Koralionastetales, a new order of marine Ascomycota in the Sordariomycetes

Jinx Campbell; Patrik Inderbitzin; Jan Kohlmeyer; Brigitte Volkmann-Kohlmeyer

doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2008.11.013

Koralionastetales, a new order of marine Ascomycota in the Sordariomycetes

Mycol Res. 2009 Mar;113(Pt 3):373-80. doi: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.11.013. Epub 2008 Dec 6.

Authors

Jinx Campbell¹, Patrik Inderbitzin, Jan Kohlmeyer, Brigitte Volkmann-Kohlmeyer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, 703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564, USA. jinx.campbell@usm.edu

PMID: 19084063
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.11.013

Abstract

Based on molecular studies using 1760 bp of the nuSSU and 604 bp of the nuLSU rRNA genes and using morphological characters, the genera Koralionastes and Pontogeneia are assigned to the new order Koralionastetales, family Koralionastetaceae, class Sordariomycetes. Koralionastetales is a sister group to Lulworthiales; differences in morphological characters are expressed in the ascospores and the presence/absence of periphyses and paraphyses. A new species of Pontogeneia, P. microdictyi from Microdictyon sp. in the Bahamas, is described.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Anthozoa / microbiology
Ascomycota / classification*
Ascomycota / cytology
Ascomycota / genetics
Bahamas
Marine Biology
Oceans and Seas
RNA, Fungal / genetics
RNA, Ribosomal / genetics
Ribosome Subunits, Large / genetics
Ribosome Subunits, Small / genetics

Substances

RNA, Fungal
RNA, Ribosomal