Ophiostoma arduennense sp. nov. (Ophiostomatales, Ascomycota) from Fagus sylvatica in southern Belgium

Ophiostoma arduennense sp. nov. is described from several cultures isolated from Fagus sylvatica in southern Belgium. The species is mainly characterized by globose perithecia with small button-like bases ornamented with brown hyphal hairs of variable length and, long cylindrical necks ending in ostiolate hyphae. It is homothallic with small reniform ascospores and no apparent anamorph. It is closely associated with the ambrosia beetles Xyloterus domesticus and X. signatus. Its phylogenetic relationships within Ophiostoma are discussed and the species is compared with other Ophiostoma species associated with European beech or other broad-leaved trees in Europe, especially species of the O. quercus–O. piceae complex. The species is responsible for a dark brown staining of the sapwood and its role in the decline of beech in Southern Belgium is also discussed.     

中国北京地区的多孔菌

本文报道产于中国北方北京地区的非褶菌目孔状真菌72种,并列出了每种的寄主。其中大部分种类为该地区首次报道。王氏薄孔菌为一新种,它的主要特征为子实体平伏反转,孔口表面奶油色至浅黄色,担孢子圆柱型并略弯曲,生长在李属树木上。该新种与垫状薄孔菌相似,但后者孢子较宽且是完全平伏的种类。