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Apiospora sinense K. D. Hyde, J. Frohl. & Joanne E. Taylor

  • 1. College of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Guizhou Province, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
  • 2. Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources, Protection and Utilization & Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Fungal Sustainable Utilization in South and Southeast Asia, College of Biology and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan, 655011, China & Department of Bioprocess Technology, Faculty of Technology, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale, Sri Lanka & Faculty of Graduate Studies, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya, Sri Lanka & 4 High-Value Food from Mushrooms and Bioactive Plants in the Green Economy Value Chain Research Group, The Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 3. Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 22452, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia & Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand

Description

Apiospora sinense K. D. Hyde, J. Fröhl. & Joanne E. Taylor, Sydowia 50 (1): 27. 1998 syn. nov.

Synonym.

Arthrinium sinense (K. D. Hyde, J. Fröhl. & Joanne E. Taylor) Crous & J. Z. Groenew., in Réblová et al., IMA Fungus 7 (1): 140. 2016.

Substrate and distribution.

On dead petiole of Trachycarpus fortunei, Hubei Province, China (Hyde 1998).

Morphological description.

refer to Hyde et al. (1998).

Notes.

Apiospora sinensis was described initially from dead petiole of Trachycarpus fortunei by Hyde et al. (1998). Due to uncertainty regarding the taxonomic boundaries between Apiospora and Arthrinium, Crous and Groenewald in 2016 subsequently transferred this species to Arthrinium based on phylogenetic analysis (Réblová et al. 2016). Pintos and Alvarado (2021) clarified the generic delimitation between Apiospora and Arthrinium, and reassigned most species previously placed in Arthrinium to Apiospora. Currently, only LSU sequence data (AY 083831) is available for this species in GenBank. In our phylogenetic analyses, Ar. sinensis (HKUCC 3143) clustered within Apiospora sensu stricto and formed an independent branch distinct from other taxa. Compared to the reported morphology of this species, its asexual form, the conidia, exhibit the following characteristics: 9–12 × 6–8 μm, mainly rounded in face view, mainly lenticular, brown, with an equatorial germ slit, smooth (Hyde et al. 1998), which shares the same conidial characteristics as those reported for Apiospora (Pintos and Alvarado 2021). Therefore, Ar. sinense is reinstated in Apiospora to accommodate this taxon.

Notes

Published as part of Wang, Xing-Chang, Zhang, Rui-Nan, Norphanphoun, Chada, Wang, Si-Bo, Zou, Meng-Ting, Guo, Shi-Qi, Sun, Jing-E, Wang, Jia-Ping, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Hyde, Kevin D., Wang, Yong & Liu, Feng-Quan, 2026, Novel species and new host records of Apiospora and Nigrospora (Amphisphaeriales, Apiosporaceae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China, pp. e 177246 in IMA Fungus 17 on page e177246, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.177246

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
K. D. Hyde, J. Frohl. & Joanne E. Taylor
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Order
Xylariales
Family
Apiosporaceae
Genus
Apiospora
Species
sinense
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Hyde KD, Frohlich J, Taylor JE (1998) Fungi from palms. XXXVI. Reflections on unitunicate ascomycetes with apiospores. Sydowia 50 (1): 21–80. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.415967
  • Réblová M, Miller AN, Rossman AY et al. (2016) Recommendations for competing sexual-asexually typified generic names in Sordariomycetes (except Diaporthales, Hypocreales, and Magnaporthales). IMA Fungus 7: 131–153. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.01.08
  • Pintos Á, Alvarado P (2021) Phylogenetic delimitation of Apiospora and Arthrinium. Fungal Systematics and Evolution 7: 197–221. https://doi.org/10.3114/fuse.2021.07.10