AUTHOR=Bao Dan-Feng , McKenzie Eric H. C. , Bhat D. Jayarama , Hyde Kevin D. , Luo Zong-Long , Shen Hong-Wei , Su Hong-Yan 

TITLE=Acrogenospora (Acrogenosporaceae, Minutisphaerales) Appears to Be a Very Diverse Genus

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology

VOLUME=11

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01606

DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2020.01606

ISSN=1664-302X

ABSTRACT=<p>During a study of diversity and taxonomy of lignicolous freshwater fungi in China, nine species of <italic>Acrogenospora</italic> were collected. Seven of these were new species and they are described and illustrated. With morphology, additional evidence to support establishment of new species is provided by phylogeny derived from DNA sequence analyses of a combined LSU, SSU, TEF1α, and RPB2 sequence dataset. <italic>Acrogenospora subprolata</italic> and <italic>A. verrucispora</italic> were re-collected and sequenced for the first time. The genus <italic>Acrogenospora</italic> is far more species rich than originally thought, with nine species found in a small area of Yunnan Province, China.</p>