Hongsanan et al. (2020) who listed 15 genera in this family, while Wijayawardene et al. (2022b) listed 17 genera in Dictyosporiaceae. Tennakoon et al. (2023) provided a backbone tree of Dictyosporiaceae and currently listed 20 genera in this family, namely Aquadictyospora, Aquaticheirospora, Cheirosporium, Dendryphiella, Dictyocheirospora, Dictyopalmispora, Dictyosporium, Digitodesmium, Gregarithecium, Immotthia, Jalapriya, Neodendryphiella, Neodigitodesmium, Pseudocoleophoma, Pseudoconiothyrium, Pseudocyclothyriella, Pseudodictyosporium, Sajamaea, Verrucoccum and Vikalpa.

Trichobotrys Penz. & Sacc., Malpighia 15(7–9): 245 (1902) [1901]

Index Fungorum: IF10275

Notes

Trichobotrys was introduced by Penzig and Saccardo (1902) to accommodate the type species T. pannosus [as ‘pannosa’]. The genus is scarcely known and only five species are available in Index Fungorum (http://www.indexfungorum.org; accessed on 25 May 2023), of which only T. effusus [as ‘effusa’] has molecular data available in GenBank. The genus is known as only a hyphomycetous asexual morph and is characterised by dark brown to black, effuse to velvety colonies, partly immersed to superficial mycelium, non-stromatic, macronematous, mononematous, dark brown to reddish-brown, verruculose or echinulate conidiophores, bearing short, smooth, fertile, often unciform lateral branches, with sterile, setiform apex, polyblastic, integrated, terminal or discrete, determinate, ellipsoidal, spherical or subspherical conidiogenous cells and catenated, in branched acropetal chains, spherical, brown, aseptate, verruculose or minutely echinulate conidia (Ellis 1971; D’Souza and Bhat 2001). The taxonomic classification of the genus is doubtful due to the lack of molecular phylogeny. Recently, Wijayawardene et al. (2022b) treated Trichobotrys as Ascomycota genus incertae sedis, pending future study. In the present study, the novel species, T. sinensis is introduced and the phylogenetic analyses demonstrated the genus affinity in Dictyosporiaceae.

Trichobotrys sinensis Phookamsak, Bhat & Hongsanan, sp. nov.

Index Fungorum: IF900832

Fig. 5

Etymology

The specific epithet “sinensis” refers to the country, China, where the holotype was collected.

Figure 5.

Trichobotrys sinensis (KUN-HKAS 129041, holotype) A, B the appearance of colonies on the host surface C mycelium D–H conidiophores bearing conidiogenous cells and conidia I conidia in a short acropetal chain J–N conidia O culture characteristics on PDA P conidioma forming on PDA after eight weeks Q pycnidial wall R–T conidiogenous cells (note: T = stained in Congo red) U conidia. Scale bars: 100 μm (P); 50 μm (C); 10 μm (D–H, Q–U); 5 μm (J–N).

Holotype

KUN-HKAS 129041.

Description

Saprobic on dead culm of Brachiaria mutica, submerged in a small stream. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Colonies dull, black, effuse, visible as hairy fluffy on the host. Mycelia up to 1 mm long, 2–4 µm wide, superficial, composed of brown to dark brown, branched, septate, thick-walled, echinulate hyphae. Conidiophores (9–)15–40(–70) × 2–4 µm (x̄ = 26.9 × 3.3 μm, n = 30), sometimes reduced to conidiogenous cells, macronematous, mononematous, straight or flexuous, brown to dark brown, septate, verruculose or echinulate, bearing short, lateral, unciform, fertile branches, with setiform apex. Conidiogenous cells 1–3.5 × 2.5–5 µm (x̄ = 2.1 × 2.5 μm, n = 30), polyblastic, subhyaline to pale brown, ellipsoidal or hemispherical (2.5–5 × 3.5–6 µm), intercalary or terminal, integrated or discrete, sometimes denticulate on branches. Conidia 7–11 × 8–12 µm (x̄ = 10 × 10 μm, n = 30) simple, solitary, brown to dark brown, spherical, aseptate, verruculose; sometimes in short acropetal chains. In vitro Conidiomata 280–470 µm high, 280–570 µm diam., black, pycnidial, solitary or clustered in a small group (2–4-loculate), scattered to gregarious, globose to subglobose, glabrous, covered by brown to dark brown mycelium, becoming a packed pycnidial wall, ostiolate, with inconspicuous, minute papilla. Pycnidial wall 20–35 µm wide, thick-walled of unequal thickness, thicker at the base, composed of multi-layered, dark brown to black pseudoparenchymatous cells, outer layers composed of textura intricata, inner layers composed of flattened cells of textura angularis to textura prismatica. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells (6.5–)10–16(–25) × 2–4.5 µm (x̄ = 13.4 × 3.2 μm, n = 30), holoblastic to phialidic, hyaline, cylindrical to subcylindrical, terminal or intercalary, septate, smooth-walled, with distinct collarette. Conidia 2–3 × 1.5–2.5 µm (x̄ = 2.8 × 2 μm, n = 30) hyaline, ellipsoidal to ovoid, aseptate, smooth-walled, with a guttulate.

