New from Opposite Ends of the World

Overview

Journal Stud Mycol

Date 2024 Dec 24

PMID 39717656

Authors

T T T Nguyen

A L C M de A Santiago

J E Hallsworth

T R L Cordeiro

K Voigt

P M Kirk

P W Crous

M A M Junior

C Elsztein

H B Lee

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Abstract

The is a group of ancient fungi with global distribution. In the current study we accessed mucoralean fungi isolated from two countries on opposite sides of the Earth and in different hemispheres: South Korea and Brazil. isolates were obtained from freshwater, soil, invertebrates, and fruit seeds and identified using phenotypic techniques combined with the DNA sequence data. These analyses revealed 15 new species including one that we affiliated to a newly proposed genus, . Names proposed for these 15 new species are and . Of these new species, 12 were isolated from South Korea: and , and three from Brazil: , , and . Niche specificity of these fungi is discussed including newly recorded invertebrate hosts and a new geographic distribution for species of , , , and . Given these findings, we provide an inventory of . Hyang B. Lee & T.T.T. Nguyen. Hyang B. Lee & T.T.T. Nguyen, Hyang B. Lee, A.L. Santiago, P.M. Kirk, K. Voigt & T.T.T. Nguyen, Hyang B. Lee & T.T.T. Nguyen, Hyang B. Lee & T.T.T. Nguyen, T.R.L. Cordeiro, Hyang B. Lee & A.L. Santiago, T.R.L. Cordeiro & A.L. Santiago, T.R.L. Cordeiro & A.L. Santiago, Hyang B. Lee & T.T.T. Nguyen, Hyang B. Lee & T.T.T. Nguyen, Hyang B. Lee & T.T.T. Nguyen, Hyang B. Lee & T.T.T. Nguyen, Hyang B. Lee & T.T.T. Nguyen, Hyang B. Lee & T.T.T. Nguyen, Hyang B. Lee & T.T.T. Nguyen, Hyang B. Lee & T.T.T. Nguyen. Nguyen TTT, de A. Santiago ALCM, Hallsworth JE, Cordeiro TRL, Voigt K, Kirk PM, Crous PW, Júnior MAM, Elsztein C, Lee HB (2024). New from opposite ends of the world. : 273-321. doi: 10.3114/sim.2024.109.04.

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