Dark septate endophytic pleosporalean genera from semiarid areas

Knapp, Dániel G. and Kovács, M. Gábor and Zajta, Erik and Groenewald, J.Z. and Crous, P.W. (2015) Dark septate endophytic pleosporalean genera from semiarid areas. Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi, 35. pp. 87-100. ISSN 0031-5850

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Abstract

Dark septate endophytes (DSE) are distributed worldwide as root-colonising fungi, and frequent in envi - ronments with strong abiotic stress. DSE is not a taxon, but constitutes numerous fungal taxa belonging to several orders of Ascomycota . In this study we investigate three unidentified DSE lineages belonging to Pleosporales that were found previously in semiarid sandy grasslands. For molecular phylogenetic studies seven loci (ITS, partial 18S nrRNA, 28S nrRNA, actin, calmodulin, transcription-elongation factor 1-α and ß-tubulin genes) were amplified and sequenced. Based on morphology and the resulting molecular phylogeny these isolates were found to represent three novel genera within the Pleosporales , namely Aquilomyces , Flavomyces and Darksidea , with eight novel spe - cies. Molecular data revealed that monotypic Aquilomyces belongs to Morosphaeriaceae , monotypic Flavomyces represents an incertae sedis lineage related to Massarinaceae , and Darksidea , with six new species, is allied to the Lentitheciaceae . During this study we tested numerous conditions to induce sporulation, and managed for the first time to induce several DSE to form their sexual morphs.

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