Culture characteristics

Colonies on PDA reaching 25–28 mm diam. after two weeks at room temperature (20–27 °C), medium dense, circular, surface smooth with an entire edge, flattened, slightly raised, fairly fluffy to feathery; from above, initially white, with cream conidial masses, becoming white to cream at the margin, pale yellowish towards the centre with age; from below, white at the margin, dark grey to black towards the centre; pigmentation not produced in PDA. Sporulation in PDA after two weeks, initially visible as cream conidial masses, later forming black conidiomata with hyaline to cream conidial masses on colonies.

Distribution

China (Yunnan).

Specimen examined

China. Yunnan Province: Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Mengla County, Bubeng, 21°36'30.13"N, 101°35'52.54"E, 664 + 5 m a.s.l., on culms of Brachiaria mutica submerged in a freshwater stream, 27 Apr 2021, R. Phookamsak BB21-007 (KUN-HKAS 129041, holotype), ex-type living culture, RPC 21-007 = KUNCC 23-14554.

Notes

Based on NCBI nucleotide BLAST search of ITS sequence, the closest hit of Trichobotrys sinensis (RPC 21-007/ KUNCC 23-14554) is Gregarithecium sp. DQD-2016a strain MFLUCC 13-0853 with 99.03% similarity (Identities = 508/513 with 2 gaps) and is similar to Trichobotrys effusus [as ‘effusa’] isolate 1179 (93.51% similarity, Identities = 504/539 with 13 gaps), T. effusus [as ‘effusa’] strain FS522 (93.35% similarity, Identities = 477/511 with 12 gaps) and T. effusus [as ‘effusa’] isolate HNNUZCJ-94 (93.08% similarity, Identities = 471/506 with 16 gaps). In LSU nucleotide BLAST search, the closest hit of T. sinensis (RPC 21-007/ KUNCC 23-14554) is Gregarithecium sp. DQD-2016a strain MFLUCC 13-0853 with 99.88% similarity (Identities = 848/849 with 1 gap) and is similar to Gregarithecium sp. isolate L13E (99.40% similarity, Identities = 830/835 with 3 gaps) and G. curvisporum HHUF 30134 (97.74% similarity, Identities = 822/841 with 5 gaps).

Multigene phylogenetic analyses of a concatenated ITS, LSU, SSU and tef1-α sequence dataset demonstrated that Trichobotrys sinensis (RPC 21-007/ KUNCC 23-14554) shared a branch length with Gregarithecium sp. DQD-2016a strain MFLUCC 13-0853 and Gregarithecium sp. isolate GMB 1217 and clustered with the clade of T. effusus (Fig. 2). However, Gregarithecium sp. DQD-2016a strain MFLUCC 13-0853 and Gregarithecium sp. isolate GMB 1217 are unpublished strains. Hence, Trichobotrys sinensis (RPC 21-007/ KUNCC 23-14554) is introduced herein as a new species and Gregarithecium sp. (strains MFLUCC 13-0853 and isolate GMB 1217) is re-identified as T. sinensis to avoid misidentification. Morphologically, T. sinensis (RPC 21-007/ KUNCC 23-14554) is typical of Trichobotrys, but can be distinguished from T. effusus, T. pannosus, T. ramosus and T. trechisporus in having larger conidia (2 µm diam. of T. effusus vs. 4 µm diam. of T. pannosus vs. 3–5 µm diam. of T. ramosus vs. 5 × 3 µm or 4 µm diam. of T. trechisporus) (Berkeley and Broome 1873; Penzig and Saccardo 1902; Petch 1917; Ellis 1971; D’Souza and Bhat 2001).

