Mycosphere 6 (3): 385–400(2015)
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Towards a backbone tree for Seimatosporium, with S. physocarpi sp.
nov.
Chada Norphanphoun1,2, Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura3, Dinushani A.
Daranagama2,5,Timur S. Bulgakov6, Darbhe J. Bhat7,8, Ali H. Bahkali9, Kevin D.
Hyde1,2 ,4,8
1
Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese
Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China
2
Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100,
Thailand
3
Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xiaohe District,
Guiyang City, Guizhou Province 550006, People’s Republic of China
4
World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China
5
State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No 3 1st West Beichen
Road, Chaoyang District Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of China
6
Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don 344090, Rostov region, Russia
7
Formerly Department of Botany, Goa University, Goa, India
8
No. 128/1–J, Azad Housing Society, Curca, Goa Velha, India
9
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh
11451,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Norphanphoun C, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Daranagama A, Bulgakov TS, Bhat DJ, Bahkali AH,
Hyde KD 2015 – Towards a backbone tree for Seimatosporium, with S. physocarpi sp. nov.
Mycosphere 6(3), 385–400, doi 10.5943/mycosphere/6/3/12
Abstract
The genus Seimatosporium is saprobic or pathogenic on plants, and are ‘pestalotioid fungi’.
The genus presently belongs in Discosiaceae (Amphisphaeriales) and includes 78 species epithets.
In this study, we observed three specimens of Seimatosporium from Russia and they are
characterized by morphological and sequence data. We analyzed combined ITS and LSU gene
sequence data of 42 species representing the genera Discostroma (7), Sarcostroma (2) and
Seimatosporium (32, including the three new strains) with Pseudopestalotiopsis theae as the
outgroup taxon. One isolate from dead branches of Physocarpus opulifolius is unique and is
introduced as Seimatosporium physocarpi sp. nov., in this paper. It can be distinguished from
similar and related species by phenotypic conidial characters and phylogenetic analyses. A
specimen from Rosa kalmiussica Chrshan. & Lasebna (often included in Rosa canina sensu lato) is
designated as an epitype for S. rosae, the type of the genus. In addition, a collection of S.
lichenicola is described, illustrated and compared with other species in the genus.
Key words – Discosiaceae – new species – phylogeny – epitype – combine gene – taxonomy.
Introduction
The genus Seimatosporium was introduced by Corda (1833), with S. rosae Corda as the
type species. This genus is presently placed in the family the Discosiaceae, Amphisphaeriales
(Senanayake et al. 2015). The sexual morph of Seimatosporium has been identified as Discostroma
Submitted 29 February 2015, Accepted 31 May 2015, Published online 30 June 2015
Corresponding Author: Kevin D. Hyde – e-mail – kdhyde3@gmail.com
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(Hyde et al. 2011) and are known as ‘pestalotioid fungi’ (Nag Raj 1993). Seimatosporium is a
relatively well-known saprobic and plant pathogenic coelomycetous taxon (Sutton 1980, Tanaka et
al. 2011). Based on their conidial features, Nag Raj (1993) provided an account of Seimatosporium
species and rearranged them into five natural groupings under extant generic names. These are
Seimatosporium sensu stricto (S. botan Sat. Hatak. & Y. Harada), Sporocadus (with S. lichenicola
(Corda) Shoemaker & E. Müll., the generic type), Sarcostroma (with S. foliicola (Berk.)
Shoemaker, as type of the genus), Diploceras (with S. hypericinum (Ces.) B. Sutton, as type of the
genus), and Vermisporium (with S. leptospermi R.G. Bagn. & Sheridan). Tanaka et al. (2011) restudied Diploceras, Sporocadus, Sarcostroma, Diploceras, and Vermisporium, which lack sexual
morphs, and concluded that they should be placed under the genus Seimatosporium, based on a
monophyletic grouping in LSU and ITS phylogenetic analyses. This finding was similar to the
large diversity of Seimatosporium species as treated in Sutton (1980). According to Index
Fungorum (2015) Seimatosporium comprises 78 species. The characteristic features of the genus
are conidia with pigmented median cells, with or without an apical appendage, and single, branched
or unbranched basal appendage (Nag Raj 1993).
In the present study, we report on three specimens of Seimatosporium, collected in Russia.
With evidence from morphological and phylogenetic analyses we introduce a new species S.
physocarpi; designate an epitype for S. rosae, and provide a detailed description for S. lichenicola
which is the asexual morph of Discostroma fuscellum.
Material & Methods
Sample collection and specimen examination
Samples were collected during May 2014 from the Rostov region of European Russia and
returned to the laboratory in small paper bags. Specimens were examined under a Motic SMZ 168
dissecting microscope for fungal fruiting bodies. Hand sections of the fruiting structures were
mounted in water for microscopic studies. The fungi were examined under a Nikon Ni compound
microscope and photographed using a Canon EOS 600D digital camera fitted to the microscope.
The images were processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended version 12.0 software (Adobe
Systems Inc., The United States) and the Tarosoft (R) Image Frame Work program v. 0.9.7 was
used for measurements. Single spore isolation was followed the method detailed in Chomnunti et
al. (2014) and the germinating spores were transferred aseptically to malt extract agar (MEA) plates
and incubated at 18 °C. Colony characters were observed and measured after a week and one
month.
