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New genus of trichomatous coelomycete on Myrcia fenzliana from the Brazilian Cerrado

  • Maria do Desterro Mendes dos Santos
  • , Debora Cervieri Guterres
  • , German F. Sepúlveda-Chavera
  • , Erica Santos do Carmo Souza
  • , Rita de Cassia Pereira-Carvalho
  • , Danilo Batista Pinho
  • , José Carmine Dianese
  • Universidade de Brasília
  • Universidade Federal de Viçosa

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Abstract

Megacoelomyces (type species: Megacoelomyces sanchezii), an ascomycete asexual morph infecting Myrcia fenzliana (Myrtaceae) from the Brazilian Cerrado, is described as a new genus in the Phaeosphaeriaceae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota), based on multilocus phylogeny (three nuclear ribosomal DNA and two protein-coding genes) in addition to morphological (light and scanning electron microscopy) and ecological data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)231-244
Number of pages14
JournalMycologia
Volume113
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

Keywords

  • 2 new taxa
  • Ascomycota
  • Brazil
  • Dothideomycetes
  • Megacoelomyces
  • Myrtaceae
  • Neotropical microfungi
  • Phaeosphaeriaceae
  • Pleosporales

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