An overlooked source of fungal diversity: novel hyphomycete genera on trichomes of cerrado plants

Rita C. Pereira-Carvalho; German Sepúlveda-Chavera; Eliane A.S. Armando; Carlos A. Inácio; José C. Dianese

doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2008.11.005

An overlooked source of fungal diversity: novel hyphomycete genera on trichomes of cerrado plants

Rita C. Pereira-Carvalho
, German Sepúlveda-Chavera
, Eliane A.S. Armando
, Carlos A. Inácio
, José C. Dianese

Department of Environmental Resources

Universidade de Brasília

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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, Microtrichosphaera 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	261-274
Number of pages	14
Journal	Mycological Research
Volume	113
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mycres.2008.11.005
State	Published - Feb 2009

Keywords

Biodiversity
Brazil
Conidial fungi
Neotropical microfungi
Species richness
Tropical mycodiversity

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