The herbarium materials are deposited in the Mae Fah Luang University Herbarium, Chiang
Rai, Thailand (MFLU) and New Zealand Fungal Herbarium, New Zealand (PDD) and living
cultures deposited at Mae Fah Luang University Culture Collection (MFLUCC) and Fungal
Biodiversity Centre (CBS). Facesoffungi numbers and Index Fungorum numbers are provided as
detailed in Jayasiri et al. (2015) and Index Fungorum (2015).
DNA extraction, PCR amplification and sequencing
Genomic DNA were extracted from the growing mycelium on PDA, following the methods
of Telle & Thines (2011). Polymerase chain reactions (PCR) were carried out using primer pairs of
ITS5 and ITS4 to amplify the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) (White et al. 1990), and large
subunit rDNA (LSU) was amplified using primer pairs of LROR and LR5 (Vilgalys & Hester
1990). The amplification reaction was performed in a 50 μl reaction volume containing, 5–10 ng
DNA, 0.8 units Taq polymerase, 1×PCR buffer, 0.2 mM dNTP, 0.3 µm of each primer with 1.5
mM MgCl2 (Cai et al. 2009). Amplification protocols were followed according to
Maharachchikumbura et al. (2013, 2014). The PCR products were visualized on 1% agarose gel
stained with ethidium bromide. Purification and sequencing of PCR product were carried at
Shanghai Sangon Biological Engineering Technology & Services Co., Ltd (China). Sequences
derived from this study were deposited in GenBank.
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Phylogenetic analysis
Blast searches were made to identify the closest matches in GenBank (Table 1) and recently
published sequences. Combined analysis of LSU and ITS sequences of 39 taxa of Discostroma (7),
Sarcostroma (2) and Seimatosporium (29) were used to confirm the phylogenetic placement of our
three strains, with Pseudopestalotiopsis theae (MFLUCC 12−0055) as the outgroup taxon.
Sequence data were optimized manually to allow best alignment and maximum sequence similarity
as detailed in Maharachchikumbura et al. (2012). A maximum parsimony analysis (MP) was
performed using PAUP (Phylogenetic Analysis Using Parsimony) v. 4.0b10 (Swofford 2002).
Ambiguously aligned regions were excluded and gaps were treated as missing data. The trees were
inferred using the heuristic search option with TBR branch swapping and 1000 random sequence
additions. Maxtrees were setup to 5000, branches of zero length were collapsed and all multiple
parsimonious trees were saved. Descriptive tree statistics for parsimony Tree Length [TL],
Consistency Index [CI], Retention Index [RI], Relative Consistency Index [RC] and Homoplasy
Index [HI] were calculated for the Maximum Parsimonious Tree (MPT). The robustness of the
most parsimonious trees was evaluated by 100 bootstrap replications resulting from maximum
parsimony analysis, each with ten replicates of random stepwise addition of taxa (Felsenstein
1985).The Kishino-Hasegawa tests (KHT) (Kishino & Hasegawa 1989) were performed to
determine whether the trees were significantly different. Trees were viewed in TreeView v.1.6.6
(Page 1996)
In addition, Bayesian Analyses (BA) were performed using MrBayes 3.2.0 (MrBayes v.
3.2.1; Ronquist et al. 2012). Suitable models for the Bayesian analysis were first selected using
models of nucleotide substitution for each gene, as determined using MrModeltest v. 2.2 (Nylander
2004), and included for each gene partition. The analyses of four Markov Chain Monte Carlo
(MCMC) chains were run from random trees for 1,000,000 generations and sampled every 100
generations. The temperature value was lowered to 0.15, burn-in was set to 0.10, and the run was
automatically stopped as soon as the average standard deviation of split frequencies reached below
0.01.The resulting trees were printed with FigTree v1.4.0 (http://tree.bio.ed.ac.uk/software/figtree/).
Table 1 GenBank Accession numbers of the sequences used in phylogenetic analysis
Taxon name
Strain number
Discostroma fuscellum (Berk. & Broome) Huhndorf
NBRC 32625
NBRC 32680
10071
418-BB
HKUCC 1004
NBRC 32690
NBRC 32626
GenBank Acc. No.
LSU
ITS
AB593726
AB594794
AB593739
AB594806
−
AF377284
−
GU244511
AF382380
−
AB593729
AB594797
AB593727
AB594795
MFLUCC 12−0055
KM116282
JQ683727
CBS 122695
CBS 118153
CBS 118154
−
DQ278925
DQ278924
EU552155
DQ278923
DQ278922
CPC 13584
JN871208
JN871199
H4619
H4621
KACC 42490
KACC 42491
NBRC 32674
CPC 156 / CBS 115131
CPC 157 / CBS 110733
CPC 158 / CBS 110734
CPC 159 / CBS 114876
CPC 13580
CPC 12992
CPC 13578
NBRC 32676
AB593731
AB593732
−
−
AB593733
JN871209
JN871210
JN871211
JN871212
JN871214
−
JN871213
AB593734
AB594799
AB594800
EF600969
EF600970
AB594801
JN871200
JN871201
−
JN871202
JN871205
JN871203
JN871204
AB594802
Discostroma sp.
