Four new araneogenous species and a new genus in Hypocreales (Clavicipitaceae, Cordycipitaceae) from the karst region of China

2025/01/23 by Wan‐Hao Chen, Dan Li, Hui-Lin Shu +4 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions #Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases #Plant and fungal interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/mycokeys.112.140799

openalex publication_date 2025/01/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/13

Abstract

The karst region in southwestern China is one of the biodiversity hotspots in the world with rich fungal diversity but under-studied. Four fungal species belonging to Chlorocillium (Clavicipitaceae) and Gamszarella (Cordycipitaceae) were isolated from dead spiders. Morphological comparisons, phylogenetic analyses and a PHI analysis based on multigene datasets support the establishment of these new species viz., Chlorocillium guizhouense sp. nov. , C. vallense sp. nov. , Gamszarella sinensis sp. nov. , and G. vallensis sp. nov. are introduced. A new genus, Neogamszarella , is proposed to accommodate Gamszarella antillana , which is phylogenetically distinct from Gamszarella s. str. Our results revealed that further attention needs to be paid to the diversity of araneogenous fungi in the karst regions of southwestern China.

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