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Corresponding author: Yu-Cheng Dai ( yuchengdai@bjfu.edu.cn ) Corresponding author: Josef Vlasák ( vlasak@umbr.cas.cz ) Academic editor: R. Henrik Nilsson
© 2022 Meng Zhou, Fang Wu, Yu-Cheng Dai, Josef Vlasák.
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Zhou M, Wu F, Dai Y-C, Vlasák J (2022) Two new species of Phylloporia (Hymenochaetales) from the Neotropics. MycoKeys 90: 71-83. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.90.84767
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Two new species of Phylloporia, P. crystallina and P. sumacoensis, are described based on 28S ribosomal RNA phylogeny, morphology, host, and geographic distribution. Phylloporia crystallina is characterized by pileate, perennial basidiomata with a duplex context, small pores 9–10 per mm, a monomitic hyphal system, absence of cystidia and cystidioles, presence of large rhomboid crystals in tube trama, broadly ellipsoid to subglobose basidiospores measuring 2.8–3 × 2–2.3 μm, and growth on angiosperm stump. Phylloporia sumacoensis is characterized by pileate, perennial basidiomata with a duplex context, very small pores 10–12 per mm, a monomitic hyphal system, hyphae at dissepiment edges bearing fine crystals, presence of cystidioles, broadly ellipsoid to subglobose basidiospores measuring 3–3.7 × 2.1–2.8 μm, and growth on living liana.
Hymenochaetaceae, n28S, phylogeny, taxonomy
Phylloporia Murrill (Hymenochaetaceae, Hymenochaetales) was established with P. parasitica Murrill as the type (
Seventy-one species are currently recognized in Phylloporia, among them 17 and 37 species from the Neotropics and China, respectively (
Studied specimens are deposited in herbaria of the Institute of Microbiology, Beijing Forestry University (
The extraction of total genomic DNA from frozen specimens followed
In addition to the newly generated sequences, 28S sequences (Fig.
Two 28S sequences were generated in this study and were deposited in GenBank. Their accession numbers are specified in the phylogenetic tree (Fig.
The phylogeny inferred from the 28S dataset (Fig.
— Crystallina (Lat.): refer to the species having abundant large rhomboid crystals in tube trama.
Phylloporia crystallina is characterized by pileate, perennial basidiomata with a thin layer of context between individual tube layers, a duplex context with a black line separating the upper tomentum and a lower compacted layer, small pores 9–10 per mm, a monomitic hyphal system, generative hyphae thin- to distinctly thick-walled with simple septa, the absence of cystidia and cystidioles, the presence of large rhomboid crystals in tube trama, broadly ellipsoid basidiospores measuring 2.8–3 × 2–2.3 μm, and growth on angiosperm stump in the Neotropics.
Perennial, effused reflexed, imbricate, broadly attached to the substrate, hard corky when fresh, woody hard when dry. Pilei applanate to semi-circular, projecting up to 2 cm and 3 cm wide. Pileal surface curry yellow to cinnamon buff when fresh, become purplish chestnut when dry, concentrically sulcate with narrow zones, densely tomentum when juvenile, become velutinate to matted with age, the tomentum up to 1 mm thick, wearing off, leaving a dense trichoderm, sometime covered by mosses; margin sharp, entire. Pore surface pinkish buff to buff yellow and glancing when fresh, become honey yellow when dry; pores round, 9–10 per mm; dissepiments thin, entire. Context umber, up to 3 mm thick, duplex, with a black line separating the upper tomentum and a lower compacted layer, the upper tomentum soft corky, the lower layer hard corky. Tubes fulvous, paler than context, up to 5 mm long, distinctly stratified, usually filled a thin context among tube layers.
Hyphal system monomitic; generative hyphae simple septate; tissue darkening but otherwise unchanged in the shape of the hyphae in KOH.
Context. Hyphae in the lower context golden yellow, fairly thick-walled with a wide lumen, unbranched, frequently simple-septate, loosely interwoven, slightly CB+, 3–5 μm diam.; hyphae in the upper tomentum yellow, fairly thick-walled with a wide lumen, unbranched, frequently simple septate, straight, regularly arranged, 5–7 μm diam.
Tubes. Tramal hyphae hyaline to yellow, thin- to thick-walled with a narrow to medium lumen, rarely branched, frequently to occasionally simple septate, flexuous, loosely interwoven, slightly CB+, 2–3.5 μm diam.; hyphae at dissepiment edges smooth; large rhomboid crystals abundant among tube trama.