Periconiaceae Nann., Repert. mic. uomo: 482 (1934)

Index Fungorum: IF81124

Notes

Periconiaceae was resurrected by Tanaka et al. (2015) who provided an updated taxonomic treatment and placed the family in the suborder Massarineae (Pleosporales). Tanaka et al. (2015) accepted four genera namely, Periconia (Tode 1791), Noosia (Crous et al. 2011), Bambusistroma (Adamčík et al. 2015) and Flavomyces (Knapp et al. 2015), as well as included Sporidesmium tengii in the Periconiaceae. Yang et al. (2022b) re-circumscribed genera Bambusistroma, Noosia and Periconia, based on type studies compared with their new findings. Hence, Yang et al. (2022b) treated Bambusistroma and Noosia as synonyms of Periconia due to morphological resemblances and phylogenetic evidence, while the generic status of Flavomyces is doubted pending further studies.

Periconia Tode, Fung. mecklenb. sel. (Lüneburg) 2: 2 (1791)

Index Fungorum: IF9263

Notes

Periconia was established by Tode (1791) to accommodate dematiaceous hyphomycetes that were unique in forming macronematous, mononematous, branched, septate, pigmented conidiophores, bearing spherical conidial heads that produced globose to ellipsoidal, aseptate, verruculose to echinulate, pigmented conidia (Tanaka et al. 2015; Hongsanan et al. 2020; Yang et al. 2022b). Species of Periconia are typically known by their asexual morph; only a few species have been reported with their sexual morph (Tanaka et al. 2015; Hongsanan et al. 2020; Yang et al. 2022b). Periconia species have been commonly reported as saprobes occurring on various host substrates in terrestrial and aquatic habitats worldwide. However, some species have been reported as endophytes, plant pathogens (e.g. P. circinata, P. digitata and P. macrospinosa) and human pathogens, as well as producing economically-important bioactive compounds (Sarkar et al. 2019; Gunasekaran et al. 2021; Hongsanan et al. 2020; Samarakoon et al. 2021; Azhari and Supratman 2021; Yang et al. 2022b; Su et al. 2023). Even though over 200 species of Periconia were listed in Index Fungorum (http://www.indexfungorum.org; accessed on 25 May 2023), less than half of a quarter have molecular data to clarify phylogenetic placement. Of these, the type species of Periconia, P. lichenoides, also lacks molecular data. This suggests that there is a huge research gap in the taxonomic classification of the genus Periconia. In the present study, we follow the latest taxonomic treatment of Yang et al. (2022b) and Su et al. (2023) and the new species Periconia kunmingensis occurring on fern, is introduced.

Periconia kunmingensis Phookamsak & Hongsanan, sp. nov.

Index Fungorum: IF900833

Fig. 6

Etymology

The specific epithet “kunmingensis” refers to the Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming, Yunnan, China, where the holotype was collected.

Figure 6.

Periconia kunmingensis (KUN-HKAS102239, holotype) A, B the appearance of fungal colonies on host substrate C–E conidiophores F, G closed-up conidiophores with spherical heads H, I conidiogenous cells bearing conidia J conidia catenate in acropetal short chain K–P conidia. Scale bars: 500 µm (A, B); 50 µm (C–E); 20 µm (F, G); 10 µm (J); 5 µm (H, I, K–P).

Holotype

KUN-HKAS 102239.

Description

Saprobic on dead, standing rachis of a fern. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Colonies on the substrates superficial, numerous, effuse, brown to dark brown, floccose. Mycelia 6–7 μm wide, partly superficial, composed of septate, branched, dark brown hyphae. Conidiophores 100–260 μm long, 7–12 μm diam., macronematous, mononematous, solitary, dark brown, 3–5-septate, unbranched below, branched only at the apex, erect, straight or slightly flexuous, sometimes swollen near the base, with 1–2 spherical guttules in each cell, forming a spherical head at the tip. Conidiogenous cells (4–)5–8(–10) × 2.5–5(–6) μm (x̄ = 6.4 × 4 μm, n = 30) mono- to polyblastic, terminal, discrete, subspherical to fusiform, subhyaline to pale brown, verruculose. Conidia 4.5–7(–9) × 4–7(–8) μm (x̄ = 6 × 5.9 μm, n = 50), solitary to catenate, in acropetal short chains, subglobose to globose, subhyaline to pale brown, aseptate, minutely verruculose to short-spinulose.

