Three new Pochonia taxa (Clavicipitaceae) from soils in Japan.
Fifty Pochonia strains were isolated from soil samples collected throughout Japan. Using a combination of micromorphological characters and multigene (SSU, LSU, TEF, RPB1, RPB2) phylogenics, seven taxa were identified, three of which previously were undescribed. In this paper we describe the new species, P. boninensis, and two new varieties, P. chlamydosporia var. ellipsospora and var. spinulospora. They were recovered from Chichi-jima, Aogashima and Okinawa's main island. The three new taxa are distinguished from known species and varieties by conidial morphology. We also report the first finding of P. rubescens from Japan.
Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences, Kitasato University, 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan.
Kenichi
K
Nonaka
Satoshi
S
Omura
Rokuro
R
Masuma
Satoru
S
Kaifuchi
Rokuro
R
Masuma
D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D025301:Hyphae; D006999:Hypocreales / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007564:Japan; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013172:Spores, Fungal
D004271:DNA, Fungal
multigene phylogeny; oceanic islands; soil-inhabiting fungi; subtropics; taxonomy