Resolving the phylogenetic placement of Gangliostilbe in the family Xenospadicoidaceae (Xenospadicoidales)
Sneha Lad1, Kunhiraman C. Rajeshkumar1,*, Paraparath O. Sruthi1, Nikhil Ashtekar1, Abdulsalim P. Ansil1, Rajnish K. Verma2, Nalin N. Wijayawardene3
Affiliations
1National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI), Biodiversity and Palaeobiology (Fungi) Group, MACS Agharkar Research Institute, G. G. Agharkar Road, Pune, 411 004, Maharashtra, India
2Department of Plant Pathology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141 004, Punjab, India
3Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan, 655011, P. R. China
*Corresponding author, email: [email protected]
Abstract
This study resolves the phylogenetic position of an anamorphic synnematous genus, Gangliostilbe (typified by G. indica), collected from the Northern Western Ghats of India. Gangliostilbe can be distinguished based on its erect synnemata, simple, dark-coloured, well-defined stalk, a subglobose to clavate head, and solitary, acrogenous, brown, phragmoconidia having three or more septa that secede through gangliar conidiogenesis. Phylogenetic analysis based on ITS and LSU sequence data supported the placement of Gangliostilbe in Xenospadicoidaceae (Xenospadicoidales). Gangliostilbe is the only genus in Xenospadicoidaceae having synnematous conidiomata and gangliar conidiogenesis.
Citation
Lad S, Rajeshkumar KC, Sruthi PO, Ashtekar N, Ansil AP, Verma RK, Wijayawardene NN (2022) Resolving the phylogenetic placement of Gangliostilbe in the family Xenospadicoidaceae (Xenospadicoidales). MycoAsia 2022/01. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59265/mycoasia.2022-01
Submission History
Received: 16.12.2021
Accepted: 30.01.2022
Published: 30.01.2022
Editorial Team
Handling Editor: Dr. Belle Damodara Shenoy
Reviewers: Dr. Rajesh Jeewon, Dr. Mubashar Raza, Dr. Gunjan Sharma