Published August 9, 2024 | Version v1
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Kungsaengena Tedersoo 2024, gen. nov.

  • 1. Mycology and Microbiology Center, University of Tartu, 2 Liivi, 50409 Tartu, Estonia & Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, 12371 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 2. Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Jagiellońska 28, 40 - 032 Katowice, Poland
  • 3. Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, 12371 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 4. Mycology and Microbiology Center, University of Tartu, 2 Liivi, 50409 Tartu, Estonia

Description

Kungsaengena Tedersoo gen. nov.

Type species.

Kungsaengena shadiae Tedersoo.

Description.

Covers the monophyletic group in Kungsaengenaceae (Fig. 2). Phylogenetically delimited as the least inclusive clade covering sequence accessions EUK 1603402 and EUK 1602136 (Suppl. material 3).

Notes.

Based on ITS and LSU sequences, Kungsaengena comprises 5–6 species. Other putative species in this genus are represented by sequences EUK 1603803 (GSMc plot G 5906, stadium soil in Karksi-Nuia, Estonia, 58.10088 ° N, 25.55959 ° E); EUK 1603124 (GSMc plot G 5003, Pinus sylvestris forest soil in Naissaar, Estonia, 59.5634 ° N, 24.5451 ° E); EUK 1217319 (FunAqua sample W 0279 s, lake sediment near Bezdan, Serbia, 45.82031 ° N, 18.9599 ° E); and MW 215857 (forest nursery soil in Lithuania).

Notes

Published as part of Tedersoo, Leho, Magurno, Franco, Alkahtani, Saad & Mikryukov, Vladimir, 2024, Phylogenetic classification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: new species and higher-ranking taxa in Glomeromycota and Mucoromycota (class Endogonomycetes), pp. 249-271 in MycoKeys 107 on pages 249-271, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.107.125549

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Tedersoo
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Kungsaengenales
Family
Kungsaengenaceae
Genus
Kungsaengena
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Kungsaengena Tedersoo, 2024