A taxonomic study of phlebioid fungi (Basidiomycota)

The genus Phlebia has long been regarded as a polyphyletic or paraphyletic taxon, including distinct groups of more closely related species. Consequently, the delimitation of the genus has been given different interpretations and several rearrangements have been proposed by various authors. In the present study, DNA sequences (25S, rDNA) were obtained for twenty species of the genus Phlebia and a phylogenetic analysis was performed. Because of the presumably paraphyletic nature of the genus, different outgroups were used for different sets of taxa. A core group of species, including the type Ph. radiata , is well distinguished. For the delimitation of the genus, however, the wider scope of a more weakly supported clade is proposed. This clade also includes Phlebiopsis gigantea and its combination in Phlebia is reaffirmed. Two species, Ph. griseoflavescens and Ph. tristis , are distinctly separated from this clade and should be removed from the genus. Morphological characters were used in a separate phylogenetic analysis but the result did not conform with analysis from sequence data.     

Phylogeny and character evolution in the jelly fungi (Tremellomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi)

The Tremellomycetes (Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi) are a nutritionally heterogeneous group comprising saprotrophs, animal parasites, and fungicolous species (fungal-inhabiting, including lichen-inhabiting). The relationships of many species, particularly those with a lichenicolous habit, have never been investigated by molecular methods. We present a phylogeny of the Tremellomycetes based on three nuclear DNA ribosomal markers (nSSU, 5.8S and nLSU), representing all main taxonomic groups and life forms, including lichenicolous taxa. The Cystofilobasidiales, Filobasidiales, Holtermanniales, and Tremellales (including the Trichosporonales) are recovered as monophyletic, but this is not the case for the Tremellomycetes. We suggest, however, that the Cystofilobasidiales tentatively continue to be included in the Tremellomycetes. As currently circumscribed, the Filobasidiaceae, Sirobasidiaceae, Syzygosporaceae and Tremellaceae are non-monophyletic. Cuniculitremaceae, Sirobasidiaceae and Tetragoniomycetaceae are nested within Tremellaceae. The lichenicolous species currently included within the Tremellomycetes belong in this group, distributed across the Filobasidiales and Tremellales. Lichen-inhabiting taxa do not form a monophyletic group; they are distributed in several clades and sometimes intermixed with taxa of other nutritional habits. Character state reconstruction indicates that two morphological traits claimed to characterize groups in the Tremellomycetes (the basidium habit and basidium septation) are highly homoplastic. Comparative phylogenetic methods suggest that the transitions between single and catenulate basidia in the Tremellales are consistent with a punctuational model of evolution whereas basidium septation is likely to have evolved under a graduational model in the clade comprising the Holtermanniales, Filobasidiales, and Tremellales.     

Smut fungi (Basidiomycota p.p., Ascomycota p.p.) of the world. novelties, selected examples, trends

After defining the meaning of the term 'smut fungus', their current taxonomic classification is presented. There are to date, 1640 'true' species of smut fungi that are classified into 2 phyla, 2 subphyla, 4 classes, 8 orders, 24 families and 90 genera. Recent changes to the classification of the smut fungi have produced some surprises when compared to their traditional classification. The variability of the symptoms produced by the smut fungi on their host plants, and the great morphological diversity of the spores is illustrated by selected pictures. Trends and perspectives in the research of the taxonomy of smut fungi are discussed. On the occasion of the imminent world monograph of smut fungi the necessity for urgent measures ensuring their global conservation is stressed. If present trends of habitat destruction continue, caused in large part by the human population explosion, many of the estimated 4000 to 4500 species of smut fungi become extinct before they are even discovered.     

