title: An overlooked source of fungal diversity: novel hyphomycete genera on trichomes of cerrado plants.
abstract: Eight monotypic hyphomycete genera new to science are described from the trichomes of native plants growing in the cerrado of Brazil: Trichomatoclava cerradensis, Echinoconidiophorum cerradense, Globoconidiopsis cerradensis, Globoconidium cerradense, Helminthosporiomyces cerradensis, Trichomatosphaera [corrected] cerradensis , Phragmoconidium cerradense, and Vesiculohyphomyces cerradensis gens. spp. nov. Two of the new genera were found on hosts belonging in Myrtaceae, and one of each of the following families: Icacinaceae, Malphigiaceae, Fabaceae, Dilleniaceae, Chrysobalanaceae, and Caryocaraceae. These discoveries suggest that the trichomes of neotropical plants are an unexplored source of novel fungal diversity, and merit more attention in biodiversity surveys.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rita C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Pereira-Carvalho
authors.forename: German
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sepúlveda-Chavera
authors.forename: Eliane A S
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Armando
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Inácio
authors.forename: José C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dianese
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D001938:Brazil; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*