The PhyloCode applied to Cintractiellales, a new order of smut fungi with unresolved phylogenetic relationships in the Ustilaginomycotina

• DOI: 10.3114/fuse.2020.06.04
• Publication Date: 2020-03-27T01:05:55Z
• Authors: A.R. McTaggart; C.J. Prychid; J.J. Bruhl; R.G. Shivas
• Keywords: Ancestor; Smut; Phylogenetic relationship

The PhyloCode is used to classify taxa based on their relation a most recent common ancestor as recovered from phylogenetic analysis. We examined the first specimen of Cintractiella (Ustilaginomycotina) collected Australia and determined its systematic relationship other Fungi. Three ribosomal DNA loci were analysed both with without constraint phylogenomic hypothesis Ustilaginomycotina. did not share orders smut fungi. define Cintractiellales, monogeneric order four species Cintractiella, including C. scirpodendri sp. nov. Scirpodendron ghaeri. Cintractiellales may have shared Malasseziomycetes, but are otherwise unresolved at rank class.