Abstract Taxonomy of Pseudohydnum gelatinosum and its sister taxa is revised via morphological data a four-gene dataset (ITS, nc LSU rDNA, TEF1 , RPB1 ). Identity P. Tremellodon pusillus re-established based on newly collected sequenced material from their type localities. alienum Europe; umbrosum temperate East Asia; cystidiatum meridianum placibile Vietnam; omnipavum North America are describ...

The genus Neoconidiobolus, typified by N. thromboides (Drechsler) B. Huang & Y. Nie, was recently established to accommodate all members of the Conidiobolus subgenus which produces neither microconidia nor capilliconidia. Based on mitochondrial small subunit (mt SSU rDNA), nuclear large ribosomal (nc LSU and translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF1), we further resolved Neoconidiobolus into ...

Quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) has become an accurate and widely used technique to analyze expression levels of selected genes. It is very necessary to select appropriate reference genes for gene expression normalization. In the present study, we assessed the expression stability of 11 reference genes including eight traditional housekeeping genes and three novel genes in different tissue...

Species of Elsinoë are phytopathogens causing scab and spot anthracnose on many plants, including some economically important crops such as avocado, citrus, grapevines, and ornamentals such as poinsettias, field crops and woody hosts. Disease symptoms are often easily recognisable, and referred to as signature-bearing diseases, for the cork-like appearance of older infected tissues with scab-li...

Fungal species with a broad distribution may exhibit considerable genetic variation over their geographic ranges. Variation may develop among populations based on geographic isolation, lack of migration, and genetic drift, though this genetic variation may not always be evident when examining phenotypic characters. Fomitopsis pinicola is an abundant saprotrophic fungus found on decaying logs th...

Phyllosticta (Phyllostictaceae, Botryosphaeriales) species are widely distributed globally and constitute a diverse group of pathogenic endophytic fungi associated with broad range plant hosts. In this study, four new Phyllosticta, i.e. P. endophytica, jiangxiensis, machili, xinyuensis, were described using morphological characteristics multi-locus phylogeny based on the internal transcribed sp...

The Tremellomycetes (Basidiomycota) contains a large number of unicellular and dimorphic fungi with stable free-living unicellular states in their life cycles. These fungi have been conventionally classified as basidiomycetous yeasts based on physiological and biochemical characteristics. Many currently recognised genera of these yeasts are mainly defined based on phenotypical characters and ar...