Morphology and multi-locus phylogeny reveal 23 fungal taxa from terrestrial habitats
Fungi are ubiquitous organisms that play a crucial role in ecosystem functioning and biotechnology. New fungal discoveries from diverse parts and habitats worldwide significantly contribute to the understanding of fungal diversity. Micro- and macro-fungi samples collected from terrestrial habitats in China, India, Italy, and Pakistan were subjected to morphological and multi-locus phylogenetic analyses. The results revealed several new species and new records. Based on the results, we introduce 16 new fungal species, viz. Agaricus ferruginosquamulis, Amanita bengalensis, Candolleomyces striatus, Conferticium yunnanense, Diplodia yunnanensis, Hymenopellis himalayana, H. kashmirensis, Kirschsteiniothelia hongheensi, Phaeoisaria xishuangbannaensis, Phaeosphaeriopsis agave, Phialoarthrobotryum jeewonii, Pseudocercospora cordifoliana, Pseudosperma aranyakum, Roussoella bambusicola, Sporidesmium duyunense, and Tropicoporus chennaiensis. There are seven new host or geographical records for Agaricus thujae, Candolleomyces eurysporus, C. sulcatotuberculosus, Diplodia acerigena, Phaeographis decipiens, Pseudocoleodictyospora sukhothaiensis, and Russula yanshanensis. Descriptions, illustrations, and phylogenetic analyses results for the 23 taxa are provided, and the new taxa are compared with their closely related taxa.
Authors
- Parayelil A. Ansil
- K Acharya
- P.K. NAYANA
- Entaj Tarafder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3680-3433)
- P. Manimohan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5382-8050)
- Arun Kumar Dutta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5234-3441)
- Qi Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6732-1656)
- Rubab Khurshid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6542-817X)
- Malarvizhi Kaliyaperumal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1218-3778)
- Fabrizio Boccardo
- Pinaki Chattopadhyay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9698-0979)
- Francesco Dovana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8556-7692)
- Onden Paraparath Sruthi
- Pradeep C. Kunjan
- Ramesh Murugadoss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2674-7063)
- Urooj Ashraf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9624-0813)
- Qiang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7282-0943)
- Subashini C. Jayasiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8748-6562)
- Changlin Zhao
- Najam ul Sehar Afshan
- Abdallah M. Elgorban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-7853)
- Dege Zheng
- Meiyan Han
- Yongzhong Lu
- Danfeng Bao
- Jing-Ya Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0375-990X)
- Kunhiraman C. Rajeshkumar
- Nakarin Suwannarach
- Ruimeng Liu
- K. P. Deepna Latha
- Rajnish K. Verma
- Jiajun Han
- Raghvendra Singh
- Saowaluck Tibpromma
- Xingguo Tian
- Samantha C. Karunarathna
- Abdul N. Khalid
- Jaturong Kumla
- Arooj Naseer
- Dongqin Dai
- Abhinav
- Ajay K. Gautam
- K. N. Anil Raj
Institutions
- University of Calcutta (IN)
- University of Calicut (IN)
- Gauhati University (IN)
- Agharkar Research Institute (IN)
- University of the Punjab (PK)
- University of Madras (IN)
- Southwest Forestry University (CN)
- Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (IN)
- King Saud University (SA)
- Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CN)
- Qujing Normal University (CN)
- Mycologie et Sécurité des Aliments (FR)
- Yuxi Normal University (CN)
- Patanjali Research Foundation (IN)
- Guizhou Institute of Technology (CN)
- Chiang Mai University (TH)
- University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
- Punjab Agricultural University (IN)
- Banaras Hindu University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Mycology: An International Journal on Fungal Biology
- Published
- 2026-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21501203.2025.2594942
- Primary Topic
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00