2024/12/27 by Marcin Piątek, Monika Stryjak‐Bogacka, Paweł Czachura · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases #Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions #Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/mycokeys.111.139620
openalex publication_date 2024/12/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Epiphytic fungi evolved several times in Dothideomycetes, particularly within the orders Asterinales, Capnodiales, Microthyriales, and Zeloasperisporiales, but also in other, less obvious lineages. In this study, a new genus and species, Szaferohypha and S. enigmatica , isolated from the sooty mould community on the leaves of Symphoricarpos albus in Poland, are described based on morphology and phylogenetic analysis using sequences of four DNA loci (LSU, ITS, SSU, and rpb2 ). Due to single isolation, it is unclear whether Szaferohypha enigmatica represents a very rare or accidental inhabitant of sooty mould communities. Szaferohypha is assigned to the poorly known family Neodactylariaceae and order Neodactylariales, together with Beaucarneamyces , Neodactylaria , and Pseudoarthrographis . The order and family were originally circumscribed based on the features of the genus Neodactylaria . Therefore, they are emended by characters of Beaucarneamyces , Pseudoarthrographis , and Szaferohypha .