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Novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from Australia: Vermiculariopsiella
eucalypti, Mulderomyces natalis (incl. Mulderomyces gen. nov.), Fusicladium paraamoenum, Neotrimmatostroma
paraexcentricum, and Pseudophloeospora eucalyptorum on leaves of Eucalyptus spp., Anungitea grevilleae (on
leaves of Grevillea sp.), Pyrenochaeta acaciae (on leaves of Acacia sp.), and Brunneocarpos banksiae (incl. Brunneocarpos
gen. nov.) on cones of Banksia attenuata. Novel foliicolous taxa from South Africa include Neosulcatispora
strelitziae (on Strelitzia nicolai), Colletotrichum ledebouriae (on Ledebouria floridunda), Cylindrosympodioides
brabejum (incl. Cylindrosympodioides gen. nov.) on Brabejum stellatifolium, Sclerostagonospora ericae (on Erica
sp.), Setophoma cyperi (on Cyperus sphaerocephala), and Phaeosphaeria breonadiae (on Breonadia microcephala).
Novelties described from Robben Island (South Africa) include Wojnowiciella cissampeli and Diaporthe cissampeli
(both on Cissampelos capensis), Phaeotheca salicorniae (on Salicornia meyeriana), Paracylindrocarpon aloicola
(incl. Paracylindrocarpon gen. nov.) on Aloe sp., and Libertasomyces myopori (incl. Libertasomyces gen. nov.)
on Myoporum serratum. Several novelties are recorded from La Réunion (France), namely Phaeosphaeriopsis
agapanthi (on Agapanthus sp.), Roussoella solani (on Solanum mauritianum), Vermiculariopsiella acaciae (on
Acacia heterophylla), Dothiorella acacicola (on Acacia mearnsii), Chalara clidemiae (on Clidemia hirta), Cytospora
tibouchinae (on Tibouchina semidecandra), Diaporthe ocoteae (on Ocotea obtusata), Castanediella eucalypticola,
Phaeophleospora eucalypticola and Fusicladium eucalypticola (on Eucalyptus robusta), Lareunionomyces syzygii
(incl. Lareunionomyces gen. nov.) and Parawiesneriomyces syzygii (incl. Parawiesneriomyces gen. nov.) on leaves
of Syzygium jambos. Novel taxa from the USA include Meristemomyces arctostaphylos (on Arctostaphylos patula),
Ochroconis dracaenae (on Dracaena reflexa), Rasamsonia columbiensis (air of a hotel conference room), Paecilomyces
tabacinus (on Nicotiana tabacum), Toxicocladosporium hominis (from human broncoalveolar lavage fluid),
Nothophoma macrospora (from respiratory secretion of a patient with pneumonia), and Penidiellopsis radicularis
(incl. Penidiellopsis gen. nov.) from a human nail. Novel taxa described from Malaysia include Prosopidicola albizziae
(on Albizzia falcataria), Proxipyricularia asari (on Asarum sp.), Diaporthe passifloricola (on Passiflora foetida),
Paramycoleptodiscus albizziae (incl. Paramycoleptodiscus gen. nov.) on Albizzia falcataria, and Malaysiasca phaii
(incl. Malaysiasca gen. nov.) on Phaius reflexipetalus. Two species are newly described from human patients in
the Czech Republic, namely Microascus longicollis (from toenails of patient with suspected onychomycosis), and
Chrysosporium echinulatum (from sole skin of patient). Furthermore, Alternaria quercicola is described on leaves of Quercus brantii (Iran), Stemphylium beticola on leaves of Beta vulgaris (The Netherlands), Scleroderma capeverdeanum
on soil (Cape Verde Islands), Scleroderma dunensis on soil, and Blastobotrys meliponae from bee honey
(Brazil), Ganoderma mbrekobenum on angiosperms (Ghana), Geoglossum raitviirii and Entoloma krutiсianum on
soil (Russia), Priceomyces vitoshaensis on Pterostichus melas (Carabidae) (Bulgaria) is the only one for which the
family is listed, Ganoderma ecuadoriense on decaying wood (Ecuador), Thyrostroma cornicola on Cornus officinalis
(Korea), Cercophora vinosa on decorticated branch of Salix sp. (France), Coprinus pinetorum, Coprinus littoralis and
Xerocomellus poederi on soil (Spain). Two new genera from Colombia include Helminthosporiella and Uwemyces
on leaves of Elaeis oleifera. Two species are described from India, namely Russula intervenosa (ectomycorrhizal
with Shorea robusta), and Crinipellis odorata (on bark of Mytragyna parviflora). Novelties from Thailand include
Cyphellophora gamsii (on leaf litter), Pisolithus aureosericeus and Corynascus citrinus (on soil). Two species are
newly described from Citrus in Italy, namely Dendryphiella paravinosa on Citrus sinensis, and Ramularia citricola on
Citrus floridana. Morphological and culture characteristics along with ITS nrDNA barcodes are provided for all taxa. |
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Financial support was provided to María P. Martín,
Margarita Dueñas and M. Teresa Telleria by Plan Nacional I+D+I projects
No. CGL2009-07231 and CGL2012-35559. They also acknowledge Marian
Glenn (Seton Hall University, USA) for her revision of the English text.
