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© 2022 Javier Isaac de la Fuente, Jesús García-Jiménez, Tania Raymundo, Daniyal Gohar, Mohammad Bahram, Marcos Sánchez-Flores, Ricardo Valenzuela, Juan P. Pinzón.
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de la Fuente JI, García-Jiménez J, Raymundo T, Gohar D, Bahram M, Sánchez-Flores M, Valenzuela R, Pinzón JP (2022) Two new species of Trichoglossum (Geoglossaceae, Ascomycota) from south Mexico. MycoKeys 92: 95-108. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.92.83928
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Two new species of Trichoglossum are described from south Mexico based on morphological and molecular evidence. Trichoglossum caespitosum is characterized by the caespitose ascomata, rough and coiled paraphyses and the ascospores with 9–11 septa. Trichoglossum tropicale is characterized by the capitate ascomata, clavate and straight paraphyses and the ascospores with 10–12 septa. Both species grow in the tropical forests of the Yucatán peninsula. Here we provide descriptions and photographs for these species, together with a phylogenetic analyses based on the DNA sequences of nuc rDNA (ITS region and 28S gene) and a comparative table for the species known for America.
Earth tongues, Geoglossomycetes, phylogeny, Quintana Roo, Tropical Ascomycetes
The members of the genus Trichoglossum Boud. are characterized by club-like ascomata, usually with dark brown to black hues and acuminate setae covering both fertile and sterile parts of the ascomata, septate paraphyses, asci with 4 to 8 spores, and filiform, septate, brown ascospores. The genus is saprotrophic but is also present at the roots of plants as endophytic fungi (
In Mexico, five taxa of Trichoglossum have been recorded, mainly in temperate forest and even urban gardens: T. hirsutum (Pers.) Boud., T. hirsutum var. hirsutum (Pers.) Boud., T. hirsutum var. heterosporum Mains, T. variabile (E.J. Durand) Nanff., T. velutipes (Peck) E.J. Durand, and T. walteri (Berk.) E.J. Durand (
Sampling of macrofungi was carried out in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, in the Yucatán Peninsula (Fig.
Total DNA was extracted from silica-gel dried ascomata of the collected samples (specimens JF-208-
The taxa selection for the phylogenetic analysis was based on the available sequences of ITS and 28S of Trichoglossum in NCBI GenBank database considering the analysis of Geoglossomycetes by
A Bayesian inference analysis (BI) was performed in MrBayes 3.2.6 (
Additionally, a Maximum Likelihood (ML) analysis was carried out using the GTR+I+G substitution model and bootstrap (BS) based on 100 replicates using MEGA 11 (
For 28S, the blastn analysis of the collected specimens showed high levels of similarity (over 93%) with accessions of several genera within Geoglossales as well as with uncultured fungi from environmental DNA sequencing. The specimen JF-208-
The majority rule consensus tree produced by the BI analysis (Fig.
Majority rule consensus tree produced by a Bayesian Inference analysis of the concatenated matrix of nuc rDNA ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 and 28S (LSU) showing the phylogenetic position of Trichoglossum caespitosum (JF-208-
Mexico. Quintana Roo: Othón P. Blanco Municipality, Chetumal, alt. 8 m, 18°31'N, 88°18'W, 01 December 2015, de la Fuente JF-208-
Trichoglossum caespitosum is characterized by the unique combination of characters: Caespitose habit, paraphyses with rugose and coiled tips, and the ascospores of 119–127 × 5–7 µm with 9–11 septa.
Named caespitosum in reference to the caespitose habit.
Ascomata black, 18–30 × 4–10 mm, clavate to spathulate, stipitate, erect, caespitose, with compressed ascogenous portion of 3–7 mm long, 0.5–1 mm thick, glossoid, ellipsoidal, flattened, sometimes curved, black, hirsute with brownish to black setae projecting from the hymenium; stipe 1–33 mm long, up to 6 mm thick, cylindrical, solid, black to dark brown, hirsute.
Setae 250–300 × 5–9 µm, septate, smooth, straight, dark brown to black. Paraphyses filamentous, septate, with rugose, with wide, coiled to clavate terminal cells of 16–28 × 3–8 µm. Asci 183–221 × 16–20 µm, cylindrical to clavate, rounded at apex, short-pedicellate at the base, hyaline, thin walled, octosporic, inamyloid. Ascospores 119–127 × 5–7 µm, filiform, mostly 9–11 septate, slightly curved, hyaline when young, brown to olivaceous when mature, narrowed and rounded at both ends, thin walled, smooth.
Known from the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, growing on soil under Manilkara zapota in urban vegetation.
This species differs from other species by the caespitose ascomata, paraphyses with rugose and coiled tips, and the ascospores of 119–127 × 5–7 µm with 9–11 septa. Trichoglossum rasum Pat. is morphologically similar by the octosporic asci, clavate spathulate ascoma with dark brown hues, and the tropical distribution but it differs in the bigger ascomata (10–60 mm), smaller setae (200–250 × 5–12 µm), larger ascospores (100–140 × 5–8 µm) with 3–7 septa (
Mexico. Quintana Roo: Othón P. Blanco Municipality, Pulticub town, alt. 6 m, 19°04'N, 87°33'W, 04 February 2021, de la Fuente JF-526-
Trichoglossum tropicale is characterized by the combination of characteristics: capitate ascomata, straight paraphyses with bulbose tips, and the ascospores of 122–132 × 5–5.5 µm with 10–12 septa.
