Menisporopsis aquatica sp. nov. (Sordariomycetes, Chaetosphaeriales, Chaetosphaeriaceae), from freshwater habitat in China
Citation
Hu D (2022). Menisporopsis aquatica sp. nov. (Sordariomycetes, Chaetosphaeriales, Chaetosphaeriaceae), from freshwater habitat in China. Biodiversity Data Journal. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.10.e91008 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-07.Description
Freshwater fungi are an integral part of freshwater ecosystems. They promote the carbon cycle of the ecosystem by decomposing wood substrates. Menisporopsis is a fungal genus of Chaetosphaeriales in Sordariomycetes, which has been commonly collected from aquatic and marine environments. Most species of this genus are saprophytes.Here, a new freshwater hyphomycetous fungus, Menisporopsis aquatica, reported from submerged rotten wood samples collected in a stream in Zhejiang Province, south-eastern China. The new species is characterised by hyaline conidia appendiculate with 1-2 setulae at each end and synnematous conidiophores growing closely around a black central seta. Molecular phylogeny of Menisporopsis was studied using a combined two-loci dataset, including the internal transcribed spacer sequences (ITS) and the nuclear ribosomal large subunit gene sequences (nrLSU). The new species is illustrated and a synopsis of the Menisporopsis species is presented in this paper.Taxonomic Coverages
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Bioengineering and Technological Research Centre for Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Jiangxi Agricultural University
Nanchang
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Dian-Ming Hu
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Bioengineering and Technological Research Centre for Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Jiangxi Agricultural University
Nanchang
CN
email: hudianming1@163.com
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Bioengineering and Technological Research Centre for Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Jiangxi Agricultural University
Nanchang
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email: hudianming1@163.com