title: What's in a name? Aschersonia insperata: a new pleoanamorphic fungus with characteristics of Aschersonia and Hirsutella.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. ml276@cornell.edu
authors.forename: Miao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Michiel C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rombach
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Humber
authors.forename: Kathie T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Hodge
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D004271:DNA, Fungal