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Novel species and records of Colletotrichum associated with native woody plants in south-central Chile

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Worldwide, the genus Colletotrichum has been poorly documented in forest trees compared to crops. In Chile, most of the records from native plants date from the beginning of the last century, and only a few species are properly identified according to modern taxonomy. To contribute to the knowledge of Colletotrichum species diversity in Chilean native forests, we examined 50 strains collected from 17 woody plant hosts between 36 and 40° S latitude in south-central Chile. Based on morphological characters, multi-locus phylogenetic analyses (ITS, GAPDH, CHS-1, HIS3, ACT, TUB2), and coalescent-based species delimitation methods, we identified ten species belonging to the Colletotrichum acutatum and Colletotrichum boninense species complexes. These were identified as Colletotrichum arboricola, C. brassicicola, C. godetiae, C. pyricola, C. rhombiforme, and C. roseum, along with the new species described here as C. americanum, C. laurosilvaticum, C. palki, and C. perseicola. We also propose to synonymize C. lauri with C. godetiae and C. australisinense with C. wanningense.

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All sequences generated in this study have been submitted to NCBI GenBank. The accession numbers, sequence alignments, and phylogenetic inference output files from this study are available as Supplementary Information.

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We thank technician Abraham Aburto, Yoselyn Campos, and Mariana Llanos for their laboratory assistance.

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The doctoral study of Mario Zapata was supported by the Agencia Nacional de Investigación (ANID-Subdirección de Capital Humano/Doctorado Nacional/2021-21210626). The authors thank the ANID-FONDEQUIP Program (Grant: EQM200205) for funding a platform of equipment for conservation of fungal strains. Enrique Rodriguez-Serrano was supported by FONDECYT grant 1220998.

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Conceptualization: Zapata M, Rodríguez-Serrano E, Damm U, and Palfner G; methodology: Zapata M, Rodriguez-Serrano E, Damm U, and Palfner G; formal analysis and investigation: Zapata M; editing of illustrations and phylogenetic trees: Carrasco-Fernández J; light microscopic observations: Zapata M, Santelices C; photographic plate composition: Castro JF; curation of strains: Santelices C and Castro JF; writing–original draft preparation: Zapata M; writing, review, and editing: Zapata M, Rodríguez-Serrano E, Castro JF, Damm U, and Palfner G; supervision: Palfner G. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Zapata, M., Rodríguez-Serrano, E., Castro, J.F. et al. Novel species and records of Colletotrichum associated with native woody plants in south-central Chile. Mycol Progress 23, 18 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-024-01956-2

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