Discostroma stoneae (H.J. Swart) Sivan.
Discostroma tostum (Berk. & Broome) Brockmann
Pseudopestalotiopsis theae (Sawada) Maharachch., K.D.
Hyde & Crous
Sarcostroma bisetulatum (Guba) Nag Raj
Sarcostroma restionis S.J. Lee & Crous
Seimatosporium biseptatum (H.J. Swart & M.A. Will.) P.A.
Barber & Crous
Seimatosporium botan Sat. Hatak. & Y. Harada
Seimatosporium discosioides (Ellis & Everh.) Shoemaker
Seimatosporium elegans H.J. Swart
Seimatosporium eucalypti (McAlpine) H.J. Swart
Seimatosporium falcatum (B. Sutton) Shoemaker
Seimatosporium foliicola (Berk.) Shoemaker
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Taxon name
Seimatosporium glandigenum (Bubák & Gonz. Frag.) B.
Sutton
Seimatosporium grevilleae (Loos) Shoemaker
Seimatosporium hakeae (B. Sutton) Shoemaker
Seimatosporium hypericinum (Ces.) B. Sutton
Seimatosporium kriegerianum (Bres.) Morgan-Jones & B.
Sutton
Seimatosporium leptospermi R.G. Bagn. & Sheridan
Seimatosporium lichenicola (Corda) Shoemaker & E. Müll.
Seimatosporium mariae (Clinton) Shoemaker
Seimatosporium obtusum (H.J. Swart & M.A. Will.) P.A.
Barber & Crous
Seimatosporium parasiticum (Dearn. & House) Shoemaker
Seimatosporium physocarpi C. Norphanphoun, Bulgakov &
K.D. Hyde
Seimatosporium pistaciae Crous & Mirab.
Seimatosporium rosae Corda
Seimatosporium sp.
Seimatosporium vaccinii (Fuckel) B. Erikss.
Seimatosporium walkeri (H.J. Swart & M.A. Will.) P.A.
Barber & Crous
Strain number
GenBank Acc. No.
LSU
ITS
NBRC 32677
AB593735
AB594803
ICMP 10981
AF382372
AF405304
NBRC 32678
AB593736
AB594804
NBRC 32647
AB593737
AB594805
NBRC 32679
AB593738
−
ICMP 11845
MFLUCC 14−0623
NBRC 32681
AF382373
KT198725
AB593740
−
KT198724
AB594807
CPC 12935
JN871215
JN871206
NBRC 32682
AB593741
AB594808
MFLUCC 14−0625
KT198723
KT198722
KP004491
KP004463
KP004492
KT198727
AF382375
AF382374
KP004464
KT198726
−
−
JN871216
JN871207
CPC 24455 / CBS
138865
CPC 24457
MFLUCC 14−0621
HKUCC 7986
ICMP 7003
CPC 17644
CBS: Culture collection of the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht,
The Netherlands; CPC: Culture collection of Pedro Crous, housed at CBS; H: Finnish Museum of Natural
History (University of Helsinki), HKUCC: The University of Hong Kong Culture Collection, Hong Kong,
China; ICMP: International Collection of Microorganisms from Plants, Auckland, New Zealand; KACC:
Korean Agricultural Culture Collection, National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Korea; MFLUCC:
Mae Fah Luang University Culture Collection, Chiang Rai, Thailand; NBRC: Biological Resource Center,
National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Chiba, Japan; LSU: large subunit (28S) of the nrRNA gene
operon; ITS: internal transcribed spacers and intervening 5.8S nrDNA.
Results
Phylogenetic analyses
The combined LSU and ITS alignment was used to resolve the species relationships in
Seimatosporium. The phylogenetic analyses were obtained from maximum parsimony (MP) and
Bayesian analyses. The alignment comprised 42 taxa and 1300 total characters including gaps.
Parsimony analyses indicate that 1140 characters were constant, 73 variable characters were
parsimony-uninformative and 87 characters were parsimony informative. The parsimony analysis
of the data matrix resulted in two equally parsimonious trees and in the first tree (TL= 288,
CI=0.670, RI = 0.814, RC = 0.546, HI = 0.330) is shown here. The Bayesian analysis resulted in a
tree with the same topology as the MP trees. The phylogenetic results from Fig. 1 are discussed in
the descriptive notes and discussion below.
