AUTHOR=Wijayawardene Nalin N. , Dai Dong-Qin , Zhu Mei-Ling , Wanasinghe Dhanushka N. , Kumla Jaturong , Zhang Gui-Qing , Zhang Ting-Ting , Han Li-Su , Tibpromma Saowaluck , Chen Huan-Huan 

TITLE=Fungi associated with dead branches of Magnolia grandiflora: A case study from Qujing, China

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.954680

DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2022.954680

ISSN=1664-302X

ABSTRACT=<p>As a result of an ongoing survey of microfungi associated with garden and ornamental plants in Qijing, Yunnan, China, several saprobic fungal taxa were isolated from <italic>Magnolia grandiflora</italic>. Both morphological and combined SSU, LSU, ITS, <italic>tef1</italic>, and <italic>rpb2</italic> locus phylogenetic analyses (maximum-likelihood and Bayesian analyses) were carried out to identify the fungal taxa. Three new species are introduced in <italic>Pleosporales, viz</italic>., <italic>Lonicericola qujingensis</italic> (<italic>Parabambusicolaceae</italic>), <italic>Phragmocamarosporium magnoliae</italic>, and <italic>Periacma qujingensis</italic> (<italic>Lentitheciaceae</italic>). <italic>Botryosphaeria dothidea, Diplodia mutila</italic>, and <italic>Diplodia seriata</italic> (in <italic>Botryosphaeriaceae</italic>) are reported from <italic>Magnolia grandiflora</italic> for the first time in China. <italic>Angustimassarina populi</italic> (<italic>Amorosiaceae</italic>) is reported for the first time on <italic>M. grandiflora</italic> from China, and this is the first report of a member of this genus outside Europe. <italic>Shearia formosa</italic> is also reported for the first time on <italic>M. grandiflora</italic> from China.</p>