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An unusual Lophodermium species on needles of Pinus taiwanensis from China

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An interesting fungus, which appeared to resemble a contaminated or infected Lophodermium species, is described and illustrated in this paper. The circinate apex of paraphyses, which intertwined with each other, and the broad slit exposing the unusual-white hymenium distinguished the new species from other known Lophodermium species. Evidence from two markers including internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and the partial Actin gene indicated that L. pini-taiwanensis was in a robust and separate clade. It is, therefore, described as a new Lophodermium species.

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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 31470145).

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  1. College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, People’s Republic of China

    Zhi-Jie Li & Cheng-Lin Hou

  2. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, UK

    J. E. Taylor

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Li, ZJ., Taylor, J.E. & Hou, CL. An unusual Lophodermium species on needles of Pinus taiwanensis from China. Mycol Progress 15, 1229–1237 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-016-1228-2

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