Phylogeny of new marine Dothideomycetes and Sordariomycetes from mangroves and deep-sea sediments

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This paper documents six new saprobic marine fungi and one new genus based on morphology and multi-gene phylogenies. Three Dothideomycetes, and members of the Pleosporales, are introduced: Pseudomassariosphaeria triseptata sp. nov. was recognized as a mangrove species in Amniculicolaceae, and Salsuginea phoenicis sp. nov. was discovered as a second member of Salsugineaceae. A new genus Raghukumaria with Raghukumaria keshaphalae sp. nov., recovered from mangroves, is phylogenetically sister to Halomassarina and nests in the Trematosphaeriaceae. Three new species are referred to the Sordariomycetes: Coniochaeta marina (Coniochaetales, Coniochaetaceae) on driftwood; Fusicolla bharatavarshae (Hypocreales, Nectriaceae) is introduced with asexual and sexual morphs, on decayed mangrove wood of Avicennia marina; and Fusarium sedimenticola (Hypocreales, Nectriaceae) is new to the Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC) from deep-sea sediment.

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Journal

Title: Botanica Marina

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH

ISSN (Electronic): 1437-4323

ISSN (Print): 0006-8055

Publication date Created: March 26 2020

Publication date (Print): March 26 2020

Volume: 63

Issue: 2

Pages: 155-181

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[1 ]Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

[2 ]Fungal Biotechnology Lab, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Pondicherry 605014, India

[3 ]Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt

[4 ]Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand

[5 ]School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand

[6 ]World Agro Forestry Centre East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, P.R. China

[7 ]Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China

[8 ]Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand

[9 ]Centre of Excellence in Fungal Research, Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research and School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand

[10 ]Emeritus Professor in Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, P.R. China

[11 ]School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P.R. China

[12 ]Systematic Biology, Department of Organismal Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 75236 Uppsala, Sweden

[13 ]State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R. China

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DOI: 10.1515/bot-2019-0014

SO-VID: 58d8f01a-5dea-41ff-b27c-a547e2456ab7

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