Taxonomy
Seimatosporium lichenicola (Corda) Shoemaker & E. Müll., Can. J. Bot. 42: 405 (1964)
Fig. 2
Faces of fungi numbers: FoF00793
Asexual morph – Discostroma fuscellum (Berk. & Broome) Brockmann 1976
Saprobic and parasitic on dying twigs, leaf stalks and leaves, sometimes on living leaves of Cotinus
coggygria Scop. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Conidiomata 400–600 µm diam.
pycnidial, solitary, immersed, unilocular, brown, with a conspicuous apex. Pycnidial wall (30–50
µm) multilayered, comprised of light brown-walled cells of textura angularis, with inner most layer
thin, hyaline. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells holoblastic,
phialidic, hyaline, smooth, formed from the inner most layer of pycnidium wall. Conidia (10–)12–
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Sarcostroma bisetulatum CBS 122695 ITS
Seimatosporium hakeae NBRC 32678
Sarcostroma restionis CBS 118154
56/1
Sarcostroma restionis CBS 118153
Seimatosporium grevilleae ICMP 10981
–/0.98
62/–
Seimatosporium leptospermi ICMP 11845 LSU
Seimatosporium mariae NBRC 32681
86/1
Discostroma stoneae NBRC 32690
84/0.98
Seimatosporium kriegerianum NBRC 32679 LSU
–/–
Seimatosporium elegans NBRC 32674
Seimatosporium biseptatum CPC 13584
Seimatosporium walkeri CPC 17644
Seimatosporium sp HKUCC 7986 LSU
Seimatosporium eucalypti CPC 156
86/–
–/–
Seimatosporium eucalypti CPC 159
Seimatosporium eucalypti CPC 157
88/1
Seimatosporium falcatum CPC 13578
79/–
83/0.99
Seimatosporium falcatum CPC 13580
Seimatosporium falcatum CPC 12992 ITS
77/1
Seimatosporium eucalypti CPC 158 LSU
Seimatosporium obtusum CPC 12935
–/1 Discostroma fuscellum 10071 ITS
87/0.99 Seimatosporium glandigenum NBRC 32677
Discostroma fuscellum NBRC 32625
Discostroma
fuscellum 418-BB ITS
–/0.99
86/1
Discostroma
fuscellum NBRC 32680
52/–
Seimatosporium lichenicola MFLUCC 14 0623
58/–
–/–
Seimatosporium vaccinii ICMP 7003 LSU
96/1 Seimatosporium parasiticum NBRC 32682
Seimatosporium physocarpi MFLUCC 14 0625
Discostroma tostum NBRC 32626
–/0.99
Seimatosporium discosioides H4621
54/–
76/1
Seimatosporium discosioides KACC 42491 ITS
54/–
Seimatosporium discosioides KACC 42490 ITS
60/0.95
Seimatosporium
botan H4619
60/1
Seimatosporium rosae MFLUCC 14 0621
89/1 Seimatosporium pistaciae CPC 24457
56/–
Seimatosporium pistaciae CBS 138865
Discostroma sp HKUCC 1004 LSU
Seimatosporium hypericinum NBRC 32647
Seimatosporium foliicola NBRC 32676
Pseudopestalotiopsis theae MFLUCC 12 0055
62/–
100/–
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Fig. 1 – Maximum Parsimony (MP) majority rule consensus tree for the analyzed Seimatosporium isolates
based on a combined dataset of LSU and ITS sequence data. MP bootstrap support values higher than 50%
and Bayesian posterior probabilities (PP) above 95% are given at the nodes (MP/PP). The tree is rooted with
Pseudopestalotiopsis theae (MFLUCC 12−0055). The strain numbers are mentioned after the species names.
New strains are in blue bold and ex-type strains are in black bold.
14 × 4–5(–6) µm ( x = 12 × 5 µm, n = 30), initially hyaline, pale brown to dark brown at maturity,
fusiform, straight , infrequently slightly curved, with 3 transverse septa, not constricted at the septa,
narrowly rounded at both ends, smooth-walled, with thick walls pale brown to dark brown at
maturity, narrowly rounded at both ends, smooth-walled, basal cell conic to obconic with a truncate
base, subhyaline, 2.5–4 μm long ( x = 3.5 µm), with two median cells subcylindrical to doliform,
with thick verruculose walls, brown to dark brown, 7.5–8 μm long ( x =7.5 µm), with apical cell
conical and rounded at apex, hyaline, cylindrical to subcylindrical, 3.5–4 μm long ( x = 3.5 µm).
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Fig. 2 – Seimatosporium lichenicola (MFLUCC 14−0623). a Leaf spot disease on Cotinus
coggygria leaf. b Habit on wood. c Fruiting bodies on substrate. The blackened areas are the
conidia masses. d Cross section of the conidioma. e Pycnidial wall. f Apex of conidioma. g, h, i
Conidiogenous cells. j, k Mature conidia. l Germinating spore on PDA. Bars: d = 300 µm; e = 50
µm; f = 100 µm; g, h, i, l = 20 µm; j, k = 10 µm.
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Culture characters – Colonies on PDA slow growing, reaching 2 cm diam. after 5 days at
25 °C, circular, spreading, with flat mycelium, with fimbriate margins, pale yellow clusters forming
in the centre of colonies after 2 days, clustered or effuse in centre of colony, lacking aerial
mycelium.
Material examined – RUSSIA, Rostov Region, Oktyabrsky District, Persianovsky
Arboretum, on live leaves and dying branches of Cotinus coggygria Scop, 4 June 2014, T.
Bulgakov T−095 (MFLU 14−0773, reference specimen of Seimatosporium lichenicola
designated here), living culture, MFLUCC 14−0623, CBS 139966.
