TY - JOUR
T1 - Phylogenetic relationships of Nemania plumbea sp. nov. and related taxa based on ribosomal ITS and RPB2 sequences
AU - TANG, Alvin
AU - Jeewon, Rajesh
AU - Hyde, Kevin D.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (HKU 7322/04M awarded to R. J. and K. D. H.). Jacques Fournier is acknowledged for his valuable information on the classification of Xylariaceous fungi. Kaesem Soytong is acknowledged for the Material Transfer Agreement of Thailand (Agreement No. KMITL0001). The University of Hong Kong is acknowledged for supporting A. M. C. T. with a postgraduate studentship.
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - During a survey fungal diversity of xylariaceous fungi in Thailand, a new Nemania species, N. plumbea, was identified. Nemania plumbea is characterized by soft-textured grey stromata on a persistent mat of white hyphae, pale brown ascospores with a short germ-slit on the more convex side. It also produces a Geniculosporium-like anamorph in culture. In order to evaluate its phylogenetic relationships among related species and genera, ITS-5.8S rDNA and RPB2 were analysed separately and simultaneously. Results from the phylogenetic analyses indicate that there is close phylogenetic association between N. plumbea and N. aenea. A preliminary account into the natural grouping of Xylariaceae based on ITS-5.8S rDNA and RPB2 sequences is also discussed.
AB - During a survey fungal diversity of xylariaceous fungi in Thailand, a new Nemania species, N. plumbea, was identified. Nemania plumbea is characterized by soft-textured grey stromata on a persistent mat of white hyphae, pale brown ascospores with a short germ-slit on the more convex side. It also produces a Geniculosporium-like anamorph in culture. In order to evaluate its phylogenetic relationships among related species and genera, ITS-5.8S rDNA and RPB2 were analysed separately and simultaneously. Results from the phylogenetic analyses indicate that there is close phylogenetic association between N. plumbea and N. aenea. A preliminary account into the natural grouping of Xylariaceae based on ITS-5.8S rDNA and RPB2 sequences is also discussed.
KW - Molecular systematics
KW - Sordariomycetes
KW - Xylariaceae
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34249324495&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.mycres.2007.01.009
DO - 10.1016/j.mycres.2007.01.009
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 17512179
AN - SCOPUS:34249324495
SN - 0953-7562
VL - 111
SP - 392
EP - 402
JO - Mycological Research
JF - Mycological Research
IS - 4
ER -