Members of Sporormiaceae are saprobes on plant debris, wood, soil and dung and are sometimes endophytes. In this study, a saprobic species was collected from decaying grass in China. Maximum-parsimony, maximum-likelihood and Bayesian Inference analyses of combined ITS, LSU, SSU, TEF1- and RPB2 sequence data clarified the phylogenetic affinity in Sparticola. The isolate was confirmed as a new species based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses. Sparticola muriformis sp. nov. is distinguished from other taxa in Sporormiaceae by having muriform ascospores.
DOI:
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Publication year
2017
Authors
Karunarathna A; Phookamsak R; Wanasinghe D N; Wijayawardene N N; Weerahewa H L D; Khan S; Wang Y
Language
English
Keywords
taxonomy, phylogeny, soil, wood