Hymenium. Cystidia and cystidioles absent; basidia barrel-shaped with four sterigmata and a simple septum at the base, 5–7 × 3.5–4 μm. Basidioles similar to basidia in shape, but slightly smaller. Basidiospores broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, yellowish, thick-walled, smooth, not collapsed, IKI–, CB–, (2.7–) 2.8–3 (–3.1) × 2–2.3 (–2.4) μm, L = 2.9 μm, W = 2.1 μm, Q = 1.38 (n = 30/1).
Phylogenetically (Fig.
Trametes lilliputiana Speg. and Pyropolyporus subpectinatus Murrill were originally described from Brazil and Cuba, respectively (
— Sumacoensis (Lat.): refer to the species being found close to Sumaco Vulcan, Ecuador.
Phylloporia sumacoensis is characterized by pileate, perennial basidiomata with a thin layer of context between individual tube layers, a duplex context with a black line separating the upper tomentum and a lower compacted layer, very small pores 10–12 per mm, a monomitic hyphal system, generative hyphae thin- to distinctly thick-walled with simple septa, the hyphae at dissepiment edges bearing fine crystals, presence of cystidioles, broadly ellipsoid to subglobose basidiospores as 3–3.7 × 2.1–2.8 μm, and growth on living liana at medium elevation in the Neotropical cloud forest.
Perennial, pileate, solitary, broadly attached to the substrate, corky when fresh, hard corky when dry. Pilei applanate to semi-circular, projecting up to 4 cm, 5 cm wide and 15 mm thick at base. Pileal surface fuscous to vinaceous gray when fresh, become fulvous to date brown when dry, concentrically zonate and sulcate, densely tomentose, the tomentum up to 4 mm thick; margin obtuse, entire. Pore surface brownish gray to yellowish gray and glancing when fresh, become snuff brown when dry; pores round, 10–12 per mm; dissepiments thick, entire. Context fulvous, up to 8 mm thick, duplex, with a black line separating an upper soft corky tomentum, up to 4 mm thick and the lower compacted layer, hard corky, up to 4 mm thick. Tubes fawn, darker than context, up to 7 mm long, distinctly stratified, usually with a thin layer of context between individual tube layers.
Hyphal system monomitic; generative hyphae simple septate; tissue darkening but otherwise unchanged in the shape of the hyphae in KOH.
Context. Hyphae in the lower context golden yellow, thick-walled with a narrow to medium lumen, unbranched, occasionally simple septate, interwoven, 3–5 μm diam.; hyphae in the tomentum brownish yellow, fairly thick-walled with a wide lumen, unbranched, frequently simple septate, some collapsed, loosely interwoven, 5–7 μm diam.
Tubes. Tramal hyphae hyaline to golden yellow, thin- to thick-walled with a narrow to medium lumen, rarely branched, frequently to occasionally simple septate, parallel or subparallel along the tubes, 2–4 μm diam.; hyphae at dissepiment edges bearing fine crystals.
Hymenium. Cystidia absent, fusoid cystidioles rarely present; basidia barrel-shaped with four sterigmata and a simple septum at the base, 10–12 × 4.5–5 μm. Basidioles similar to basidia in shape, but slightly smaller. Basidiospores broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, yellowish, thick-walled, smooth, some collapsed, IKI–, CB–, (2.9–)3–3.7(–3.9) × 2.1–2.8 μm, L = 3.18 μm, W = 2.48 μm, Q = 1.28 (n = 30/1).
Phylogenetically, Phylloporia sumacoensis is closely related to two other Neotropical species, P. spathulata (Hook.) Ryvarden sensu auctore and P. ulloae R. Valenz. et al. (Fig.
Most Phylloporia species grow parasitically on living hardwoods, and speciation in the genus seems to be driven by the process of colonizing and adapting to new hosts (
Unlike other wood-inhabiting fungal genera, very long and complex ITS sequences are present in most Phylloporia species. These are difficult to align confidently. Accordingly, most phylogenies were based on LSU sequences (
The research was financed by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project Nos. 32161143013 and 32011540380) and the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP, Grant No. 2019QZKK0503), and by the institutional support of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic RVO: 60077344.
The sequence alignments and tree
Data type: NEX file
Explanation note: The NEX file includes Phylloporia phylogenetic sequence alignments inferred from the 28S dataset and the topology of the ML analysis.