Culture characteristics

Colonies on PDA reaching 23–25 mm diam. after two weeks at room temperature (20–30 °C). Colony dense, circular, flattened, slightly raised, surface smooth, edge fimbriate, velvety, with fairly fluffy at the margin; colony from above, white to white-grey, separated from the centre by greenish-grey radiating near the margin; colony from below, pale yellowish to cream at the margin, deep green near the margin, with dark green concentric ring, separating the margin from greenish-grey to dark green centre; slightly produced light yellowish pigment tinted agar.

Distribution

China (Yunnan).

Specimen examined

China. Yunnan Province: Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, on dead, standing rachis of a fern, 23 Sep 2016, R. Phookamsak KIB004 (KUN-HKAS 102239, holotype), ex-type living culture RPC 15-017 = KUMCC 18-0173 = MFLUCC 18-0679. Addition GenBank no: rpb2 = OR547996.

Notes

Based on the NCBI nucleotide BLAST search of ITS sequence, the closest hits of Periconia kunmingensis are Periconia sp. strain 8R5B1-3 and Periconia sp. isolate LS77 with 99.80% similarity (Identities = 507/508 and 498/499 with no gap, respectively) and is similar to P. verrucosa isolate HNNU0545 with 99.60% similarity (Identities = 502/504 with 1 gap), Periconia sp. strain MFLUCC 17-0087 with 99.59% similarity (Identities = 482/484 with 1 gap) and P. elaeidis isolate PT49 with 99.57% similarity (Identities = 464/466 with 1 gap). In the LSU nucleotide BLAST search, P. kunmingensis is similar to P. verrucosa isolate MFLUCC 17-2158 (Identities = 847/847 with no gap), Periconia sp. KT 1825 (Identities = 843/843 with no gap), P. elaeidis strain GZCC19-0435 (Identities = 842/842 with no gap), P. cookei strain IHEM:28143 (Identities = 826/826 with no gap), Pleosporales sp. A1039 (Identities = 815/815 with no gap) and P. verrucosa isolate w232_2 (Identities = 812/812 with no gap), isolate Lu53_1 (Identities = 807/807 with no gap) and isolate Lu98_2 (Identities = 796/796 with no gap), with 100% similarities. In the tef1-α nucleotide BLAST search, the closest hit of P. kunmingensis is Periconia sp. KT 1820A (Identities = 745/747 with no gap) and P. delonicis voucher MFLU 20-0696 (Identities = 736/738 with no gap) with 99.73% similarity. Periconia kunmingensis is also similar to P. delonicis strain MFLUCC 17-2584 and P. verrucosa isolate MFLUCC 17-2158 with 99.60% similarity (Identities = 744/747 with no gap).

Phylogenetic analyses of the concatenated ITS, LSU, SSU and tef1-α sequence data showed that Periconia kunmingensis formed a distinct branch basally to P. verrucosa, P. cookei, P. palmicola, P. elaeidis and P. delonicis, respectively (Fig. 3). The ITS nucleotide pairwise comparison indicated that P. kunmingensis differs from P. verrucosa (MFLUCC 17–2158, ex-type strain) in 3/512 bp (0.59%), differs from P. cookei in 2/465 bp (0.43%) of MFLUCC 17–1399 and 3/465 bp (0.65%) of UESTCC 22.0134 and differs from P. elaeidis (MFLUCC 17–0087, ex-type strain) in 14/518 bp (2.70%). The rpb2 nucleotide pairwise comparison indicated that P. kunmingensis differs from P. verrucosa (UESTCC 22.0136) in 35/849 bp (4.12%), differs from P. cookei (UESTCC 22.0134) in 30/819 bp (3.66%) and differs from P. delonicis (MFLUCC 17–2584, ex-type strain) in 54/1073 bp (5.03%). The tef1-α nucleotide pairwise comparison indicated that P. kunmingensis differs from P. verrucosa (MFLUCC 17–2158, ex-type strain) in 108/929 bp (11.63%), differs from P. cookei in 4/736 bp (0.54%) of MFLUCC 17-1399 and 107/906 bp (11.81%) of MFLUCC 17-1679, differs from P. palmicola (MFLUCC 14-0400, ex-type strain) in 19/991 bp (1.92%) and differs from P. delonicis (MFLUCC 17–2584, ex-type strain) in 105/987 bp (10.64%).