Notes – Seimatosporium lichenicola was introduced by Shoemaker & Müller (1964) as the
sexual morph of Clethridium corticola (Fuckel) Shoemaker & E. Müll. The species was described
as coelomycetous, producing clavate, mostly 3 transversely septate, non-seteferous conidia. Sutton
(1980) reported S. lichenicola, with 13–15 × 5.5–6.5 µm, 3-septate, fusiform conidia, which lack
appendages. Nag Raj (1993) transferred S. lichenicola to Sporocadus. The type was from Rosa
canina, in Lobkowitschen gardens in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Tanaka et al. (2011) reviewed these
four genera and as none had a reported sexual morph, they were synonymized under
Seimatosporium. The sexual morph of S. lichenicola is reported to be Discostroma fuscellum based
on phylogenetic data (Tanaka et al. 2011).
Our collection is consistent with the reports of Shoemaker & Müller (1964), Sutton (1980),
Nag Raj (1993) and Tanaka et al. (2011), whereas our collection differs in being found on dead
branches of Cotinus coggygria in Russia. Based on these findings, we name our collection as S.
lichenicola. Molecular analyses show our strain to cluster with Discostroma fuscellum which is the
sexual morph of S. lichenicola (Fig. 1) (Tanaka et al. 2011, Nag Raj 1993). Sequence data for S.
lichenicola is not available in GenBank and therefore, we designate our collection as a reference
specimen. We do not designate an epitype as the host is different (Ariyawansa et al. 2014).
Seimatosporium physocarpi C. Norphanphoun, Bulgakov & K.D. Hyde, sp. nov.
Fig. 3
Index Fungorum Number: IF551287
Faces of fungi number: FoF00794
Etymology – Physocarpi, refers to the the host genus from which this species was collected.
HOLOTYPUS: MFLU 14−0775.
Parasitic (necrotrophic) and saprobic on leaves (leaf spot), twigs and fruits of Physocarpus
opulifolius. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Conidiomata stromatic, erumpent,
initially subglobose, becoming cornuted with an obtuse or subcylindrical head and a broad stalk, up
to 350–900 µm diam, 400–900 µm high, globose, pale brown to brown, dehiscing by a rupture in
the overlying host epidermis and covered with dark brown conidial masses. Pycnidial wall basal
stroma up to 200 µm thick, with cell of textura angularis, moderately thick-walled, hyaline.
Conidiophores arising from the upper cells of the basal stroma, branched, hyaline, smooth, up to 20
µm long, invested in mucus. Conidiogenous cells lageniform to subcylindrical with moderate apical
periclinal thickening, hyaline, smooth, formed from the inner most layer of pycnidial. Conidia (10–
)15–16 × 3.5–4.8(5) µm ( x =13 × 4.1 µm, n = 30), hyaline to slightly olivaceous, fusiform, straight
to slightly curved, 3–septate, basal cell conic to obconic, slightly olivaceous, thin-walled and
verruculose, 2–3 µm long ( x =2.5 µm), with two median cells, doliiform to cylindrical, with thick
verruculose walls, constricted at the septa, concolourous, olivaceous, with septa and periclinal walls
darker than the rest of the cell, together 5.5–8 µm long ( x = 6.75 µm), second cell from base 3.5–4
µm ( x = 3.7 µm); third cell 2–3.5 µm ( x = 2.75 µm); apical cell hyaline, cylindrical to
subcylindrical 2–3 µm long ( x = 2.5 µm); with 1 tubular apical appendage, arising from the apex of
the apical cell, 7–12 µm long ( x = 9.5 µm), unequal in length; basal appendage present, rarely one,
12– 14 µm long ( x = 13 µm).
Culture characteristics – Colonies on PDA slow growing, reaching 2.5 cm diam. after 7
days at 25 °C, later producing dense mycelium, circular, erumpent, spreading, fluffy, with moderate
aerial mycelium and smooth, margins lobate, pale yellow in the centre of the colony after 4 days,
clustered or effuse on center of colony surface, without aerial mycelium.
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Fig. 3 – Seimatosporium physocarpi (holotype) a Leaf spot disease on Physocarpus opulifolius
leaf. b Stromatal habit in wood. c Fruiting bodies on host substrate. d Cross section of the stroma
showing perithecia. e, f Peridium. g, h Conidiogenous cells. i Immature conidia. j, k, l Mature
conidia. m Germinating spore on PDA. – Bars: c = 600 µm; d = 300 µm; e, m = 50 µm; f= 20 µm;
g, h = 15 µm; i, j, k, l = 10 µm.
Material examined – RUSSIA, Rostov Region, Rostov-on-Don city, Botanical Garden of
Southern Federal University, Systematic Arboretum, on dead branches of Physocarpus opulifolius
(L.) Maxim (host family), 8 May 2014, T. Bulgakov T-126 (MFLU 14−0775, holotype); Ibid.
(PDD, isotype); ex-type living culture, MFLUCC 14−0625, CBS 139968.
