title: Taxonomy and phylogeny of Synchaetomella lunatospora, a new genus and species of synnematous fungi from Southeast Asia.
abstract: The anamorphic fungus Synchaetomella lunatospora gen. et sp. nov. is described from a culture isolated from leaf litter in Singapore. The genus is characterized by the production of synnematous conidiomata with brown stipes, phialidic conidiogenesis with terminal and acropleurogenous conidiogenous cells, and falcate, 1-septate conidia, aggregating in white, mucilaginous heads. Its phylogenetic relationships, inferred from the partial nuclear small ribosomal subunit (18S) sequence, are with the coelomycetous genera Sphaerographium, Chaetomella, and Hainesia. However, the order and family affinities of this group are unclear.
authors.affiliation: Faculté d'Ingénierie Biologique, Agronomique et Environnementale, Mycothèque de l'Université Catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 3, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. decock@mbla.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: Cony
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Decock
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delgado Rodriguez
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seifert
mesh_terms: D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D025301:Hyphae / Q000166:cytology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000382:microbiology*; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S