Distinguishing Periconia kunmingensis from other Periconia species, based on morphological features alone, presents challenges. However, differentiation can be achieved by considering variations in the sizes of conidiophores, conidiogenous cells and conidia, as well as the number of conidiophores originating from the stromatic, swollen part of the conidiophores, septation characteristics and the occurrence and origin of the host. A comprehensive morphological comparison is provided in Table 4.

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Species	Conidiophores	Conidiogenous cells	Conidia	Host occurrence	Origin	Reference
Periconia cookei	360–800 µm high, singly or in groups (up to six), 2–6-septate, swollen at the apex, dark brown at the lower part, pale brown at the upper part	7–11 µm diam., spherical, ovoid or pyriform, initially hyaline, smooth-walled, becoming brown, verrucose on age	13–16 µm diam., with the wall up to 2 µm thick, spherical, brown, verrucose, singly or in short chains of 2–3 on conidiogenous cells	On stems of Heracleum sphondylium	Great Britain	Mason and Ellis (1953)
(IMI 16174, holotype)				On stems of Heracleum sphondylium	Great Britain	Mason and Ellis (1953)
Periconia delonicis	360−420 μm high, singly, septate, greyish-brown to dark brown, unbranched, smooth to minutely verruculose	Monoblastic, proliferating, ovoid to globose, hyaline	5.5−7 μm diam., subglobose to globose, subhyaline to pale brown, verruculose, singly or in short chains	On pods of Delonix regia	Thailand	Jayasiri et al. (2019)
(MFLU 18−2100, holotype)		Monoblastic, proliferating, ovoid to globose, hyaline		On pods of Delonix regia	Thailand	Jayasiri et al. (2019)
Periconia elaeidis	200−400 μm high, singly, 4−7-septate, grayish-brown to dark brown, unbranched, smooth to minutely verruculose	Polyblastic, proliferating, ovoid to globose, pale brown, smooth	4.5−6.5 μm diam., subglobose to globose, subhyaline to pale brown, verruculose, solitary	On dead leaves of oil palm	Thailand	Hyde et al. (2018)
(MFLU 18−0626, holotype)				On dead leaves of oil palm	Thailand	Hyde et al. (2018)
Periconia kunmingensis (KUN-HKAS 102239, holotype)	100–260 μm high, solitary, 3–5-septate, dark brown, unbranched below, branched only at the apex, sometimes swollen near the base	(4–)5–8(–10) × 2.5–5(–6) μm, mono- to polyblastic, subspherical to fusiform, subhyaline to pale brown, verruculose	4.5–7(–9) × 4–7(–8) μm, subglobose to globose, subhyaline to pale brown, minutely verruculose to short-spinulose, solitary to catenate, in acropetal short chains	On dead standing rachis of a fern	Yunnan, China	This study
Periconia palmicola (MFLU 14-0198, holotype)	151–188 μm high, singly or in groups, septate, dark brown to black, branched at the apex	3–3.5 × 3–4.8 μm, mono- to polyblastic, globose, hyaline to subhyaline	5.1–7.4 × 4.8–6.1 μm, subglobose to globose, light brown to brown, verruculose, solitary to catenate, in acropetal short chains	On dead, fallen leaves of unidentified palm	Thailand	Hyde et al. (2020)
Periconia verrucosa (MFLU 17–1516, holotype)	170–296 µm high, singly, 2–4-septate, dark brown, with 3–4 short branches at the apex	11–26 × 6–14 μm, mono- to polyblastic, retrogressive, oblong, pale brown	7–15 μm diam., globose, dark brown to reddish-brown, verrucose, acrogenous in branched chains	On dead stems of Clematis viticella	Belgium	Phukhamsakda et al. (2020)

Discussion

This paper, in the series “Exploring ascomycete diversity in Yunnan”, presents three novel taxa in the suborder Massarineae (Pleosporales), viz. Bambusicola hongheensis (Bambusicolaceae), Periconia kunmingensis (Periconiaceae) and Trichobotrys sinensis (Dictyosporiaceae). The novelties of these taxa were well-justified, based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic evidence, as well as the differences in nucleotide pairwise comparison of reliable genes amongst closely-related taxa. This provides a better fundamental knowledge of the taxonomic framework of ascomycetes in this region.

