Abstract
During an investigation of anamorphic fungi on tropical plant debris from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, two new species in the genera Hughesinia and Stachybotryna were described. Additionally, 15 other anamorphic fungi were determined; five of them are newly recorded for Mexico. Hughesinia heterospora sp. nov. is characterized by conidiophores macronematous light brown, conidiogenous cells monotretic and dark brown, muriform conidia which differ from other species of Hughesinia in having great morphological heterogeneity. Stachybotryna variegata sp. nov. is characterized by conidiophores macronematous light brown, variegated setae, brown below and hyaline towards the apex, conidiogenous cells monophialidic and ellipsoidal to broadly fusiform, guttulate, hyaline conidia. Descriptions, illustrations and keys are provided.
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This study was supported by the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity, Mexico (CONABIO/IE004 project) and the Instituto de Ecología A.C., Mexico. We acknowledge the facility provided by the Cuban Ministry of Agriculture. The authors thank Drs. U. Braun, L. Carris, D. Li, F. Wartchow, M. Mardones, C. Decock, S. Pennycook, W. Gams, R. Kirschner, P. Crous, A. Hernández-Gutiérrez, X. Zhang, D.J. Bhat, S.K. Singh and G. Delgado for their generous and valued assistance with literature not otherwise available. We are also grateful to Mr. E. Saavedra for making line-drawing pictures and Mr. T. Laez (both from the Instituto de Ecolgía A.C.) for assistance in obtaining electron microscopy images. We appreciate the valuable comments of two anonymous reviewers.
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Heredia, G., Arias-Mota, R.M., Castañeda-Ruiz, R.F. et al. New species of Hughesinia and Stachybotryna and new records of anamorphic fungi from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Mycol Progress 11, 927–935 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-012-0808-z
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