Neomonodictys aquatica sp. nov. (Pleurotheciaceae) from a plateau lake in Yunnan Province, China

• DOI: 10.3897/bdj.10.e76842
• Publication Date: 2022-02-16T13:25:04Z
• Authors: Si-Ping Huang; Dan-Feng Bao; Hong-Wei Shen; Hong-Yan Su; Zong-Long Luo
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; China; QH301-705.5; Pleurotheciales; Pleurotheciaceae; Plant Science; phylogeny; Apical cell; Gene; Mathematical analysis; Biochemistry; freshwater fungi; Agricultural and Biological Sciences; taxonomy; 03 medical and health sciences; phyl; Ascomycota; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions; FOS: Mathematics; Genetics; Biology (General); Lichen Symbiotic Relationships and Ecological Impact; Biology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; new species; Plateau (mathematics); Geography; Fungi; Botany; Life Sciences; Phylogenetic Analysis; Cell Biology; Biota; Conidium; Archaeology; FOS: Biological sciences; Sordariomycetes; Cell; asexual morph; Taxonomic Paper; Mathematics; Diversity and Evolution of Fungal Pathogens; Phylogenetic tree

In this study, a new speciesNeomonodictys aquaticawas collected from submerged decaying wood in Erhai Lake, Yunnan Province, China.Neomonodictys aquaticais characterised by acrogenous, solitary, oval, dictyospores (most are transverse septum, occasionally vertical septum, in immaturity the septum is clear, but when mature, the conidia becomes darker so the septum is not clear), smooth-walled conidia. The immature conidia are usually hyaline to olivaceous and mature conidia are usually darkened to black, sometimes with one pale basal cell. Phylogenetic analyses of combined ITS and LSU sequence data showed that the new collection is distinct from otherNeomonodictysspecies. Description and illustration are provided as well.