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Haloaleurodiscus mangrovei gen. sp. nov. (Basidiomycota) from mangrove forests in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2005

Nitaro MAEKAWA
Affiliation:
The Tottori Mycological Institute, 211, Kokoge, Tottori 689-1125, Japan. E-mail: [email protected]
Hiroto SUHARA
Affiliation:
The Ariake Environmental Sanitation Public Corporation, 5-15, Shioya-machi, Omuta City, Fukuoka 836-0057, Japan.
Kazuhiko KINJO
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Applied Bioresource Science, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ryukyus, 1, Senbaru, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-01, Japan.
Ryuichiro KONDO
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Systematic Forest and Forest Products Science, Department of Forestry and Forest Products Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 6-10-1, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
Yoshikazu HOSHI
Affiliation:
National Ariake Technology College, 150, Higashihagio, Omuta City, Fukuoka 836-8585, Japan.
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Abstract

Haloaleurodiscus gen. nov. (Homobasidiomycetes) is described from Japanese mangrove forests with one species H. mangrovei sp. nov. The genus is morphologically characterized by having resupinate basidioma, nodose-septate hyphae, sulphoaldehyde-positive gloeocystidia, dendrohyphidia and amyloid basidiospores with minute warts. These morphological features are similar to those of Aleurodiscuss. lat., but H. mangrovei differs from the Aleurodiscus primarily in occurring in white pocket-rot and is not closely related based on ribosomal DNA sequence analyses. Molecular data suggest that this species is phylogenetically placed in the root of the ‘Peniophorales’ clade. In addition, ecological and physiological features of the species are provided.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© The British Mycological Society 2005

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Footnotes

Contribution no. 374 of the Tottori Mycological Institute.