AUTHOR=Lu Yong-Zhong , Ma Jian , Xiao Xing-Juan , Zhang Li-Juan , Xiao Yuan-Pin , Kang Ji-Chuan 

TITLE=Four new species and three new records of helicosporous hyphomycetes from China and their multi-gene phylogenies

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1053849

DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2022.1053849

ISSN=1664-302X

ABSTRACT=<p>Helicosporous hyphomycetes have the potential to produce a variety of bioactive compounds. However, the strain resources of this fungal group are relatively scarce, which limits their further exploitation and utilization. In this study, based on phylogenetic analyses of combined ITS, LSU, RPB2, and TEF1α sequence data and the morphology from 11 isolates, we introduce four new species of helicosporous hyphomycetes, <italic>viz. Helicoma wuzhishanense, Helicosporium hainanense, H. viridisporum</italic>, and <italic>Neohelicomyces hainanensis</italic>, as well as three new records, <italic>viz. Helicoma guttulatum, H. longisporum</italic>, and <italic>Helicosporium sexuale</italic>. Detailed morphological comparisons of the four new species that distinguish them are provided.</p>