What's in a name? Aschersonia insperata: a new pleoanamorphic fungus with characteristics of Aschersonia and Hirsutella.
A new anamorphic species from a Philippine tropical forest occurs as reddish-orange to orange, tuberculate stromata on unidentified homopteran larvae, and produces both Aschersonia and Hirsutella-like synanamorphs. A molecular phylogenetic analysis was conducted to determine the most appropriate generic placement for this fungus. Based on its phylogenetic relationships, a comparison of the complexity and persistence of each anamorph, and the speculated relevance of each synanamorph to survival, we describe the new fungus as Aschersonia insperata sp. nov.
Liu
Miao
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Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. ml276@cornell.edu
Rombach
Michiel C
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Humber
Richard A
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Hodge
Kathie T
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D003470:Culture Media; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis; D006999:Hypocreales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D003470:Culture Media; D004271:DNA, Fungal