MycoKeys,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
113, P. 337 - 358
Published: Feb. 12, 2025
Resin
outpourings
on
conifers
are
a
quite
unique
habitat
occurring
in
nature.
Conifer
resins
composed
mainly
from
monoterpenes,
sesquiterpenes
and
resin
acids
which
recalcitrant
to
microbial
decomposition.
Moreover,
exhibit
antimicrobial
properties.
Despite
that,
they
colonised
by
different
microorganisms
including
fungi.
They
called
resinicolous
constitute
poorly
explored
group
of
the
fungal
kingdom.
In
this
study,
during
investigation
fungi
Poland,
seven
strains
were
assigned
family
Nectriaceae.
Phylogenetic
analyses
combined
ITS,
LSU,
rpb2,
tef1
tub2
sequence
data
used
for
molecular
identification.
As
result,
two
new
species
(including
genus)
known
identified.
Pulchrosporaresinae
gen.
et
sp.
nov.
Cosmosporaelegans
described,
characterised
proposed
herein.
Known
such
as
Cosmosporaviridescens
Cosmosporellapruni
isolated
substrate
first
time.
Frontiers in Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14
Published: Jan. 10, 2024
Entomopathogenic
fungi
comprise
an
ecologically
important
group
of
specialized
pathogens
infecting
other
fungi,
invertebrates,
and
plants.
These
are
species-rich
with
high
diversity
broad
distribution
worldwide.
The
majority
entomopathogenic
belong
to
clavicipitoids,
which
consist
the
hypocrealean
families,
Clavicipitaceae,
Cordycipitaceae,
Ophiocordycipitaceae,
Polycephalomycetaceae.
latter
is
a
newly
established
family
that
recently
separated
from
Ophiocordycipitaceae
accommodate
genera,
Perennicordyceps,
Pleurocordyceps
,
Polycephalomyces
.
In
recent
years,
Polycephalomycetaceae
has
been
enriched
parasitic
hyperparasitic
fungi.
With
16
species
spread
across
China,
Ecuador,
Japan,
Thailand,
most
speciose
genus
in
family.
this
study,
we
expand
number
taxa
by
introducing
four
new
namely,
P.
clavisynnema,
multisynnema,
neoagarica
sanduensis
We
provide
detailed
descriptions
illustrations
infer
genus-level
phylogenies
based
on
combined
6-loci
gene
sequence
dataset
comprising
internal
transcribed
spacer
region
(ITS),
small
subunit
ribosomal
RNA
(SSU),
large
rRNA
(LSU),
translation
elongation
factor
1-alpha
(TEF-1α),
polymerase
II
largest
(RPB1),
second
(RPB2).
This
study
contributes
knowledge
regard
specifically
Hypocreales
more
broadly.
MycoKeys,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
113, P. 337 - 358
Published: Feb. 12, 2025
Resin
outpourings
on
conifers
are
a
quite
unique
habitat
occurring
in
nature.
Conifer
resins
composed
mainly
from
monoterpenes,
sesquiterpenes
and
resin
acids
which
recalcitrant
to
microbial
decomposition.
Moreover,
exhibit
antimicrobial
properties.
Despite
that,
they
colonised
by
different
microorganisms
including
fungi.
They
called
resinicolous
constitute
poorly
explored
group
of
the
fungal
kingdom.
In
this
study,
during
investigation
fungi
Poland,
seven
strains
were
assigned
family
Nectriaceae.
Phylogenetic
analyses
combined
ITS,
LSU,
rpb2,
tef1
tub2
sequence
data
used
for
molecular
identification.
As
result,
two
new
species
(including
genus)
known
identified.
Pulchrosporaresinae
gen.
et
sp.
nov.
Cosmosporaelegans
described,
characterised
proposed
herein.
Known
such
as
Cosmosporaviridescens
Cosmosporellapruni
isolated
substrate
first
time.