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New species and new records of Meliolaceae from Panama

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Three new species of Meliolaceae, Appendiculella monsterae on Monstera deliciosa (Araceae), Asteridiella nitidae on Buddleja nitida (Scrophulariaceae), and Irenopsis chrysophylli on Chrysophyllum sp. (Sapotaceae), are described based on material collected in Panama. Eighteen species of Meliolaceae are reported for the first time for Panama, which include four first records for the Americas, viz. Ast. formosensis, Meliola indica, and M. pisoniae, previously known only from Asia, and M. dissotidis hitherto known only from Africa. Six species of plants are cited as hosts for meliolaceous fungi for the first time. In a phylogenetic hypothesis based on 28S nrDNA sequences, the position of Meliolales, including Appendiculella, Asteridiella, Endomeliola, Irenopsis, and Meliola, is found to be basal to Sordariomycetidae, Hypocreomycetidae, and Xylariomycetidae within Sordariomycetes. The five genera of Meliolaceae form a strongly supported clade. We suggest adopting the concept of the subclass Meliolomycetidae. The monophyly of Asteridiella cannot be confirmed. A hypothetical close relationship between Asteridiella and Appendiculella is not supported, but Endomeliola appears closely related to a species of Asteridiella. Two Meliola species on the same host family are closely related.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Manfred Ruppel for technical assistance with scanning electron microscopy. We thank R. Mangelsdorff, J. Gossmann, T. Trampe, and T. Hofmann who contributed collections of Meliolaceae from Panama. We thank the curators of the Herbaria BPI, DAR, K, M, and S for the loan of specimens. The staff members at PMA are thanked for their assistance with the identification of host plants. The Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente (ANAM), Panama, is thanked for permits and logistic support and the LOEWE excellence initiative of the state of Hesse within the framework of the Cluster for Integrative Fungal Research (IPF) for funding.

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    Délfida Rodríguez Justavino

  2. Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Jhongli City, Taoyuan County, 32001, Taiwan Republic of China

    Roland Kirschner

  3. Department of Mycology, Cluster for Integrative Fungal Research (IPF), Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Max-von Laue-Str. 13, 60439, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Meike Piepenbring

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Rodríguez Justavino, D., Kirschner, R. & Piepenbring, M. New species and new records of Meliolaceae from Panama. Fungal Diversity 70, 73–84 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-014-0292-7

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