Elbamycella rosea gen. et sp. nov. (Juncigenaceae, Torpedosporales) isolated from the Mediterranean Sea

Authors: Poli, Anna DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.55.35522 Published: Jan. 1, 2019 Source: MycoKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Marine fungi · Topics: Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Elbamycella rosea sp. nov., introduced in the new genus Elbamycella, was collected in the Mediterranean Sea in association with the seagrass Posidonia oceanica and with the brown alga Padina pavonica. The affiliation of the new taxon to the family Juncigenaceae is supported by both morphology and phylogenetic inference based on a combined nrSSU and nrLSU sequence dataset. Maximum-likelihood and Bayesian phylogeny proved Elbamycella gen. nov. as a distinct genus within Juncigenaceae. The new genus has been compared with closely related genera and is characterised by a unique suite of characters, such as ascospores with polar appendages and peculiar shape and dimension of ascomata and asci.

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