Thailand Research Fund(TRF)grant no RSA5980068(Biodiversity,phylogeny and role of fungal endophytes on above parts of Rhizophora apiculata)is acknowledged.Monika C.Dayarathne would like to acknowledge projects:National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31972222,31560489);Talent project of Guizhou Science and Technology Cooperation Platform([2017]5788-5 and[2019]5641)and Guizhou Science;Technology Department International Cooperation Basic project([2018]5806).
A fungus similar to the monotypic genus Natarajania,isolated from dead wood and collected in Thailand,is reported.Analysis of partial ribosomal LSU and a protein coding gene(RPB2)demonstrated that the new isolate belo...
National Research Council of Thailand(Mae Fah Luang University)for the grant"Biodiversity,phylogeny and role of fungal endophytes of Pandanaceae"(Grant No.592010200112);Thailand Research Fund(TRF)grant no RSA5980068 entitled"Biodiversity,phylogeny and role of fungal endophytes on above parts of Rhizophora apiculata and Nypa fruticans",the National Research Council of Thailand(Mae Fah Luang University)Grant No.60201000201 entitled"Diseases of mangrove trees and maintenance of good forestry practice";the Chinese Academy of Sciences,project number 2013T2S0030,for the award of Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists at Kunming Institute of Botany.Samantha C.Karunarathna thanks CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative(PIFI)for funding his postdoctoral research(number 2018PC0006);the National Science Foundation of China(NSFC)for funding this work under the project code 31750110478。
Demarcation of family,genus and species boundaries in the Diaporthales has been tentative due to uninformative illus-trations and descriptions,overlapping morphological characteristics,misplacement or poor condition o...
the featured microbial resources and diversity investigation in Southwest Karst area(2014FY120100).;The Biodiversity and Training Program(BRT R_251006,BRT R_351004,BRT_R352015);National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology(BIOTEC)Khlong Luang,Pathum Thani 12120,Thailand;National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,No.30870009&31460011);the International Collaboration Plan of Guizhou Province(No.G[2012]7006);Ka-Lai Pang thanks the Ministry of Science and Technology,Taiwan(grant no.101-2621-B-019-001-MY3)for financial support.
Sordariomycetes is one of the largest classes of Ascomycota that comprises a highly diverse range of fungi characterized mainly by perithecial ascomata and inoperculate unitunicate asci.The class includes many importa...
This research was supported by Featured microbial resources and diversity investigation in Southwest Karst area(2014FY120100).The authors extend their sincere appreciations to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for its funding this Prolific Research Group(PRG-1436-09).Kevin D.Hyde thanks the Chinese Academy of Sciences,project number 2013T2S0030,for the award of Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists at Kunming Institute of Botany.B.D.Shenoy acknowledges the funding to visit Mae Fah Luang University,Chiang Rai under Indo-Thailand Bilateral Programme(THAI-1205).Y.P.Xiao and T.C.Wen are grateful to The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31460012&No.31200016).Shi-Ke Huang and J.C.Kang are grateful to the Agricultural Science and Technology Foundation of Guizhou Province(Nos.NY[2013]3042),the International Collaboration Plan of Guizhou Province(No.G[2012]7006)and the Innovation Team Construction for Science And Technology of Guizhou Province(No.[2012]4007)from the Science and Technology Department of Guizhou Province,China.
Sordariomycetes is one of the largest classes of Ascomycota and is characterised by perithecial ascomata and inoperculate unitunicate asci.The class includes many important plant pathogens,as well as endophytes,saprob...
We thank Walter Gams for hospitality and excursion support in Italy,Jacques Fournier,Enrique Rubio Domínguez,Sven-Åke Hanson and Larissa Vasilyeva for collecting and communicating Melanconiella specimens,Irmgard Greilhuber and her family for organising and participating in numerous collecting trips together with HV,the fungarium curators of B,BPI,DAOM,G,GZU,K,M,NY,UPS andWfor the loan of specimens,Scott Redhead(DAOM)for providing notes of L.E.Wehmeyer and for allowing DNA extraction from the type specimen of M.echinata,Walter Till(WU)for managing the herbarium loans,and the British Mycological Society for invitation to the BMS Spring Foray 2011 in Yorkshire.
Molecular phylogenetic analyses of LSU rDNA demonstrate monophyly of the genus Melanconiella,and its status as a genus distinct from Melanconis is confirmed.Data of macro-and microscopic morphology,pure cultures and p...
This project was funded by the National Science Foundation Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy(NSF 03-28364).Additional funding for field work by DMW was received through Rutgers University,New Brunswick,NJ,from the C.Reed Funk Student Award by the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology,also the Backus Award and Everett Lutrell Mentor Student Travel Award from the Mycological Society of America.DMW also thanks Jo Anne Crouch and Adam Bazinet for assistance with data analyses,Kentaro Hosaka,Shinobu Inoue,Takao Kobayashi,Tsuyoshi Hosoya,Yousuke Degawa for hosting a collecting trip to Japan and Yuuri Hirooka for coordinating the visit,Christian Feuillet and Drew Minnis for discussions about nomenclature,Ryan Vo and Tunesha Phipps for technical assistance,and Larissa Vasilyeva,Alain Gardiennet,Yannick Mourgues,Marc Chovillon,Jacques Fornier,and Mikhail Sogonov for collection of fresh specimens for examination.
Species of Ophiognomonia are leaf-inhabiting endophytes,pathogens,and saprobes that infect plants in the families Betulaceae,Fagaceae,Juglandaceae,Lauraceae,Malvaceae,Platanaceae,Rosaceae,Salicaceae,and Sapindaceae.Ba...