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Melampsora salicis-bakko, a new species on willows in Japan evidenced by morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses

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Through the morphological and molecular examinations of Melampsora species on willows, we clarified the taxonomic identity of the rust specimens on Salix bakko, S. hultenii and S. leucopithecia from Japan and described the following rust fungus as a new species, Melampsora salicis-bakko. This rust fungus resembled M. caprearum in morphology of teliospores, but it differed from M. caprearum mainly in the density of spines on the urediniospores. Molecular phylogenetic analyses using the rDNA ITS region (complete ITS1, 5.8S rRNA gene and ITS2) revealed that M. salicis-bakko was monophyletic, and that this rust fungus was distinct from other Melampsora species, including M. caprearum.

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Acknowledgments

We express our gratitude to Dr. Ming-Hao Pei (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK), Dr. Zhi-Min Cao (Forestry College, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, China) and Dr. Tsuyoshi Hosoya (National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan) for providing dried specimens for this study.

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  1. Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan

    Peng Zhao

  2. Beijing Key Lab of Oil and Gas Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, 102249, China

    Qing-Hong Wang

  3. The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China

    Cheng-Ming Tian

  4. Engineering Research Center of Chinese Ministry of Education for Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin Province, 130118, China

    Qi Wang & Makoto Kakishima

  5. Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan

    Makoto Kakishima

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Zhao, P., Wang, QH., Tian, CM. et al. Melampsora salicis-bakko, a new species on willows in Japan evidenced by morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Mycol Progress 15, 32 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-016-1175-y

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