In this paper we describe a new species of cave fungus belonging to Sporocadaceae (Amphisphaeriales), collected from Gem Cave, Fumin County, Yunnan Province, China. Initial morphological observations confirmed that our fungal collection is a pestalotioid species. Phylogenetic analyses of combined internal transcribed spacer (ITS), β-tubulin (TUB) and translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF1α) gene sequence dataset confirmed that our fungus forms an independent branch within Neopestalotiopsis. Thus, we describe our fungus as a new species of Neopestalotiopsis based on both morphology and multigene phylogeny. This is the first-ever report of Neopestalotiopsis from a cave habitat. A full description, micrographs and a phylogenetic tree showing the placement of the new species are provided.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.512.1.1Altmetric score:
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Publication year
2021
Authors
Liu, X.; Tibpromma, S.; Zhang, F.; Xu, J.; Chethana, K.W.T.; Karunarathna, S.C.; Mortimer, P.E.
Language
English
Keywords
fungi, microbial genetics, morphology, phylogeny, fungal communities
Geographic
China
