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Phylogeny and taxonomy of meristematic rock-inhabiting black fungi in the Dothideomycetes based on multi-locus phylogenies

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The last decade has revealed an unexpected fungal diversity associated with natural rocks, often collected in environments influenced by harsh climatic conditions. Yet the phylogenetic affiliations and the taxonomy of many of these extreme fungi, mainly within Dothideomycetes, the largest class of Ascomycota, have only partially been described. In the present study we confirm that most rock inhabiting-fungi (RIF) are highly polyphyletic among Dothideomycetidae, mainly within the order Capnodiales, an order otherwise incorporating several families of major plant pathological importance. Novel taxa were identified within the two major and distinct clades of Teratosphaeriaceae, both comprising meristematic black fungi. Thirty one novel species and 13 new genera are proposed, based on ITS and partial nucLSU, RPB2 and BT2 sequences.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank PNRA (Italian National Program for Antarctic Research) for supporting sample collecting in the Antarctic, and the Italian National Antarctic Museum “Felice Ippolito” for supporting CCFEE (Culture Collection of Fungi From Extreme Environments). MIUR-PRIN 2008 is gratefully acknowledged for financial support concerning RIF studies in Italian Alps and Apennines. Laboratory work at the CBS was financed by the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Science (KNAW) and the Fonds voor Economische Stuctuurversterking (FES) with the grant ‘Barcoding the CBS collections’. Special thanks are due to Lorenzo Serafini, Karin Pizzinini, Marcello Cominetti, Marco Heltai and Andrea Serafini for collecting rock samples. Mattia Tomassini Barbarossa is acknowledged for giving us permission to sample from Boyl Palace in Cagliari; Monika Laichmanová for providing strains isolated from the Antarctic Peninsula; Costantino Ruibal for providing strains from Spain.

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Ecologiche e Biologiche (DEB), Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Largo dell’Università snc, 01100, Viterbo, Italy

    E. Egidi, D. Isola, S. Onofri, L. Zucconi & L. Selbmann

  2. Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    E. Egidi, G. S. de Hoog, W. Quaedvlieg, M. de Vries, G. J. M. Verkley & J. B. Stielow

  3. Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    G. S. de Hoog

  4. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

    G. S. de Hoog

  5. Research Center for Medical Mycology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China

    G. S. de Hoog

  6. Shanghai Institute of Medical Mycology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

    G. S. de Hoog

  7. Basic Pathology Department, Federal University of Paraná State, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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  8. King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Taxonomic novelties: Arthrocatena Egidi & Selbmann gen. nov .; Arthrocatena tenebrio Egidi & Selbmann sp. nov.; Catenulomyces Egidi & de Hoog gen. nov.; Catenulomyces convolutus Egidi & de Hoog sp. nov.; Constantinomyces Egidi & Onofri gen. nov.; Constantinomyces macerans de Hoog & Onofri sp. nov.; Constantinomyces minimus de Hoog & Isola sp. nov.; Constantinomyces nebulosus Isola & Zucconi sp. nov.; Constantinomyces virgultus Egidi & Onofri sp. nov.; Devriesia adstricta Egidi & Onofri sp. nov.; Devriesia antarctica Selbmann & de Hoog sp. nov.; Devriesia bulbillosa Egidi & Zucconi sp. nov.; Devriesia compacta de Hoog & Quaedvlieg sp. nov.; Devriesia modesta Isola & Zucconi sp. nov.; Devriesia simplex Selbmann & Zucconi sp. nov.; Hyphoconis Egidi & Quaedvlieg gen. nov.; Hyphoconis sterilis Egidi & Quaedvlieg sp. nov.; Incertomyces Egidi & Zucconi gen. nov.; Incertomyces perditus Egidi & Zucconi sp. nov.; Incertomyces vagans Egidi & Selbmann sp. nov.; Lapidomyces de Hoog & Stielow gen. nov.; Lapidomyces hispanicus de Hoog & Stielow sp. nov.; Meristemomyces Isola & Onofri gen. nov.; Meristemomyces frigidus Isola & Onofri sp. nov.; Monticola Selbmann & Egidi gen. nov.; Monticola elongata Selbmann & Egidi sp. nov.; Oleoguttula Selbmann & de Hoog gen. nov.; Oleoguttula mirabilis Selbmann & de Hoog sp. nov.; Perusta Egidi & Stielow gen. nov.; Perusta inaequalis Egidi & Stielow sp. nov.; Petrophila de Hoog & Quaedvlieg gen. nov.; Petrophila incerta de Hoog & Quaedvlieg sp. nov.; Rachicladosporium alpinum Egidi & Zucconi sp. nov.; Rachicladosporium antarcticum Onofri & Egidi sp. nov.; Rachicladosporium inconspicuum de Hoog & Stielow sp. nov.; Rachicladosporium mcmurdoi Selbmann & Onofri sp. nov.; Rachicladosporium monterosium Isola & Zucconi sp. nov.; Rachicladosporium paucitum Isola & Egidi sp. nov.; Ramimonilia Stielow & Quaedvlieg, gen. nov.; Ramimonilia apicalis Stielow & Quaedvlieg sp. nov.; Vermiconia Egidi & Onofri gen. nov.; Vermiconia antarctica Egidi & Selbmann sp. nov.; Vermiconia flagrans Isola & Selbmann sp. nov.; Vermiconia foris Egidi & Onofri sp. nov.

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Egidi, E., de Hoog, G.S., Isola, D. et al. Phylogeny and taxonomy of meristematic rock-inhabiting black fungi in the Dothideomycetes based on multi-locus phylogenies. Fungal Diversity 65, 127–165 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-013-0277-y

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