Journal
FUNGAL BIOLOGY
Volume 121, Issue 8, Pages 625-637Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2017.04.001
Keywords
Castanea sativa; Diaporthales; Gnomoniaceae; Multilocus analysis; Taxonomy
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- SCOPES Project [IZ73Z0_152525]
- FOEN
- canton of Valais
- canton of Vaud
- Science Development Foundation under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan [EIF-2013-9(15)-46/29/3]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [IZ73Z0_152525] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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In this paper we resolve the taxonomic status of the fungus Diplodina castaneae (Ascomycetes, Diaporthales, Gnomoniaceae) which occurs on the European chestnut (Castanea sativa) as endophyte and as the causal agent of Javart disease. Specimens from Switzerland, Spain, and Azerbaijan were sequenced at five nuclear loci (beta-tubulin, EF-1 alpha, ITS, LSU, and RPB2). Phylogenies were inferred to place D. castaneae in the Gnomoniaceae family. Moreover, growth rates and morphological characteristics on different agar media were assessed and compared to those of Gnorrioniopsis castaneae, which can easily be confused with D. castaneae. Based on morphological and phylogenetic characteristics, we propose to reallocate D. castaneae to the genus Sirococcus, as S. castaneae comb. nov. (C) 2017 British Mycological Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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