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Notes – In the phylogenetic tree (Fig. 1), S. physocarpi clustered in the same clade with S.
parasiticum, Discostroma tostum (S. passerinii), S. lichenicola (D. fuscellum), S. glandigenum and
S. vacinii. However, the conidia of S. passerinii, S. lichenicola, S. glandigenum and S. vacinii lack
appendages, while only S. parasiticum has apical and basal appendages (Nag Raj 1993). Therefore
our species morphologically closely resembles S. parasiticum. Seimatosporium parasiticum was
described from leaves of Physocarpus opulifolius (Rosaceae) from Germany (Sutton 1980).
However, S. physocarpi can be distinguished by its smaller conidial dimensions (10–16 × 3.5–4.8
µm in S. physocarpi, 22–35 × 5–7 µm in S. parasiticum) and S. physocarpi has longer apical (7–12
µm versus 2–5 µm) and longer basal appendages (12–14 µm versus 2–8 µm) than S. parasiticum
(Sutton 1980). Our new species has 3-septate conidia and occurs in European Russia (and Eastern
Europe). It is distinct from S. parasiticum which occurs in Central Europe, and has 3–5-septate
(mostly 5–septate) and often irregularly curved conidia (Sutton 1980, Tomoshevich 2012). A
detailed morphology comparison of the related species with the new species is provided in Table 2.
This species is parasitic usually causes leaf spots of Physocarpus species, and also grows on
dead twigs as with many necrotrophic fungi. Seimatosporium species found on Physocarpus spp. in
some regions of European Russia (Moscow and Moscow region, St.-Petersburg and Leningrad
region,, Rostov region, Krasnodar region) and Asian Russia (Western Siberia, Novosibirsk region)
(Bulgakov et al. 2014, Tomoshevich 2012). In some reports, the Seimatosporium species on
Physocarpus were reported as Seimatosporium lonicerae (Cooke) Shoemaker, but this species is
distinct from S. physocarpi by occasionally having 2-septate conidia, with mostly a single basal
appendage, and sometimes with a shorter apical appendage (Melnik 1997, Nag Raj 1993).
Seimatosporium rosae Corda, in Sturm, Deutschl. Fl., 3 Abt. (Pilze Deutschl.) 3(13): 79 (1833).
Fig. 4
Index Fungorum Number: IF190497
Epitypification identifier: IF551303
Faces of fungi numbers: FoF00795
Type: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Prague, Pobaba, on stems of Rosa canina L. (PRM); (ex-type
collection IMI 108309).
Saprobic and weak parasitic on dead and dying branches of Rosa kalmiussica Chrshan. &
Lasebna (this species often includes in Rosa canina sensu lato) Sexual morph: Undetermined.
Asexual morph: Conidiomata acervular, intra-epidermal, 250–400 µm diam., 150–170 µm high,
unilocular, glabrous, brown, dehiscing by irregular split in the overlying host tissue; basal stroma
thin, with cells moderately thick-walled, almost colourless at the base, pale brown in the lateral
tissue and cells of textura angularis. Conidiophores arising from the upper cells of the basal and
lateral tissue, sparsely septate and branched, colourless, thin-walled, smooth, up to 10 µm long.
Conidiogenous cells lageniform to cylindrical, colourless, thin-walled,smooth, formed from the
inner most layer of pycnidium wall. Conidia (11–)12–15 × 3.5–4.5(–5) µm ( x = 13.5 × 4.5 µm, n =
30), hyaline or slightly olivaceous, fusiform, straight to slightly curved, 3-septate, basal cell conic
to obconic, thin-walled and verruculose, 2–3.5 µm long ( x = 3µm), with two median cells,
doliiform to cylindrical, with thick verruculose walls, constricted at septa, concolourous,
olivaceous, with septa and periclinal walls darker than the rest of the cell, together 5–7 µm long ( x
= 17 µm) second cell from base 3–4.5 µm ( x = 4 µm); third cell 3–4 µm ( x = 3.5 µm); apical cell
hyaline, cylindrical to subcylindrical 2.5–4 µm long ( x = 3.25 µm); with 1 tubular apical
appendage, arising from the apex of the apical cell, 5–10(–10.4) µm long ( x = 8 µm), unequal in
length; basal appendage present, 5–7(–8) µm long ( x = 5.5 µm).
Culture characteristics – Colonies on PDA slow growing, reaching 3 cm diam. after 13
days at 25 °C, later producing dense mycelium, circular, rough margin white at first with dark
green clusters in the center of the colony after 5 days, clustered or effuse on center of colony
surface, without aerial mycelium. Hyphae septate branched, hyaline, thin.
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Fig. 4 – Seimatosporium rosae (epitype). a Habit in wood. b, c Fruiting bodies on host substrate. d
Cross section of fruiting body. e, f Peridium. g, h, i Conidiogenous cells. j, k, l Mature conidia. m
Germinating spore on PDA. n from above. o from below. Bars: c = 200 µm; d = 300 µm; e, g, h, i,
m = 20 µm; f= 50 µm; j, k, l = 10 µm.
Material examined – RUSSIA, Rostov Region, Krasnosulinsky District, Donskoye Forestry,
edge of ravine forest, on dying and dead branches of Rosa kalmiussica Chrshan. & Lasebna, 21
May 2014, T. Bulgakov T−056 (MFLU 14–0771, epitype of Seimatosporium rosae designated
here); living cultures MFLUCC 14–0621, CBS 139823.
