Bambusicolous fungi in Japan (7): a new coelomycetous genus, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Versicolorisporium</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | Satoshi Hatakeyama Kazuaki Tanaka Yukio Harada |
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Institution: | (1) Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan;(2) Faculty of Agriculture & Life Science, Hirosaki University, 3 Bunkyo-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8561, Japan;(3) 9-8 Nishigaoka, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan |
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Abstract: | A new genus, Versicolorisporium, is established for the coelomycetous fungus collected in Japan on dead culms of the bamboos Pleioblastus chino and Sasamorpha borealis. The type species of the genus, V. triseptatum, is characterized by the production of holoblastic, 3-septate, obovoid, versicolored conidia. Versicolorisporium is similar to Toxosporiella, Neohendersonia, Toxosporiopsis, and Scolicosporium in having versicolored conidia, but differs from these genera by the uniloculate pycnidial conidiomata with a periphysate
ostiole, lacking paraphyses, and the conidia without black-banded septa. A BLAST search using LSU nrDNA sequence indicates
that the new genus is a member of Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes. |
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Keywords: | Bamboo Coelomycetes Dothideomycetes Pleosporales Taxonomy |
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