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Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Genus <I>Gliocephalotrichum</I> Persoonia 32, 2014: 127–140 www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/pimj RESEARCH ARTICLE http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/003158514X680261 Phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Gliocephalotrichum L. Lombard1, L.M. Serrato-Diaz 2, R. