Four New Araneogenous Species and a New Genus in Hypocreales (Clavicipitaceae, Cordycipitaceae) from the Karst Region of China

Overview

Journal MycoKeys

Date 2025 Feb 3

PMID 39897122

Authors

Wan-Hao Chen

Dan Li

Hui-Lin Shu

Jian-Dong Liang

Jie-Hong Zhao

Wei-Yi Tian

Yan-Feng Han

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Abstract

The karst region in southwestern China is one of the biodiversity hotspots in the world with rich fungal diversity but under-studied. Four fungal species belonging to (Clavicipitaceae) and (Cordycipitaceae) were isolated from dead spiders. Morphological comparisons, phylogenetic analyses and a PHI analysis based on multigene datasets support the establishment of these new species viz., , , , and are introduced. A new genus, , is proposed to accommodate , which is phylogenetically distinct from Our results revealed that further attention needs to be paid to the diversity of araneogenous fungi in the karst regions of southwestern China.

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﻿Four New Araneogenous Species and a New Genus in Hypocreales (Clavicipitaceae, Cordycipitaceae) from the Karst Region of China

Four New Araneogenous Species and a New Genus in Hypocreales (Clavicipitaceae, Cordycipitaceae) from the Karst Region of China