The polyphasic approach reveals ten novel and one known Ascomycota taxa from terrestrial agarwood‐producing trees
Abstract Aquilaria (Thymelaeaceae), a tropical and subtropical plant, is one of the main genera that can produce agarwood. Aquilaria sinensis and Aquilaria yunnanensis are native Chinese tree species, and A. sinensis is China's main agarwood source. Agarwood is a nontimber forest product with high economic and medicinal value. First‐grade agarwood is sold as much as $100 000 per kilogram. There has been little research on the saprobic fungi associated with Aquilaria , with only 11 records having been reported. In the present study, 10 terrestrial saprobic fungi associated with A. sinensis and A. yunnanensis were collected in China. Based on morphological and phylogenetic studies, these 10 collections are introduced herein as one new genus ( Aquilariomyces ), nine new species – Aquilariomyces aquilariae , Corynespora aquilariae , Melomastia maomingensis , Nigrograna aquilariae , Parathyridariella aquilariae , Peroneutypa maomingensis , Phaeoseptum aquilariae , Pseudothyridariella aquilariae , and Triangularia aquilariae , and one known species ( Camarographium clematidis ). Descriptions, illustrations of morphological characteristics, photo plates, phylogenetic trees, and the results of a pairwise homoplasy index test (PHI) test results are provided.
Authors
- Jaturong Kumla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3673-6541)
- Saowaluck Tibpromma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4706-6547)
- Abdallah Mohamed Elgorban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-7853)
- Kunhiraman C. Rajeshkumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0401-8294)
- Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9127-0783)
- Nakarin Suwannarach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2653-1913)
- Tian‐Ye Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2105-1803)
- Ausana Mapook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7929-2429)
- Kevin D. Hyde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0762)
- Steven Lee Stephenson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9207-8037)
- Samantha C. Karunarathna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8953-8015)
- Qiang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7282-0943)
- Guiqing Zhang
- Dong‐Qin Dai
Institutions
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Agharkar Research Institute (IN)
- King Saud University (SA)
- National Institute of Fundamental Studies (LK)
- Mae Fah Luang University (TH)
- Qujing Normal University (CN)
- Chiang Mai University (TH)
- University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Systematics and Evolution
- Published
- 2024-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13128
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Wood and Agarwood Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.25
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- King Saud University
- Chiang Mai University
- Mae Fah Luang University
- National Research Council of Thailand
- Yunnan Provincial Department of Education