The new family Phaeothecoidiellaceae introduced in this paper, comprises several specieswhich cause sooty blotch and flyspeck diseases of several economic fruits. This results in qualityissues with fruits and plants due to the black thallus and small black dots coating the surface. Mostspecies of Phaeothecoidiellaceae are biotrophs and are unculturable without the host material, anddirect sequencing is difficult because of the very small and flattened thyriothecia. Therefore, thisfungal group is relative poorly known due to limited sampling and few in depth studies."Microthyriales like taxa appearing as small black dots on the surface of mango trees werecollected in northern Thailand. Taxa were studied based on morphological characters and molecularanalyses. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of combined ITS, LSU and SSU sequencedata indicated that the collection from branches of mango is a previously undescribed species. Thenew species, Chaetothyrina guttulata, is introduced in this paper with descriptions and illustrations
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Publication year
2017
Authors
Hongsanan, S.; Zhao R L; Hyde, K.D.
Language
English
Keywords
plants, fruits, species
Geographic
Thailand