Notes – Seimatosporium rosae is the generic type and was found on Rosa canina (L.) from
Podbaba in Prague (Corda 1833). Our isolate was collected on Rosa kalmiussica Chrshan. &
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Lasebna from the Rostov Region of Russia and has the same conidial size range (11–15 × 3.5–5
µm) and same host as S. rosae, which is consistent with reports of Sutton (1980), and Nag Raj
(1993). In molecular analyses (Fig. 1), our isolate clusters together with S. pistaciae, a species
introduced by Crous & Mirab (2014) from buds of Pistacia vera from Iran. Although, S. pistaciae
morphologically closely matches S. rosae, Crous & Mirab distinguished these taxa, the former
having larger conidia (15–22 × 4–5 µm, Crous et al. 2014). We designate our collection of S. rosae
as an epitype specimen (sensu Ariyawansa et al. 2014) as it was collected on same host in Europe.
Discussion
The genus Seimatosporium previously belonged in the family Amphisphaeriaceae
(Shoemaker & Müller 1964, Brockmann 1976, Paulus et al. 2006, Maharachchikumbura et al.
2015) and later transferred to newly introduced Discosiaceae (Senanayake et al. 2015).
Amphisphaeriaceae was established by Winter (1887) as a large heterogeneous family which
mainly contains Pestalotiopsis-like asexual morphs (Jeewon et al. 2002). These taxa are
characterized by ascomata immersed in the host, with dark peridial walls and asci with amyloid
apical apparatii (Barr 1975). Their asexual morphs are generally characterized by coelomycetous
conidiomata producing septate conidia with filiform apical appendages (Barr 1990, Nag Raj 1993).
Nag Raj (1993) has reported conidia with pigmented median cells, with or without one apical and
basal appendage. The present findings that species of Vermisporium, characterized by their falcate
to elongate-fusiform conidia with pigmented cells, a beak-like apical cell, and a podiform, tubular,
unbranched, eccentric basal appendage, clustering in Seimatosporium was rather unexpected. Nag
Raj (1993) has reported that one of the main characters used for distinguishing species was the
length to width ratio, even though this had previously been found to be inadequate (Swart &
Williamson 1983). The taxonomy has traditionally placed a great deal of emphasis on length and
width of conidia, while distinguishing species in Pestalotiopsis (Jeewon et al. 2003), and
Seimatosporium, as a genus sharing many similarities. Spore length has been used as a key
character, with many new species of Pestalotiopsis being described based on subtle differences in
spore size (Mordue 1985, 1986, Nag Raj 1985, 1986, Venkatasubbaiah et al. 1991). Further, this
finding also questions the value of appendage type sensu Nag Raj (1993) as informative features at
generic level.
Sutton (1980) treated Seimatosporium as heterogeneous with a broad concept. However,
Nag Raj (1993) segregated Seimatosporium in to five genera based on the conidial morphology.
Therefore, the generic concept of Seimatosporium remains unresolved and this was discussed by
Tanaka et al. (2011) with the support of molecular data. In their study, Tanaka et al. (2011),
included isolates representing all the five genera discussed by Nag Raj (1993) and strains
representing Seimatosporium sensu stricto. They observed that all Seimatosporium species and
Discostroma sexual morphs clustered in a monophyletic group, but with several subgroups among
the Seimatosporium sensu lato clade. These may be related to the colour of median cells and may
have taxonomic value. For example, in the present study, the clade represented by Sarcostroma
bisetulatum, S. restionis, Seimatosporium hakeae, S. grevilleae, S. leptospermi and S. mariae has
coloured median cells. Its sister clade represented by Seimatosporium kriegerianum, S. elegans, S.
biseptatum, Seimatosporium walkeri, S. eucalypti S. falcatum and S. obtusum however, have
hyaline median cells. The colour of the median cells in Pestalotiopsis (Amphisphaeriales) has been
shown to have taxonomic value, and based on pigmentation the genus was segregated in
Pestalotiopsis, Neopestalotiopsis and Pseudopestalotiopsis (Maharachchikumbura et al. 2014). The
same approach may helpful in the subdivision of Seimatosporium. However, further sampling of
more genera/species, fresh collection with type strains, and establishing asexual and sexual morph
connections are required for reassessment of this genus complex. In addition species of
Discostroma and Seimatosporium have been linked by molecular data (Tanaka et al. 2011),
however the molecular links have not been shown for the types of either genera. Both names should
therefore be retained pending fresh collections of the types and further molecular study
(Maharachchikumbura et al. 2015).
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Table 2 Synopsis of morphological features of species of Seimatosporium (Related to this research)
Conidia
Conidioma
ta (μm)
Septate
Conidia size (μm)
Two median
cell (µm)
Apical
appendage
(µm)
Basal
appendage
(µm)
–
3 septate
16–20 × 4–5
8–11
4–8
4–8
Duan et al.,
(2011)
100–200
3 septate
11.5–18 × 3.5–5
7.5–10
2–7
2–6
Sutton, 1980
Quercus ballota,
>250
3 septate
15–18 × 5–6.5
7.5–10
None
None
Sutton, 1980
Rosa sp.