Bambusicola hongheensis is justified, based on multigene phylogeny and the differences in nucleotide pairwise comparison of the ITS region with closely-related species. Monkai et al. (2021) mentioned that many Bambusicola species have similar morphology, but these species can be distinguished, based on multigene phylogeny and they also recommended the use of the rpb2 gene for delineating species level of Bambusicola. Unfortunately, the rpb2 sequence did not distinguish B. hongheensis from B. loculata in the present study; however, the ITS region of B. hongheensis showed > 1.5% nucleotide differences amongst the closely-related species viz. B. loculata, B. massarinia and B. triseptatispora. This provides adequate justification for the species’ novelty following the recommendation of Jeewon and Hyde (2016).

Although many Bambusicola species are morphologically somewhat similar, it is notable that they can also be distinguished by their represented asexual morphs that are easily sporulated in vitro as well as on natural substrates. For instance, coelomycetous asexual morphs of B. massarinia and B. triseptatispora sporulated in vitro; of which B. massarinia can be distinguished from B. triseptatispora in having pale brown, 1-septate, cylindrical conidia (Dai et al. 2012). Whereas conidia of B. triseptatispora are light brown, 3-septate, cylindrical to cylindrical-clavate (Dai et al. 2017). Unfortunately, the asexual morphs of B. hongheensis and B. loculata have not yet been determined. Hence, further studies on their asexual morphs sporulated in vitro should be carried out for a better understanding through their sexual-asexual reproduction, as well as gaining criteria of species delineation.

Trichobotrys sinensis is morphologically typical of Trichobotrys. Trichobotrys was previously classified into Ascomycota genus incertae sedis (Wijayawardene et al. 2022b). Although the sequence data of the type species of Trichobotrys is currently unavailable, the inclusion of available sequence data along with our new species that morphologically align well with Trichobotrys in the phylogenetic analyses, provides compelling evidence supporting the placement of Trichobotrys within the Dictyosporiaceae. This information contributes to our understanding of taxonomic relationships and highlights the need for further studies to explore the molecular characteristics and genetic diversity of Trichobotrys species within the Dictyosporiaceae.

Synanamorph is the term of use for fungal taxa producing two or more different asexual morphs which were often linked by the sporulation in culture (Wijayawardene et al. 2021a, 2022c). Many fungal taxa have been reported for their synanamorphism, such as Botryosphaeria with dichomera-like in vitro and Neofusicoccum (as Fusicoccum) (Barber et al. 2005), Barbatosphaeria fagi (≡ Calosphaeria fagi) with ramichloridium-like and sporothrix-like asexual morphs (Réblová et al. 2015) and Synnemasporella with sporodochial and pycnidial asexual morphs on natural hosts (Fan et al. 2018). The formation of two or more different morphs in a single species has led to misidentification and the distinct morphs have been somehow counted as different species (Wijayawardene et al. 2021a, 2022c). It has further caused problems in the dual nomenclature of pleomorphic fungi that proposed one name for one fungus (McNeill and Turland 2012; Rossman et al. 2015). Interestingly, Trichobotrys sinensis formed two different asexual morphs, one in nature (as Trichobotrys) and another in vitro (pycnidial coelomycetous asexual morph) which is the first report of the synanamorphism for the genus Trichobotrys. This new finding provides insight into pleomorphism which is essential in further revision of taxonomic boundaries and easing of existing complications. It is noteworthy that Trichobotrys formed a well-resolved clade with Gregarithecium in the present phylogenetic analyses. Unfortunately, the sexual morph of Trichobotrys has not yet been determined. Similarly, the asexual morph of Gregarithecium has also not yet been reported. Hence, the sexual-asexual connection between Gregarithecium and Trichobotrys is doubtful pending future study.

Periconia kunmingensis is introduced in this paper, based on its morphology and phylogeny. Morphologically, P. kunmingensis fits well with the generic concept of Periconia and its phylogenetic affinity is also well-clarified within Periconiaceae. It is noteworthy that the ITS region could not be used to separate P. kunmingensis from other closely-related species, including P. cookei and P. verrucosa, based on the nucleotide pairwise comparison. Whereas, the ITS sequences of P. delonicis, P. elaeidis and P. palmicola are unavailable. The interspecific variation amongst these species may be questionable. However, the rpb2, and tef1-α gene regions which have sufficient genetic variation can be used to distinguish these species. Nevertheless, the rpb2 gene of most Periconia species is unavailable. Therefore, the sequences of protein-coding genes (e.g. rpb2 and tef1-α) are acquired to offer reliable phylogenetic markers for species delineation.

