New trichomycete species from China and additional information on Gauthieromyces

Mycologia. 2015 Jul-Aug;107(4):874-88. doi: 10.3852/15-050. Epub 2015 May 14.

Abstract

We describe three new species of gut fungi (Kickxellomycotina, Harpellales) from aquatic insects, including Caudomyces typhella from a crane fly larva and Genistelloides torrentis and Orphella sinica from stonefly nymphs. Details on trichomycete species previously reported from Asia, including China, are provided. Recent descriptions of two new species of Gauthieromyces provide a more complete understanding of the genus; it is emended to reflect this new information and an epitype is designated. The description of G. indicus is emended based on an examination of the type specimen and additional collections of this species from China.

Keywords: Diptera; Plecoptera; aquatic insects; endobionts; taxonomy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Asia
  • China
  • Diptera / microbiology*
  • Fungal Proteins / genetics
  • Fungal Proteins / metabolism
  • Fungi / classification*
  • Fungi / genetics
  • Fungi / growth & development
  • Fungi / isolation & purification*
  • Larva / microbiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nymph / microbiology
  • Phylogeny
  • Spores, Fungal / classification
  • Spores, Fungal / genetics
  • Spores, Fungal / growth & development
  • Spores, Fungal / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Fungal Proteins