Morphology, phylogeny, host association and geography of fungi associated with plants of Annonaceae, Apocynaceae and Magnoliaceae
Nimali I. de Silva, KD Hyde, S Lumyong, AJL Phillips, DJ Bhat, SSN Maharachchikumbura, Kasun M. Thambugala, Danushka S. Tennakoon, N Suwannarach, SC Karunarathna
Abstract
This paper elaborates the advances made in the study of morphology, phylogeny, host association and geography of novel and interesting fungi in China and Thailand.We documented saprobic microfungi from dead twigs of different plant hosts from Annonaceae (Anomianthus dulcis, Cananga odorata and Desmos chinensis), Apocynaceae (Alstonia scholaris) and Magnoliaceae (Magnolia champaca, M. garrettii and M. liliifera) in Yunnan Province, China and northern Thailand.Descriptions, illustrations and discussions on the familial placement of taxa are given based on phylogeny and morphological data.One new genus Muriformispora in Neohendersoniaceae (Dothideomycetes) and twelve new species, Acrocalymma magnoliae, Diaporthe chiangmaiensis, Fuscostagonospora magnoliae, Gyrothrix anomianthi, Hermatomyces anomianthi, Muriformispora magnoliae, Neomassaria alstoniae, N. thailandica, Neoroussoella thailandica, Peroneutypa anomianthi, Pseudochaetosphaeronema magnoliae and Torula canangae are introduced.An amended account of Hermatomyces is provided to include the sexual morph of the genus.New host records or new country records are provided for Acrocalymma pterocarpi, A. walkeri,