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Rhodotorula nothofagi sp. nov., isolated from decayed wood in the evergreen rainy Valdivian forest of southern Chile

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An unusual Rhodotorula isolated from decayed wood of Nothofagus obliqua (Mirb.) Blume is described and illustrated. This species differs from all accepted Rhodotorula species (1–7, 10) to warrant its establishment as a new species, Rhodotorula nothofagi sp. nov.

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  1. Laboratory of General and Applied Mycology, Instituto ‘Jaime Ferrán’ de Microbiología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Joaquín Costa 32, Madrid 10, Spain

    Carlos Ramírez & Aldo González

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Postgraduate student from the Instituto de Ecología y de Evolución, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia.

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Ramírez, C., González, A. Rhodotorula nothofagi sp. nov., isolated from decayed wood in the evergreen rainy Valdivian forest of southern Chile. Mycopathologia 91, 171–173 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00446296

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