Over the past five years, the number of newly-described fungal species has been rapidly increasing in Yunnan. Several novel and interesting ascomycetes were described and illustrated from various host plants and on different substrates and habitats. Many studies of ascomycetous taxonomy on specific host substrates have become essential and challenging for mycologists across the region. For instance, D.N. Wanasinghe and his colleagues (2018–2022) carried out research studies on fungal biogeography and published over 40 novel taxa of wood-inhabiting fungi, as well as other substrates in this region (Bao et al. 2019; Wanasinghe et al. 2020, 2021; Yasanthika et al. 2020; Mortimer et al. 2021; Ren et al. 2021; Wijayawardene et al. 2022a; Maharachchikumbura et al. 2022). Simultaneously, S. Tibpromma and her colleagues (2018–2022) have also carried out research studies of fungal taxonomy and diversity on various host plants, such as agarwood, coffee, Pandanus, para rubber and tea plants. They introduced 20 novel taxa from Pandanus (Tibpromma et al. 2018), while taxonomic studies on the other plants (approximately 45 novel species on agarwood, coffee and para rubber) are pending (S. Tibpromma, personal data information). A comprehensive study of freshwater Sordariomycetes in Yunnan has been carried out by Luo et al. (2018a, b, 2019) who introduced more than 50 novel taxa and reported more than 75 freshwater Sordariomycetes species in Yunnan. Even though these studies unravelled a substantial number of ascomycetes in Yunnan, there is still a huge gap of knowledge in hitherto undescribed novel taxa in this region. If considering only the plant and fungal ratio, many of the so far fungal taxonomic studies on land plants have underestimated these in Yunnan, especially on those economic and horticulture plants. Hence, the inventory of ascomycetes on these land plants will be interesting in further research studies.

Conclusion

In conclusion, this study introduces three novel species in the suborder Massarineae (Pleosporales): Bambusicola hongheensis, Periconia kunmingensis and Trichobotrys sinensis. These species were found as saprobes in different habitats, with B. hongheensis and P. kunmingensis occurring in terrestrial environments, while T. sinensis was discovered in a freshwater stream. Notably, the presence of Trichobotrys in a freshwater habitat is a significant finding, as it aligns with other aquatic lignicolous species within the family Dictyosporiaceae. The novelty of B. hongheensis is supported by multigene phylogeny and nucleotide pairwise comparison, although further genetic analysis is recommended. Differentiation between Bambusicola species can also be achieved through the examination of their asexual morphs. Trichobotrys sinensis, morphologically typical of Trichobotrys, is phylogenetically placed within Dictyosporiaceae and highlights the need for additional studies on molecular characteristics and genetic diversity within the genus. The observation of synanamorphism in T. sinensis adds complexity to its morphological identification and taxonomic boundaries. The introduction of Periconia kunmingensis is supported by its morphology and phylogenetic affinity within the family Periconiaceae, although the use of protein-coding genes is recommended for reliable species delineation. This study contributes to our understanding of ascomycete diversity in Yunnan and emphasises the importance of such investigations to enhance our knowledge of newly-discovered taxa.

Acknowledgements

We express our sincere thanks to the Biology Experimental Center, Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences for providing the facilities of the molecular work. We are also grateful to Dr. Shaun Pennycook at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research for his kind advice in naming the new fungal species. Chun-Fang Liao and Diana Sandamali at Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand are also thanked for helping with fungal isolation and molecular analyses. Dr. Hongbo Jiang and Qinxian Li at Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences are thanked for their general assistance. Sinang Hongsanan would like to thank Chiang Mai University, Thailand and Shenzhen University, China, for supporting the works. Rungtiwa Phookamsak thanks Chiang Mai University and the Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program “Young Talent” Project (grant no. YNWR-QNBJ-2020-120) for financial research support. D. Jayarama Bhat and Turki M. Dawoud gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided under the Distinguished Scientist Fellowship Programme (DSFP), at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Conflict of interest

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Ethical statement

No ethical statement was reported.

Funding

The research was supported by Post–Doctoral Fellowship 2022 for Chiang Mai University (grant no. R000031743). This research study is also supported by the Project on Key Technology for Ecological Restoration and Green Development in Tropical Dry-Hot Valley, under the Yunnan Department of Sciences and Technology of China (grant no: 202302AE090023) and Smart Yunnan Project (Young Scientists) under project code E13K281261.