中国齿状真菌研究5.齿耳属(担子菌门,皱孔菌科)(英文)

对我国木生齿状真菌齿耳属进行了研究,报道了该属3个中国新记录种:阔纤毛齿耳菌Steccherinum ciliolatum、山生齿耳菌S.oreophilum和强壮齿耳菌S.robustius。3个种分别采集自黑龙江、四川和吉林省。从形态学及分子系统学方面确定了该属3个种类的分类地位。阔纤毛齿耳菌主要特征为:子实体平伏,奶油色至浅黄色,短齿,边缘呈绒毛状,孢子椭圆形;山生齿耳菌主要特征为:子实体小,平伏至反卷,菌盖表面光滑,子实层体齿状至孔状,骨架囊状体锥形,孢子窄椭圆形;强壮齿耳菌的主要特征为:子实体平伏至反卷,菌齿浅橘红色至暗黄色,孢子宽椭圆形。分子系统学方面,Steccherinum 3个种类获得了高的支持率,分属不同分支,显著区别于该属的其他种类。根据采集到的标本对它们进行了详细的描述和绘图,并给出了我国该属已知15种的检索表及每种的简要特征。     

New species and reports of rust fungi (Basidiomycota,Uredinales) of South America

Four new species of rust fungi (Basidiomycota, Uredinales) are proposed: Edythea soratensis on Berberis phyllacantha (Berberidaceae), Prospodium bicristatum on Mansoa sp. (Bignoniaceae), Uromyces cearensis on Ipomoea sp. (Convolvulaceae) and Uredo cavernula on Ribes weberbaueri (Grossulariaceae). U. cavernula most probably belongs to the genus Goplana. Phakopsora phyllanthi and Phakopsora vernoniae are newly reported for Brazil and the New World. The uredinial stage of the latter is the same as Uredo toroiana, known so far from Hispaniola in the Caribbean. The parasitic mycelium of Esalque holwayi was studied. It is strictly intracellular but comprises well-defined haustoria and intracellular hyphae. Taxonomical novelties Edythea soratensis Ritschel Prospodium bicristatum R. Berndt and F. Freire Uredo cavernula R. Berndt and R.S. Peterson Uromyces cearensis R. Berndt and F. Freire     

中国革菌三新记录种(英文)

报道了中国革菌 3 个新记录种:鲑色胶囊革菌 Gloeocystidiellum salmoneum 和多瘤原毛平革菌 Phanerochaete tuberculata 采自北京市,瘤孢绒毛革菌 Tomentella griseoumbrina 采自吉林省。根据所采集的标本对这 3 种真菌进行了详细的描述和显微结构绘图。     

中国革菌3新记录种

本文报道了中国革菌3个新记录种:灰白片花耳采自湖南省,其担子上着生两个担孢子梗。匙形茸瑚菌采自云南省,其担子果具菌盖、侧生柄,菌丝二系。硬锈红菌采于海南省,其平伏,灰褐色至暗褐色的子实层体可使附着基物变红。本文根据所采集的标本对这3种真菌进行了详细的描述。     

中国的齿状真菌研究3.肉齿菌属

对中国肉齿菌属的3个种进行了总结,其中花状肉齿菌为中国新记录种.该种采集自海南省儋州市热带植物园,主要特征:子实体花朵状、覆瓦状叠生,囊状体棒状或纺锤形,担孢子广椭圆形.根据采集的标本对该种进行了详细的描述及显微结构绘图,对该种与其它种类的联系和区别进行了讨论,并列出了附有每种简要描述的检索表.     

中国木生革菌研究3.原毛平革属

本文报道了三种木生革菌:南方原毛平革菌Phanerochaete australis,纤毛原毛平革菌P.calotricha和革质原毛平革菌P.stereoides,分别采自河南省,吉林省和湖北省。前两种是中国新记录种,最后一种为中国大陆首次报道。本文根据采集到的标本对它们进行了详细的描述和绘图,并给出了我国该属已知19种的分种检索表。     

Species ofUrocystis (Ustilaginomycetes) onAnemone in Japan

Three species ofUrocystis onAnemone (Ranunculaceae) are reported based on comparative morphology with specimens collected in Japan.Urocystis anemones, U. japonica, andU. pseudoanemones sp. nov. are separated by the number of ustilospores and sterile cells surrounding the ustilospores in the spore balls. Morphological characteristics, host plants and geographical distribution of these three species are also reported. Contribution No. 148, Laboratory of Plant Pathology and Mycology, Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba, Japan.     

