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Asterostroma species (Basidiomycota) from mangrove forests in Japan

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A new homobasidiomycete, Asterostroma macrosporum, was found in mangrove forests of Iriomote Island, Japan. This species is morphologically characterized by having resupinate basidiomata, a monomitic (asterodimitic) hyphal system, simple septate generative hyphae, dextrinoid asterosetae, four sterigmate basidia and globose, tuberculate and amyloid basidiospores measuring 8.5–11 × 7.5–9 μm. It is similar to A. muscicola, but basidiospores in the latter are smaller (7–8 × 5.5–7 μm). Furthermore, phylogenetic analysis using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region revealed that A. macrosporum is distinctly separated from A. muscicola. In Japan, A. muscicola is widely distributed in warm-temperate to subtropical regions, growing on a variety of broadleaved trees including mangroves, while A. macrosporum has been found only on mangroves.

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Acknowledgments

This study was partially supported by a Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant from the Japan Science Society (16-291), and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI 14540653) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

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  1. Fungus/Mushroom Resource and Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan

    Hiroto Suhara & Nitaro Maekawa

  2. The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tottori University, Koyama, Tottori, Japan

    Shuji Ushijima

  3. Laboratory of Applied Bioresource Science, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ryukyus, Senbaru, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa, Japan

    Kazuhiko Kinjo

  4. Department of Plant Science, School of Agriculture, Tokai University, Kawayou, Minamiaso-mura, Aso-gun, Kumamoto, 869-1404, Japan

    Yoshikazu Hoshi

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Suhara, H., Maekawa, N., Ushijima, S. et al. Asterostroma species (Basidiomycota) from mangrove forests in Japan. Mycoscience 51, 75–80 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10267-009-0006-2

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