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Verrucostoma, a new genus in the Bionectriaceae from the Bonin Islands, Japan
- Abstract::
- Verrucostoma freycinetiae gen. et sp. nov. is described and illustrated from specimens on dead leaves of Freycinetia boninensis (Pandanaceae) collected in Hahajima, Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands, Japan. The genus is characterized by pale orange perithecia with protuberances around the perithecial apex, no color change in 3% potassium hydroxide and lactic acid, unitunicate asci, spinulose ascospores and an Acremonium-like anamorph. Morphological characters were compared with other genera in the Bionectriaceae and Nectriaceae (Hypocreales). Verrucostoma is morphologically similar to Bionectria (Bionectriaceae) from which it differs in the formation of conspicuous protuberances around the perithecial apex and the Acremonium-like anamorph. Moreover molecular analyses of Verrucostoma and other members of the Bionectriaceae and Nectriaceae based on -actin, large subunit nuclear ribosomal DNA and RNA polymerase II subunit 1 sequences support the conclusions based on morphological data. Our results confirm that V. freycinetiae is distinct from other genera among the Nectria-like fungi and represents a new genus belonging to the Bionectriaceae.
- Author(s):
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Hirooka, Yuuri , Kobayashi, Takao , Ono, Tsuyoshi , Rossman, Amy Y. , Chaverri, Priscila
- Subject(s):
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Bionectriaceae , new genus , new species , new geographic records , fungal anatomy , molecular systematics , phylogeny , ribosomal DNA , sequence analysis , Freycinetia , Japan
- Description:
- Includes references
- Source:
- Mycologia 2010 Mar-Apr, v. 102, no. 2
- Language:
- English
- Year:
- 2010
- Collection:
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Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
- File:
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- Rights:
- Works produced by employees of the U.S. Government as part of their official duties are not copyrighted within the U.S. The content of this document is not copyrighted.