Author contributions

Conceptualisation: RP, SH. Data curation: RP. Formal analysis: DNW, SH. Funding acquisition: IP, JX, NX, SL, TMD. Investigation: DJB, DNW, RP, SH. Methodology: DNW, RP, SH. Project administration: RP, NS, JK. Supervision: SL, JX, IP, NX, PEM.: Writing – original draft: RP, SH, DNW. Writing – review and editing: DJB, NS, IP, JK, JX, NX, PEM, TMD.

Author ORCIDs

Rungtiwa Phookamsak https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6321-8416

Sinang Hongsanan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0550-3152

Darbhe Jayarama Bhat http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-5910

Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1759-3933

Itthayakorn Promputtha https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3376-4376

Nakarin Suwannarach https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2653-1913

Jaturong Kumla https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3673-6541

Ning Xie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5866-8535

Turki M. Dawoud http://orchid.org/0000-0002-1444-4185

Peter E. Mortimer https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8507-7407

Jianchu Xu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2485-2254

Saisamorn Lumyong https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6485-414X

Data availability

All of the data that support the findings of this study are available in the main text.

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﻿Abstract

Key words

﻿Introduction

﻿Materials and methods

﻿Sample collection, isolation, morphological examination and preservation

﻿DNA extraction, PCR amplification and sequencing

﻿Sequence alignments and phylogenetic analyses

﻿Results

﻿Phylogenetic analyses

﻿Analysis 1

﻿Analysis 2

﻿Analysis 3

﻿Taxonomy

﻿ Bambusicolaceae D.Q. Dai & K.D. Hyde, Fungal Diversity 63: 49 (2013)

Notes

﻿ Bambusicola D.Q. Dai & K.D. Hyde, Cryptog. Mycol. 33(3): 367 (2012)

Notes

﻿ Bambusicola hongheensis Phookamsak, Bhat & Hongsanan, sp. nov.

Etymology

Holotype

Description

Distribution

Specimen examined

Notes

﻿ Dictyosporiaceae Boonmee & K.D. Hyde, in Boonmee et al., Fungal Diversity: 10.1007/s13225-016-0363-z, [7] (2016)

Notes

﻿ Trichobotrys Penz. & Sacc., Malpighia 15(7–9): 245 (1902) [1901]

Notes

﻿ Trichobotrys sinensis Phookamsak, Bhat & Hongsanan, sp. nov.

Etymology

Holotype

Description

Culture characteristics

Distribution

Specimen examined

Notes

﻿ Periconiaceae Nann., Repert. mic. uomo: 482 (1934)

Notes

﻿ Periconia Tode, Fung. mecklenb. sel. (Lüneburg) 2: 2 (1791)

Notes

﻿ Periconia kunmingensis Phookamsak & Hongsanan, sp. nov.

Etymology

Holotype

Description

Culture characteristics

Distribution

Specimen examined

Notes

﻿Discussion

﻿Conclusion

﻿Acknowledgements

﻿Additional information

Conflict of interest

Ethical statement

Funding

Author contributions

Author ORCIDs

Data availability

﻿References

Abstract

Introduction

Materials and methods

Sample collection, isolation, morphological examination and preservation

DNA extraction, PCR amplification and sequencing

Sequence alignments and phylogenetic analyses

Results

Phylogenetic analyses

Analysis 1

Analysis 2

Analysis 3

Taxonomy

Bambusicolaceae D.Q. Dai & K.D. Hyde, Fungal Diversity 63: 49 (2013)

Bambusicola D.Q. Dai & K.D. Hyde, Cryptog. Mycol. 33(3): 367 (2012)

Bambusicola hongheensis Phookamsak, Bhat & Hongsanan, sp. nov.

Dictyosporiaceae Boonmee & K.D. Hyde, in Boonmee et al., Fungal Diversity: 10.1007/s13225-016-0363-z, [7] (2016)

Trichobotrys Penz. & Sacc., Malpighia 15(7–9): 245 (1902) [1901]

Trichobotrys sinensis Phookamsak, Bhat & Hongsanan, sp. nov.

Periconiaceae Nann., Repert. mic. uomo: 482 (1934)

Periconia Tode, Fung. mecklenb. sel. (Lüneburg) 2: 2 (1791)

Periconia kunmingensis Phookamsak & Hongsanan, sp. nov.

Discussion

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Additional information

References