Anna G. Fedosova and Eugene S. Popov acknowledge financial support
from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project 15-29-02622).
Gabriel Moreno, Juan Ramón Carlavilla, Michel Heykoop and José Luis
Manjón wish to express their gratitude to Miguel Martin Calvo (Sociedad
Micológica de Madrid) and Manuel Castro-Marcote for sending them fungal
collections; to Dr L. Monje and Mr A. Pueblas of the Department of Drawing
and Scientific Photography at the University of Alcalá for their help in
the digital preparation of the photographs; to Dr J. Rejos, curator of the AH
herbarium, for his assistance with the specimens examined in the present
study. Olga V. Morozova and Eugene S. Popov are grateful to the Russian
Foundation for Basic Research (project 15-04-04645a) for financial support.
Alina V. Alexandrova and Maxim Yu. Dyakov acknowledge financial support
from the Russian Science Foundation (project N 14-50-00029). K.P.D. Latha
acknowledges support from the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology
and Environment (KSCSTE) in the form of a PhD fellowship (Grant No.
001/FSHP/2011/CSTE) and is thankful to the Principal Chief Conservator of
forests, Kerala State, for granting permission (No. WL10- 4937/2012, dated
03-10-2013) to collect agarics from the forests of Kerala. The research of
Vit Hubka, Miroslav Kolařík and Adéla Čmoková was supported through a
grant from the Charles University Grant Agency (GAUK 8615) and by the project ‘BIOCEV–Biotechnology and Biomedicine Centre of the Academy
of Sciences and Charles University’ (CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0109) from the
European Regional Development Fund. Dilnora E. Gouliamova, Margarita
M. Stoilova-Disheva and Roumen A. Dimitrov acknowledge support from the
Bulgarian Science Fund (D002-TK-176) and EU FP6 Research and Infrastructure
Synthesis grant. They are also grateful to Dr Borislav Guéorguiev
for the identification of insects. Margarita Hernández-Restrepo and Pedro
W. Crous thank Prof. Uwe Braun (Martin-Luther Univ. Halle, Germany) for
his comments on the fungi described as Helminthosporiella and Uwemyces.
Mention of trade names or commercial products in this publication is solely
for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply recommendation
or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA is
an equal opportunity provider and employer. Johannes J. le Roux and David
M. Richardson acknowledge funding from the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence
for Invasion Biology. J. Jennifer Luangsa-ard, Alejandra Giraldo and Pedro
W. Crous have received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research innovation and staff exchange programme (RISE) under the Marie
Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 645701. Francois Roets and Pedro
W. Crous thank the management board of Robben Island Museum, the Western
Cape Nature Conservation board and Sabelo Madlala for permission to
undertake research on Robben Island. Josepa Gené acknowledges financial
support from the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad grant
CGL 2011-27185. Maria E. Ordóñez and colleagues acknowledge financial
support from Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación
del Ecuador (SENESCYT, Arca de Noé Initiative). |
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