Mycogloea nipponica--the first known teleomorph in the heterobasidiomycetous yeast genus Kurtzmanomyces.
A culture was obtained from a spore print of a basidiocarp of Mycogloea nipponica collected in Taiwan. A yeast stage and basidia identical to those of M. nipponica developed in laboratory media. The Taiwanese specimen of M. nipponica and its yeast anamorph were characterised in the present study. Comparative morphological, molecular, and ultrastructural studies indicated that the yeast stage can be assigned to the genus Kurtzmanomyces. The revealed connection between the sexual species Mycogloea nipponica and the asexual genus Kurtzmanomyces demonstrates the importance of anamorphic characteristics in the modem systematics of heterobasidiomycetous fungi.
Kirschner
Roland
R
Lehrstuhl Spezielle Botanik und Mykologie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
Sampaio
José Paulo
JP
Begerow
Dominik
D
Chen
Zuei-Ching
ZC
Oberwinkler
Franz
F
D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D013624:Taiwan