Named tropicale in reference to the tropical occurrence.
Ascomata black, 15–30 × 2–4 mm, clavate to capitate, stipitate, erect, solitary to gregarious with compressed ascogenous portion of 2–4 mm long, 1–2 mm thick, glossoid, ellipsoidal, flattened, sometimes curved, black, without visible setae. Stipe 10–20 mm long, up to 1 mm thick, cylindrical, solid, black to dark brown, hirsute.
Setae 98–200 × 5.5–6 µm, septate, smooth, straight, dark brown to black. Paraphyses filamentous, septate, with capitate to bulbous terminal cells of 8–46 × 6–10 µm. Asci 155–180 × 16–18 µm, cylindrical to clavate, rounded at apex, short-pedicellate at base, hyaline, thin walled, octosporic, inamyloid. Ascospores 122–132 × 5–5.5 µm, filiform, mostly 10–12 septate, slightly curved, hyaline when young, brown to olivaceous when mature, narrowed and rounded at both ends, thin walled, smooth.
Known from the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, growing scattered on soil under Birsonyma crassifolia.
This new species differs from other Trichoglossum species by the combination of characteristics: ascomata with inconspicuous setae (98–200 × 5.5–6 µm), straight paraphyses with bulbose tips, and the ascospores of 122–132 × 5–5.5 µm with 10–12 septa. Trichoglossum tropicale is phylogenetically close to T. walteri but that species has ascospores of 60–125 × 5–6 μm with 7 septa and paraphyses curved to circinate (
The results of the phylogenetic analyses are concordant with those of
Trichoglossum caespitosum is very close morphologically and phylogenetically to T. rasum (KY457226; KY457227), but differs because of its ascospores of 100–140 × 5–8 μm, 3–9 septa, bulbous and curved tips paraphyses; this species was described from New Caledonia (
According to the blastn analysis of the ITS region, several sequences from New Zealand are close to the one obtained from T. tropicale. Nevertheless, those species are not described yet.
Comparison of the species of Tricholglossum from America (according 1
Species | Asci (L = length × W = width) | Ascospores (L = length × W = width) |
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T. caespitosum 4 | 184–220 × 16–20 μm, octosporic | 120–128 × 5–7 μm, 9–11 septate |
T. confusum 1 | 150–200 × 12–16 µm, octosporic | 45–75 × 5–6 μm, 7 septate |
T. farlowii 1 | 150–180 × 15–20 µm, octosporic | 57–75 × 5–7 μm, 3–5 septate |
T. hirsutum 1 | 180–275 × 18–25 μm, octosporic | 80–170 × 5–7 µm, 15 septate |
T. hirsutum var. hirsutum1,2 | 180–250 × 14–16 (21.5) µm, octosporic | (80) 110–140 (170) × 5–7 µm, mostly 15 septate |
T. hirsutum var. longisporum1 | 225–275 × 20–22 µm, octosporic | (120) 133–180 (195) × 6–7 µm, 15 septate |
T. hirsutum var. irregulare1 | No data | (90) 100–150 (165) × 5–7 µm, 15 septate, rarely 16–17 |
T. hirsutum var. heterosporum1,3 | 175–200 × 17–20 µm, octosporic | (95) 120–150 (160) × 5–6 (7) µm, less than 15 septate |
T. hirsutum var. multiseptatum1 | 210–225 × 20–25 µm, octosporic | (145) 160–195 (210) × 6 µm, 12–22 septate |
T. octopartitum 1 | 175–200 × 18–20 μm, octosporic | (80) 100–120 (150) × 4–5.5 μm, 7–9 septate |
T. rasum 1 | 200–225 × 16–24 μm, octosporic | (50) 100–140 (175) × 5–8 μm, 3–9 septate |
T. tetrasporum 1 | 175–200 × 20–25 μm, tetrasporic | (110) 125–145 (150) × 6–7 µm, 0–17 septate |
T. tropicale 4 | 155–180 × 16–18 µm, octosporic | 122–132 × 5–5.5 µm, 10–12 septate |
T. variabile 1 | 150–200 × 18–20 µm, octosporic | (80-) 110–130 (-150) × 4.5–6 µm, 4–16 septate |
T. velutipes 1 | 180–200 × 16–20 µm, tetrasporic | (90) 110–145 (160) × 6–7 µm, 7–13 septate |
T. walteri 1 | 165–200 × 15–18 μm, octosporic | (60) 72–100 (125) × 5–6 μm, 7 septate |
The first author thanks Karina Can, León Ibarra, Silvia Bautista and César Ramiro Martínez-González and Alfonso Daniel Gay-González for field and technical support. García-Jiménez thanks CONACYT, PRODEP, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victoria, and the Estonian Science Foundation grant (PRG632) for financial support. Raymundo and Valenzuela thank the Instituto Politécnico Nacional with the project (SIP): 20220030 and 20221348. Also, we thank the reviewers and editors for their kind observations on the manuscript.