Aquapteridospora jiangxiensis, a new aquatic hyphomycetous fungus from a freshwater habitat in China

During an investigation of freshwater fungi in Jiangxi province, China, a new hyphomycetous fungus, Aquapteridospora jiangxiensis, was collected and isolated. Aquapteridospora jiangxiensis is characterized by its unbranched and guttulate conidiophores with multi-septa swollen at the base, polyblastic conidiogenous cells with sympodial proliferations, and denticles, and guttulate conidia with a sheath. A photo plate of the macro- and micro-morphology and a muti-loci (ITS, LSU, SSU, TEF1 and RPB2) phylogenetic tree are provided. A key to the species of Aquapteridospora is also presented in this paper.

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During a freshwater fungi investigation in Jiangxi province, China, a new hyphomycetous fungus called Aquapteridospora jiangxiensis was discovered and isolated. This study provides a detailed description and identification of the fungus based on its morphology and molecular biology, as well as a key for species identification.