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Morphological and phylogenetic evidence reveals three new arthropod-associated species of Hypocreales (Clavicipitaceae, Bionectriaceae, and Myrotheciomycetaceae) from karst habitats in Guizhou, China
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- 1. Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China|Guizhou University, Guiyang, China|Key Laboratory of Microbio and Infectious Disease Prevention & Control in Guizhou Province, Guiyang, China
- 2. Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China
- 3. Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China|Key Laboratory of Microbio and Infectious Disease Prevention & Control in Guizhou Province, Guiyang, China
- 4. Qujing Normal University, Qujing, China|Tropical Microbiology Research Foundation, Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka
- 5. Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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The karst regions of southwest China are rich in biodiversity and have critically threatened ecosystems, harboring unique species that could be new to science. During the investigations of arthropods associated-fungi, several fungal strains were collected. Among these, three new species, Conoideocrella tiankengensis sp. nov. (Clavicipitaceae), Ovicillium zunyiense sp. nov. (Bionectriaceae) and Trichothecium sinense sp. nov. (Myrotheciomycetaceae), isolated from a dead scale insect, larva and spider, respectively, were introduced as novel taxa, based on the morphological characteristics and DNA-based phylogenetic analyses. This is the first time that a species from Myrotheciomycetaceae is reported from the karst habitats. In addition, the genus Myrotheciomyces is treated as a synonym of Trichothecium based on the phylogenetic analysis, and the type species of the former is transferred to the latter genus.
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