AUTHOR=Zhu Haiyan , Pan Meng , Wijayawardene Nalin N. , Jiang Ning , Ma Rong , Dai Dongqin , Tian Chengming , Fan Xinlei 

TITLE=The Hidden Diversity of Diatrypaceous Fungi in China

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology

VOLUME=12

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.646262

DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2021.646262

ISSN=1664-302X

ABSTRACT=<p>In this study, we investigated the diversity of diatrypaceous fungi from six regions in China based on morpho-molecular analyses of combined ITS and <italic>tub2</italic> gene regions. We accept 23 genera in <italic>Diatrypaceae</italic> with 18 genera involved in the phylogram, and the other five genera are lacking living materials with sequences data. Eleven species included in four genera (<italic>viz</italic>. <italic>Allocryptovalsa</italic>, <italic>Diatrype</italic>, <italic>Diatrypella</italic>, and <italic>Eutypella</italic>) have been isolated from seven host species, of which nine novel species (<italic>viz</italic>. <italic>Allocryptovalsa castaneae</italic>, <italic>A. castaneicola</italic>, <italic>Diatrype betulae</italic>, <italic>D. castaneicola</italic>, <italic>D. quercicola</italic>, <italic>Diatrypella betulae</italic>, <italic>Da. betulicola</italic>, <italic>Da. hubeiensis</italic>, and <italic>Da. shennongensis</italic>), a known species of <italic>Diatrypella favacea</italic>, and a new record of <italic>Eutypella citricola</italic> from the host genus <italic>Morus</italic> are included. Current results show the high diversity of <italic>Diatrypaceae</italic> which are wood-inhabiting fungi in China.</p>