@article{329755b6d7c047918bfbd875b099c00c,
title = "A systematic account of the genus Plagiostoma (Gnomoniaceae, Diaporthales) based on morphology, host-associations, and a four-gene phylogeny",
abstract = "Members of the genus Plagiostoma inhabit leaves, stems, twigs, and branches of woody and herbaceous plants predominantly in the temperate Northern Hemisphere. An account of all known species of Plagiostoma including Cryptodiaporthe is presented based on analyses of morphological, cultural, and DNA sequence data. Multigene phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences from four genes (β-tubulin, ITS, rpb2, and tef1-α) revealed eight previously undescribed phylogenetic species and an association between a clade composed of 11 species of Plagiostoma and the host family Salicaceae. In this paper these eight new species of Plagiostoma are described, four species are redescribed, and four new combinations are proposed. A key to the 25 accepted species of Plagiostoma based on host, shape, and size of perithecia, perithecial arrangement in the host, and microscopic characteristics of the asci and ascospores is provided. Disposition of additional names in Cryptodiaporthe and Plagiostoma is also discussed.",
keywords = "Ascomycota, Betulaceae, Epitypification, Fraxinus, New species, Phylogeny, Salicaceae, Sordariomycetidae",
author = "Mej{\'i}a, {L. C.} and Castlebury, {L. A.} and Rossman, {A. Y.} and Sogonov, {M. V.} and White, {Jr F.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was funded by the National Science Foundation Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy (NSF 03-28364). Additional funding for field work by LCM was received through Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, from the Neyra Fund, the Spencer Davis Research Award from the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, a Special Study Support Award, and a Graduate School Travel Award and through the Backus Award from the Mycological Society of America. Much appreciation is extended to Lena Struwe for her valuable comments and insights during the course of this work. We acknowledge and appreciate Andrew Minnis for providing a specimen from which the new species Plagiostoma ovalisporum was described and for nomenclatural advice. Christian Feuillet kindly provided translations of the diagnoses into Latin. Tunesha Phipps and Sasha Allen are sincerely acknowledged for their technical expertise in the molecular laboratory. LCM appreciates the following people for graciously hosting visits for collecting and facilitating the shipment of specimens: Michael Giraurd, Adriana Hladki, Tina Hoffman, Christian Lechat, Christophe Lecuru, and Ralph Mangelsdorff. Special thanks to Zhu LiangYang for hosting LCM and providing superb logistical support during his collecting trip in China. ",
year = "2011",
month = mar,
day = "22",
doi = "10.3114/sim.2011.68.10",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "68",
pages = "211--235",
journal = "Studies in Mycology",
issn = "0166-0616",
publisher = "Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute",
}