Wood-inhabiting fungi in southern China 5. New species of Theleporus and Grammothele (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)

During the examination of specimens of Theleporus and Grammothele (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) from tropical China, three new species, Theleporus membranaceus, T. minisporus and Grammothele denticulata, were identified based on both morphological and phylogenetic analyses. They are described and illustrated. T. membranaceus is characterized by its extremely thin basidiocarps (0.12 mm), small pores (7-10 per mm) and ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid basidiospores. T. minisporus has the smallest basidiospores among the species in the genus. Grammothele denticulata is distinguished in the genus by gray pores, continuous hymenia over dissepiment edge and cylindrical basidiospores with tapering apex. Two annotated identification keys are provided for species thus far accepted in Theleporus and Grammothele. The phylogenetic relationships of Theleporus and Grammothele were inferred based on nITS sequences and are briefly discussed. The molecular evidence showed that Theleporus and Grammothele belong to the core polyporoid clade.     

Aneuraceae (Metzgeriales) and tulasnelloid fungi (Basidiomycota): a model for early steps in fungal symbiosis

A total of 35 population samples of the liverwort genera Aneura (A. pinguis) and Riccardia (R.?latifrons, R. multifida, and R. palmata) were sampled from diverse habitats and geographical provenances in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Light and transmission electron microscopy were used to characterise the morphological features of the associations, and phylogenetic analyses based on internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and the D1/D2 regions of the fungal 28S rDNA were used to address diversity and phylogenetic relationships. By comparing the cellular structures of the plant-fungus interactions, we recognised the following states of fungal colonisation within the thalli: fungus-free, epiphytic, intercellular, and intracellular. Colonising hyphae showed dolipores with imperforate parenthesomes, slime bodies, and multilayered walls. Colonised liverwort cells had pleomorphic nuclei and elongated starch-free chloroplasts with distinctive grana. Our analyses revealed six phylogenetic groups of tulasnelloid fungi associated with liverworts, where major lineages mostly share similar host and/or ecological specialisations. The mode of colonisation of the tulasnelloid mycobionts in Aneura and Riccardia sharing identical fungal sequences is different. Consequently, the mode of colonisation may be host-dependent. Finally, our findings demonstrate that Aneuraceae are model organisms for evolutionary studies of symbiotic associations between liverworts and fungi.     

中国小木层孔菌属研究

小木层孔菌属的种类在我国共有7种,其中芳香小木层孔菌Phellinidium fragrans为中国首次报道,该种发现于吉林省长白山自然保护区,与同属其它种的区别是子实体多年生、平伏、具有芳香气味,其担孢子在同属的种类中最小,菌肉中具有形状不规则的厚垣孢子。根据中国的材料对这个种进行了详细描述和显微结构绘图。给出了该属种类的检索表,并将每种孢子统计数据列在检索表中。     

A new species of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Puccinia</Emphasis> (Pucciniales,Basidiomycota) and new records of rust fungi from Panama

A new species of Puccinia with diorchidioid teliospores is described from Urochloa decumbens (Poaceae) in Panama. It differs from the other known species of Puccinia with diorchidioid teliospores by uredinia with paraphyses and urediniospores with 3–4 scattered germ pores. Twenty-one known species of rust fungi are cited for Panama for the first time. Alveolaria cordiae is a poorly known species which is reported, described and illustrated in detail for the first time on Cordia spinescens in Panama.     

中国蜡革菌属的研究

介绍了蜡革菌属Ceraceomyces及该属在中国的种类,其中北方蜡革菌Ceraceomyces borealis是中国新记录种,根据中国的材料对其进行了详细的描述和显微结构绘图,同时给出了中国蜡革菌属5个种的检索表。     

中国的软齿菌属的研究

详细描述了软齿菌属在中国的种类,其中稀软齿菌[Dentipellis separans(Peck)Donk]为中国新记录种,并根据中国的材料对3个种进行了详细描述和绘图。