>350
3 septate
13–15 × 5.5–6.5
–
None
None
Sutton, 1980
150
2-3 septate
11-19 x 3-5
6.5-10
4-10
2-9
Sutton, 1980
400–600
3 septate
(10–)12–14 × 4–
5(–6)
7.5–8
None
None
In this study
>100
3–5 septate
(mostly 5
septate)
24–31 × 4.5–6.5
17–24
1–8.5
1.5–9
Sutton, 1980
400–800
3 septate
14–20 × (3–2)–4
–
10–18
None
Syndowia,
28: 320
350–900
3 septate
5.5–8
7–12
12– 14
In this study
>150
4 septate
–
10–14
12–20
12.5–16.5 × 3.5–4
7-10
11-20
9-19
250–400
3 septate
10–15 × 3–4
5–9
1–6.5
1–8
Sutton, 1980
Species
Host
Seimatosporium botan
Paeonia suffruticosa
(stems)
S. discosioides
Rosa heliophila (leaves)
S. glandigenum
S. lichenicola
S. lonicerae
S. lichenicola
(MFLUCC 14–0623)
Physocarpus opulifolius
(twigs)
Cotinus coggygria (dying
branches, live leaves)
S. parasiticum
Physocarpus opulifolius
(leaves)
S. passerinii
Epilobium fleischeri
S. physocarpi
(MFLUCC 14–0625)
Physocarpus opulifolius
(leaves, twigs and fruits)
Physocarpus opulifolius
(bud)
S. pistaciae
S. rosae
Rosa kalmiussica Chrshan.
& Lasebna
(10–)15–16 ×
3.5–4.8 (5)
(15–)17–20(–22)
× (4–)4.5(–5)
Reference
Persoonia 33,
2014
Nag Raj,
1993
S. rosae
(MFLUCC 14–0621)
Rosa sp. (branches)
250–400 ×
150–170
3 septate
(11–)12–15 ×
3.5–4.5(–5)
5–7
5–10(–10.4)
5–7(–8)
In this study
S. vaccinii
Vaccinium myrtillus
>100
3 septate
13–18 × 4.5–5.5
–
None
None
Sutton, 1980
―–― no result
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In the present study, combined LSU and ITS alignment is used to resolve species
relationships in Seimatosporium (Fig 1), following (Tanaka et al. 2011). The phylogenetic tree
shows that our collection clearly groups with Seimatosporium. The application of molecular data
can provide reliable genetic evidence to define species boundaries in taxonomic studies, as shown
in this study. Combined multi-gene data phylogenies can better resolve the taxonomy of genera
such as Seimatosporium (Tanaka et al. 2011).
Seimatosporium species are common as saprobes and pathogens on plants, but are not
considered to be destructive foliar pathogens. For example, Vermisporium acutum (≡
Seimatosporium acutum), was found on a single necrotic lesion on Eucalyptus nicholii leaves
(Barber et al. 2003). Species of Seimatosporium have been reported from necrotic spots and
associated with disease on branches, twigs, leaves and fruits (Bulgakov et al. 2014).
Seimatosporium physocarpi causes leaf spots and grows on living and dying branches. Thus, the
Seimatosporium species in this study cannot be considered as saprobic in nature. In temperate arid
climate zones, many necrotrophic fungi are specific on host-plants and grow during the cold and
wet seasons. Endophytes, may mostly be pathogens, but they often may be treated as saprobes by
mycologists, because during the summer they can only be found on dead branches (Bulgakov et al.
2014). Leaf spots of eucalyptus caused by Vermisporium have been reported from the Southern
Hemisphere (Barber et al. 2011), while Vermisporium quercinum was found on the bark of Quercus
suber (Fagaceae) in Sardinia, Italy (Franceschini et al. 1995). Vermisporium tenzingii was reported
from leaves of Osbeckia crinita from Darjeeling, India and Osbeckia stellata in Kaltani, Nepal (Wu
& Sutton 1996). Some species such as S. brevicentrum and S. eucalypti were associated with insect
damaged leaves, presumably as secondary invaders of leaf tissue damaged previously by insects or
as endophytes sporulating in necrotic tissues (Barber et al. 2011). These results suggest that species
of Seimatosporium are not likely to be a serious commercial problem.
Acknowledgements
Chada Norphanphoun thanks for the Mushroom Research Foundation, Chiang Mai,
Thailand, for supporting this research. Kevin D. Hyde thanks the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
project number 2013T2S0030, for the award of Visiting Professorship for Senior International
Scientists at Kunming Institute of Botany. We would like to thank Humidtropics, a CGIAR
Research Program that aims to develop new opportunities for improved livelihoods in a sustainable
environment, for partially funding this work. Thanks for Chaiwat To-anun, Ratchadawan
Cheewangkoon, Putarak Chomnunti, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Rungtiwa Pookamsak, Li Junfu,
Ausana Mapook, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Chonticha Singtripop and Sirinapa Konta for informative
name information, cultures preparation and general assistance.
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