PLOS ONE RESEARCH ARTICLE Taxonomic novelties in Magnolia-associated pleosporalean fungi in the Kunming Botanical Gardens (Yunnan, China) 1,2,3,4 5 1,3,4 Dhanushka N. WanasingheID , Nalin N. Wijayawardene , Jianchu Xu , Ratchadawan Cheewangkoon2,6,7*, Peter E. Mortimer1* 1 CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming, Yunnan, China, 2 Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 3 World Agroforestry, East a1111111111 and Central Asia, Kunming, Yunnan, China, 4 Center for Mountain Futures, Kunming Institute of Botany, a1111111111 Honghe County, Yunnan, China, 5 Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and a1111111111 Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan, a1111111111 China, 6 Innovative Agriculture Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, a1111111111 Thailand, 7 Center of Excellence in Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand *
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[email protected] (PEM) OPEN ACCESS Abstract Citation: Wanasinghe DN, Wijayawardene NN, Xu J, Cheewangkoon R, Mortimer PE (2020) This paper represents the first article in a series on Yunnanese microfungi. We herein Taxonomic novelties in Magnolia-associated pleosporalean fungi in the Kunming Botanical provide insights into Magnolia species associated with microfungi. All presented data are Gardens (Yunnan, China). PLoS ONE 15(7): reported from the Kunming Botanical Gardens. Final conclusions were derived from the e0235855. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. morphological examination of specimens coupled with phylogenetic sequence data to better pone.0235855 integrate taxa into appropriate taxonomic ranks and infer their relationships.