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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol.
Sec. Fungal Pathogenesis
Volume 14 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1476066
This article is part of the Research Topic Molecular Taxonomy of Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes: Unveiling Fungal Diversity and Evolution View all 4 articles

Five New Species, Two New Sexual Morph Reports, and One New Geographical Record of Apiospora (Amphisphaeriales, Sordariomycetes) Isolated from Bamboo in Yunnan, China

Provisionally accepted
LISU Han LISU Han 1,2Chao Liu Chao Liu 1Dong-Qin Dai Dong-Qin Dai 1*Itthayakorn Promputtha Itthayakorn Promputtha 2*Abdallah Elgorban Abdallah Elgorban 3Salim Al-Rejaie Salim Al-Rejaie 4*Qiang Li Qiang Li 1*Nalin N. Wijayawardene Nalin N. Wijayawardene 1,5
  • 1 Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan Province, China
  • 2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • 3 Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 4 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 5 Tropical Microbiology Research Foundation, Sri Lanka, Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka

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    During a study on bambusicolous fungi, 14 specimens of apiospora-like taxa were collected from Yunnan Province, China. Morphological and phylogenetic analyses (based on a combined dataset of LSU, ITS, tef1-α, and tub2 gene regions) confirmed that these collections belong to Apiospora s. str.. Five new species (viz., Ap. dehongensis, Ap. jinghongensis, Ap. shangrilaensis, Ap. zhaotongensis, and Ap. zhenxiongensis), sexual morphs of asexually typified Ap. globosa and Ap. guangdongensis species and new geographical record of Ap. subglobosa are reported.The full descriptions, and illustrations were provided in this paper.

    Keywords: Apiosporaceae, phylogeny, Saprobes, Taxonomy, Bambusicolous fungi

    Received: 05 Aug 2024; Accepted: 30 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Han, Liu, Dai, Promputtha, Elgorban, Al-Rejaie, Li and Wijayawardene. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Dong-Qin Dai, Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, 6550011, Yunnan Province, China
    Itthayakorn Promputtha, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Chiang Mai, Thailand
    Salim Al-Rejaie, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
    Qiang Li, Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, 6550011, Yunnan Province, China

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