Published October 20, 2025 | Version v1

Aquamastix Tedersoo & Esmaeilzadeh-Salestani 2025, gen. nov.

Description

Aquamastix Tedersoo & Esmaeilzadeh-Salestani gen. nov.

Type species.

Aquamastix sanduskyensis Tedersoo & Esmaeilzadeh-Salestani.

Diagnosis.

Distinguishable from other fungi based on diagnostic nucleotide signatures in 5.8S (positions 120–139 ttcctctttg in type species and 118–127 in S. cerevisiae; no mismatch allowed), SSU V 9 (positions 1685–1699 agtaacttccccttg in S. cerevisiae; no mismatch allowed), and LSU D 1 (positions 125–139 in type species and 123–137 in S. cerevisiae gtgacggtttaactg; two mismatches allowed). Forms a monophyletic, least inclusive clade in Aquamastigaceae, covering sequences EUK 1124847 and EUK 0320721 (Figs 1, 17).

Notes.

Recognized based on eDNA sequences only. Comprises a single species, Aquamastix sanduskyensis (sp. nov.).

Notes

Published as part of Tedersoo, Leho, Hosseyni Moghadam, Mahdieh S., Panksep, Kristel, Prins, Victoria, Anslan, Sten, Mikryukov, Vladimir, Bahram, Mohammad, Abarenkov, Kessy, Kõljalg, Urmas, Esmaeilzadeh-Salestani, Keyvan, Pawłowska, Julia, Wurzbacher, Christian, Ding, Yi, Alkahtani, Saad Hussin & Nilsson, R. Henrik, 2025, Thirty novel fungal lineages: formal description based on environmental samples and DNA, pp. 1-121 in MycoKeys 124 on pages 1-121, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.124.161674

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Tedersoo & Esmaeilzadeh-Salestani
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Neocallimastigomycota
Order
Aquamastigales
Family
Aquamastigaceae
Genus
Aquamastix
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Aquamastix Tedersoo & Esmaeilzadeh-Salestani, 2025