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Unveiling four new taxa and Nigrosynnema natarajanensis comb. nov. in Stachybotryaceae (Hypocreales) from monocotyledon plants in Guangdong Province, China
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- 1. Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand|Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
- 2. Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
- 3. Vishnugupta Vishwavidyapeetam, Gokarna, India
- 4. Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
- 5. Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China|Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
- 6. King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 7. Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand|Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China|King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Members of Stachybotryaceae are distributed worldwide, with certain species playing a significant role as bio-degraders and some causing diseases in plants, humans, and animals. Other species within this family can be found in soil and have been reported as saprobes in various plants. In this study (2021–2022), fungal taxa resembling Stachybotryaceae, isolated from dead leaves of Agave sisalana and a dead stem of Wurfbainia villosa in Guangdong Province, China, are identified based on morphological characteristics and molecular data. Multi-locus phylogeny based on calmodulin (cmdA), internal transcribed spacer (ITS), the large subunit nuclear rDNA (LSU), RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (rpb2), the partial translation elongation factor 1-α (tef1-α), and β-tubulin (tub2) revealed that nine strains were grouped within Stachybotryaceae. Nigrosynnema guangdongense gen. et sp. nov., typical of Stachybotryaceae but having unusual olivaceous brown to black synnemata that are narrower towards the apex and produce phialidic, aseptate, slimy conidia in black and glistening heads, is introduced. Additionally, Brevistachys wurfbainiae and Sirastachys guangdongensis are introduced as new species. Stachybotrys microsporus is a new host record for Agave sisalana. The present study provides comprehensive descriptions, illustrations, and molecular data analyses of the newly discovered taxa and newly recorded species as a taxonomic and phylogenetic contribution to Stachybotryaceae. Furthermore, a new combination, Nigrosynnema natarajanensis, is proposed for the previously described Virgatospora natarajanensis.
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