Additions to Italian Pleosporinae, including Italica heraclei sp. nov
Author(s)
Wijesinghe, Subodini
Wang, Yong
Dayarathne, Monika
Boonmee, Saranyaphat
Date Issued
2021
Type
article
Volume
9
Journal
Abstract
Our investigation on pleosporalean fungi from terrestrial habitats in provinces of Arezzo, Forlì-Cesena and Ravenna in Italy yielded a novel species, Italica heraclei (Phaeosphaeriaceae), a new host record of Pseudoophiobolus mathieui (Phaeosphaeriaceae) and the second Italian record of Phomatodes nebulosa (Didymellaceae). Species boundaries were defined using detailed morphological illustrations, comprehensive descriptions and multi-gene phylogeny of maximum likelihood (ML), maximum parsimony (MP) and Bayesian posterior probability (BI) analysis. Our findings expanded the knowledge on host and distribution ranges of the newly isolated pleosporalean taxa in Italy.