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Phylogenetic evaluation of anamorphic species of Cirrenalia and Cumulospora with the description of eight new genera and four new species

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Four new helicoid anamorphic fungi collected from marine habitats in Egypt and Japan are described. Three marine and one terrestrial Cirrenalia species along with two Cumulospora species and the four new fungi were sequenced for LSU and SSU rDNA. Phylogenetic analyses of the generated sequences, along with those from GenBank, confirmed the polyphyly of the genera Cirrenalia and Cumulospora, and new genera are erected to accommodate the displaced species. Eight new genera, four new species and six new combinations are made: 1. Halazoon anam.-gen. nov. (Halazoon melhae sp. nov., H. fuscus for Cirrenalia fusca), 2. Moheitospora anam.-gen. nov. (Moheitospora fruticosae sp. nov., M. adarca for Cirrenalia adarca), 3. Moleospora anam.-gen nov. (Moleospora maritima sp. nov.), and 4. Glomerulispora anam.-gen. nov. (Glomerulispora mangrovis sp. nov); Cirrenalia pygmea, Cirrenalia tropicale and Cumulospora varius are transferred to the new genera, 5. Hydea anam.-gen. nov, 6. Matsusporium anam.-gen. nov., and 7. Moromyces anam.-gen. nov., respectively. These genera can be assigned to the order Lulworthiales, TBM (Torpedospora/Bertia/Melanospora) clade, while Cirrenalia macrocephala is nested within the order Halosphaeriales. Few morphological characters delineate the genera and species assigned to the Lulworthiales and this aspect is discussed in relation to the molecular data. The phylogenetic position of the terrestrial species, Cirrenalia japonica, shows that it is a member of the order Pleosporales, and a new genus, 8. Hiogispora anam.-gen. nov. is proposed for the fungus.

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Acknowledgements

This work was funded by grants from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (No. 185701000001 and No. 18-06620). M.A. Abdel-Wahab is grateful to JSPS for an award of a postdoctoral fellowship. Sohag University is acknowledged for providing funds for collecting samples from the field. M.A. Abdel-Wahab is grateful to the Third World Academy of Science (TWAS) for awarding a research grant (No. 03-117 RG/BIO/AF/AC). K.L. Pang would like to thank National Science Council of Taiwan for a research grant (NSC-98-2621-B-019-002-MY3) and Centre of Marine Biology and Biotechnology (CMBB), National Taiwan Ocean University for providing financial support. E.B.G. Jones acknowledges support from the TRF/BIOTEC Special Programme for Biodiversity and Training grant BRT R._251006. We are very grateful to Prof. Uwe Braun, Martin-Luther Universität, Germany, for revising the Latin description.

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  1. Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 237-0061, Japan

    Mohamed A. Abdel-Wahab & Takahiko Nagahama

  2. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag, 82524, Egypt

    Mohamed A. Abdel-Wahab & Faten A. Abdel-Aziz

  3. Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, No. 2, Pei-Ning Road, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Ka-Lai Pang

  4. BIOTEC Bioresources and Technology Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 113 Thailand Science Park, Paholyothin Road, Klong 1, Klong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand

    E. B. Gareth Jones

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Abdel-Wahab, M.A., Pang, KL., Nagahama, T. et al. Phylogenetic evaluation of anamorphic species of Cirrenalia and Cumulospora with the description of eight new genera and four new species. Mycol Progress 9, 537–558 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-010-0661-x

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