Features and phylogenetic status of an enigmatic clavicipitalean fungus Neoclaviceps monostipa gen. et sp. nov.

Raymond Sullivan; Marshall S. Bergen; Rachna Patel; Gerald F. Bills; Stephen C. Alderman; Joseph W. Spatafora; James F. White

doi:10.2307/3761608

Features and phylogenetic status of an enigmatic clavicipitalean fungus Neoclaviceps monostipa gen. et sp. nov.

Raymond Sullivan, Marshall S. Bergen, Rachna Patel, Gerald F. Bills, Stephen C. Alderman, Joseph W. Spatafora, James F. White

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Plant Biology

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Abstract

A new species and genus of the graminicolous Clavicipitaceae are described. Neoclaviceps monostipa infects individual florets in the same way as species of genus Claviceps but does not produce sclerotia. In culture it shows dimorphism in production of a yeast-like microcyclic conidiation (ephelidial) phase and a mycelial phase. Phylogenetic analysis of the 26S large subunit rDNA suggests that Neoclaviceps along with genus Myriogenospora are evolutionarily intermediate between Claviceps and Balansia.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	90-99
Number of pages	10
Journal	Mycologia
Volume	93
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/3761608
State	Published - 2001

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Physiology
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Cell Biology

Keywords

Ascomycetes
Balansia
Claviceps
Clavicipitaceae
Costa Rica
Phylogeny
Systematics

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