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Phylogenetic relationships and new records of Asterinaceae (Dothideomycetes) from Panama

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Asterinaceae are small obligately biotrophic pathogens growing superficially on living leaves of higher plants in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. The species-rich but rarely studied ascomycete group has an uncertain placement within the Dothideomycetes because molecular data are missing completely up to now. Based on nuclear DNA from fresh material of five Asterina spp. and a related anamorphic stage from Panama, we present the first molecular phylogenetic hypothesis of the Asterinaceae within the Dothideomycetes. A combined SSU and LSU rDNA phylogenetic analysis shows that species of Asterina and its anamorphs form a well supported monophyletic clade within the Dothideomycetes with Venturiaceae as sistergroup. Three Asterina spp. included in the molecular study are new records for Panama and Central America with new records of host plant species: A. cestricola on Cestrum rugulosum (Solanaceae), A. weinmanniae on Weinmannia pinnata (Cunoniaceae) and A. zanthoxyli on Zanthoxylum scheryi (Rutaceae). A. cestricola and A. weinmanniae are illustrated here for the first time.

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We thank the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) for financial support of the project Plant Parasitic Microfungi of Panama (ppMP) and the Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente (ANAM), Panama, for the permission to realize this investigation. The herbarium of the Universidad National de la Plata, Argentina (LPS) and the U.S. National Fungus Collections (BPI) are thanked for providing herbarium specimens. Special thanks to R. Mangelsdorff for the help with the identification of host plants, T. Trampe for providing DNA sequences of Phyllachorales and M. Ruppel for technical assistance with SEM.

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Hofmann, T.A., Kirschner, R. & Piepenbring, M. Phylogenetic relationships and new records of Asterinaceae (Dothideomycetes) from Panama. Fungal Diversity 43, 39–53 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-010-0042-4

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