Members of the genus Plagiostoma inhabit leaves, stems, twigs, and branches of woody and herbaceous plants predominantly in the temperate Northern Hemisphere. An account of all known species of Plagiostoma including Cryptodiaporthe is presented based on analyses of morphological, cultural, and DNA sequence data. Multigene phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences from four genes (β-tubulin, ITS, r...

Phlebiopsis gigantea (Fr.) Jülich is a well-known generalist conifer wood saprobe and biocontrol fungus used in several world countries to prevent stump infection by tree pathogenic Heterobasidion fungal species. Previous studies have reported the presence of regional continental genetic differentiation host-specific fungi, but such for saprobes as P. has not been often studied or demonstrated....

Modern taxonomic studies of Agaricomycetes rely on the integrative analyses morphology, environmental data, geographic distribution, and usually several DNA loci. However, sampling selection loci for are commonly shallow. In this study, we suggest minimal numbers necessary specimens to sample analyze in order prevent inadequate decisions species groups with minor morphological genealogical diff...

Integrative taxonomic studies of macrofungal diversity in the Brijuni National Park (Istria County, Croatia) led to discovery a second species Inocybe (Agaricales, Inocybaceae) new science. istriaca sp. nov. is described on basis morphological, ecological, and multigene phylogenetic analyses, its placement within family Inocybaceae discussed. The combination most important morphological charact...

Some species of Trichoderma are fungicolous on fungi and have been extensively studied and commercialized as biocontrol agents. Multigene analyses coupled with morphology, resulted in the discovery of T. hypoxylon sp. nov., which was isolated from surface of the stroma of Hypoxylon anthochroum. The new taxon produces Trichoderma- to Verticillium-like conidiophores and hyaline conidia. Phylogene...

Three Pestalotiopsis isolates were obtained from leaves of Coffea arabica and Rhodomyrtus tomentosa. Among them, two isolates produced versicolorous conidia, and the other produced concolorous conidia. Phylogenetic analysis based on a combination of ITS, β-tubulin and tef1 gene sequence data clearly confirms that they belong to two species and distinguishes them from other species in this genus...

Lentinula edodes, one of the most important edible mushrooms in China, is affected heavily by the infection of green mold that overgrows mushroom mycelia. We collected the diseased samples from main L. edodes cultivation regions in China to characterize the pathogen and to study the effect of Trichoderma spp. on L. edodes species. We identified six Trichoderma species, that is, T. harzianum, T....

This study aimed to identify fungal species associated with trunk diseases of sweet cherries (Prunus avium) in several commercial cherry orchards Beijing, Guizhou and Shandong provinces, China. In total, eighteen strains that fitted well into the concept Diaporthe were isolated. Based on both morphological multi-locus phylogenetic analyses internal transcribed spacer region (ITS), beta-tubulin ...

Canker disease of prickly ash (Zanthoxylum bungeanum) has caused a decline in the production of this economically important spice in northern China in the past 25 y. To identify the etiological agent, 38 fungal isolates were recovered from symptomatic tissues from trees in five provinces in China. These isolates were identified by conducting BLASTN queries of NCBI GenBank and phylogenetic analy...

Early blight (EB) is a destructive disease affecting potato and tomato plants in Russia, caused by heterogeneous group of plant pathogenic Alternaria fungi. The current species delimitation sect. Porri with medium to large conidia long (filamentous) beak based on molecular data. In this study, the ITS, GAPDH, RPB2, TEF1, Alt 1 gene regions were analyzed 41 large-spored isolates obtained from di...