Endopandanicola thailandica Tibpromma & K.D. Hyde

Tibpromma, Saowaluck, Hyde, Kevin D., Bhat, Jayarama D., Mortimer, Peter E., Xu, Jianchu, Promputtha, Itthayakorn, Doilom, Mingkwan, Yang, Jun-Bo, Tang, Alvin M. C. & Karunarathna, Samantha C., 2018, Identification of endophytic fungi from leaves of Pandanaceae based on their morphotypes and DNA sequence data from southern Thailand, MycoKeys 33, pp. 25-67 : 31-32

Endopandanicola thailandica Tibpromma & K.D. Hyde sp. nov. Figure 4

Etymology.

named after Thailand, the country where the fungus was first discovered.

Holotype.

MFLU 18-0021

Culture characteristics.

Colonies on PDA (Figure 2 PE10, FE42, FE43, FE46 and PE60), superficial, initially white, later becoming yellow-white, irregular, with undulate margin, smooth with flossy to velvety; reverse white to yellow-white. Generative hyphae simple-septate, branched, with clamp connections, sub-hyaline, thin-walled, 1.5-3.5 µm wide.

Material examined.

THAILAND, Chumphon, Pathio District, on healthy leaves of Pandanus sp. ( Pandanaceae ), 1 December 2016, S. Tibpromma PE60 (MFLU 18-0021, holotype); HKAS100856, paratype, ex-type living cultures, MFLUCC 17-0600 = KUMCC 17-0295; Chumphon, Pathio District, 1 December 2016, S. Tibpromma PE10, living culture, MFLUCC 17-0572; Ranong, Muang, Muang District, 3 December 2016, S. Tibpromma FE42, living culture, MFLUCC 17-0548; FE43, living culture, MFLUCC 17-0549 = KUMCC 17-0264; FE46, living culture, MFLUCC 17-0551 = KUMCC 17-0265.

GenBank numbers.

ITS; MFLUCC 17-0545=MG646961, MFLUCC 17-0548=MG646964, MFLUCC 17-0549=MG646963, MFLUCC 17-0551=MG646962, MFLUCC 17-0572=MG646959, MFLUCC 17-0600=MG646960.

Notes.

Endopandanicola is introduced and typified by En. thailandica which is represented by six isolates and is described as a novel species based on its asexual morph. The phylogenetic analysis of ITS sequence data showed that this species clustered together with Panus , but there is a high level of statistical support for its separation (100% in ML, 100% in MP) (Figure 3).