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Phylogenetic and morphological analyses of Coniochaeta isolates recovered from Inner Mongolia and Yunnan revealed three new endolichenic fungal species

Lichens are the result of a symbiotic interaction between fungi (mycobionts) and algae (phycobionts). Aside from mycobionts, lichen thalli can also contain non-lichenised fungal species, such as lichenicolous and endolichenic fungi. For this study, three surveys were conducted in China’s Yunnan Prov...

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Autores principales: Si, Hong-Li, Su*, Yue-Min, Zheng, Xiao-Xiao, Ding, Meng-Yao, Bose, Tanay, Chang, Run-Lei
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Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8445908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34602840
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.83.71140
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author Si, Hong-Li
Su*, Yue-Min
Zheng, Xiao-Xiao
Ding, Meng-Yao
Bose, Tanay
Chang, Run-Lei
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Su*, Yue-Min
Zheng, Xiao-Xiao
Ding, Meng-Yao
Bose, Tanay
Chang, Run-Lei
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description Lichens are the result of a symbiotic interaction between fungi (mycobionts) and algae (phycobionts). Aside from mycobionts, lichen thalli can also contain non-lichenised fungal species, such as lichenicolous and endolichenic fungi. For this study, three surveys were conducted in China’s Yunnan Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region between 2017 and 2020. Several samples of four lichen species were collected during these surveys: Candelariafibrosa, Flavoparmeliacaperata, Flavopuncteliaflaventior and Ramalinasinensis. Six isolates of Coniochaeta were recovered from these four lichen species. The phylogenetic and morphological analyses revealed that two of these isolates were previously identified species, Coniochaetavelutinosa and C.acaciae. Those remaining were from potentially unknown species. We used molecular and morphological data to describe these previously-unknown species as Coniochaetafibrosaesp. nov., C.mongoliaesp. nov. and C.sinensissp. nov. The findings of this study significantly improve our understanding of the variety and habitat preferences of Coniochaeta in China and globally.
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spelling pubmed-84459082021-09-30 Phylogenetic and morphological analyses of Coniochaeta isolates recovered from Inner Mongolia and Yunnan revealed three new endolichenic fungal species Si, Hong-Li Su*, Yue-Min Zheng, Xiao-Xiao Ding, Meng-Yao Bose, Tanay Chang, Run-Lei MycoKeys Research Article Lichens are the result of a symbiotic interaction between fungi (mycobionts) and algae (phycobionts). Aside from mycobionts, lichen thalli can also contain non-lichenised fungal species, such as lichenicolous and endolichenic fungi. For this study, three surveys were conducted in China’s Yunnan Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region between 2017 and 2020. Several samples of four lichen species were collected during these surveys: Candelariafibrosa, Flavoparmeliacaperata, Flavopuncteliaflaventior and Ramalinasinensis. Six isolates of Coniochaeta were recovered from these four lichen species. The phylogenetic and morphological analyses revealed that two of these isolates were previously identified species, Coniochaetavelutinosa and C.acaciae. Those remaining were from potentially unknown species. We used molecular and morphological data to describe these previously-unknown species as Coniochaetafibrosaesp. nov., C.mongoliaesp. nov. and C.sinensissp. nov. The findings of this study significantly improve our understanding of the variety and habitat preferences of Coniochaeta in China and globally. Pensoft Publishers 2021-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8445908/ /pubmed/34602840 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.83.71140 Text en Hong-Li Si, Yue-Min Su, Xiao-Xiao Zheng, Meng-Yao Ding, Tanay Bose, Run-Lei Chang https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Si, Hong-Li
Su*, Yue-Min
Zheng, Xiao-Xiao
Ding, Meng-Yao
Bose, Tanay
Chang, Run-Lei
Phylogenetic and morphological analyses of Coniochaeta isolates recovered from Inner Mongolia and Yunnan revealed three new endolichenic fungal species
title Phylogenetic and morphological analyses of Coniochaeta isolates recovered from Inner Mongolia and Yunnan revealed three new endolichenic fungal species
title_full Phylogenetic and morphological analyses of Coniochaeta isolates recovered from Inner Mongolia and Yunnan revealed three new endolichenic fungal species
title_fullStr Phylogenetic and morphological analyses of Coniochaeta isolates recovered from Inner Mongolia and Yunnan revealed three new endolichenic fungal species
title_full_unstemmed Phylogenetic and morphological analyses of Coniochaeta isolates recovered from Inner Mongolia and Yunnan revealed three new endolichenic fungal species
title_short Phylogenetic and morphological analyses of Coniochaeta isolates recovered from Inner Mongolia and Yunnan revealed three new endolichenic fungal species
title_sort phylogenetic and morphological analyses of coniochaeta isolates recovered from inner mongolia and yunnan revealed three new endolichenic fungal species
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8445908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34602840
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.83.71140
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