Abstract
A new species from Guangdong Province in south China, Polycephalomyces lianzhouensis, is described and illustrated here; this species was found to co-occur with Ophiocordyceps crinalis. The phylogenetic position of this species was investigated according to morphological features and phylogenetic inferences based on the nrSSU, nrLSU, tef1, rpb1, and ITS gene sequences. Results demonstrated that P. lianzhouensis was highly associated with P. ramosopulvinatus but could be distinguished from the latter using the sequences of rpb1, nrLSU, and ITS gene and the features of much smaller stromata and perithecia and longer part-spores.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30870450) and the Science and Technology Project of Guangdong, China (No. 2009B020413003).
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ML trees of Polycephalomyces lianzhouensis and related Polycephalomyces species based on individual rpb1(a), tef1(b), nrLSU (c), ITS(d), and nrSSU(e) data. Numbers on the branches indicate BP of >50% and PP of >50% obtained in ML analysis (ML-BP), ME analysis (ME-BP), MP analysis (MP-BP), and Bayesian analysis (Ba-PP). New sequences identified in the present study are shown in bold in the trees. (GIF 151 kb)
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Wang, L., Li, HH., Chen, YQ. et al. Polycephalomyces lianzhouensis sp. nov., a new species, co-occurs with Ophiocordyceps crinalis . Mycol Progress 13, 996 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-014-0996-9
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