Abstract
Several interesting Ustilaginaceae yeast morphs were isolated during ongoing surveys of phylloplane-associated fungi in Louisiana (USA) and Guyana. Here we describe Farysia magdalena sp. nov., a phylloplane yeast isolated in southern Louisiana, based on phylogenetic analyses, assimilation profiles and morphological characters, and discuss the yeast morphs in this genus. Additionally, we describe the anamorphic stage of Anthracocystis heteropogonicola, isolated from plant phylloplanes from the Americas. This is the first report of this fungus in the Western Hemisphere and the first description of the yeast morph for a species of Anthracocystis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 921-934 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Mycological Progress |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1 2020 |
Funding
This work was supported in part by NSF DEB 0732968 (D. Hibbett and M.C.A.) and the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Hatch project 1010662 (M.C.A.). Acknowledgements The authors are grateful Paige Muse for maintenance of fungal cultures and to Drs. Jacob Golan, Jessy Labbé, Alistair McTaggart, and Joanna Tannous for their advice and comments on the manuscript. Permits for research and collecting in Guyana were granted by the Environmental Protection Agency of Guyana.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Environmental Protection Agency of Guyana | |
| National Science Foundation | DEB 0732968 |
| Directorate for Biological Sciences | 0732968 |
| National Institute of Food and Agriculture | 1010662 |
Keywords
- 1 new taxon
- Dimorphic fungi
- Farysia thuemenii
- Farysizyma
- Plant pathogens
- Smut fungi
- Taxonomy
- Ustilaginales
- Ustilaginomycetes
- Ustilaginomycotina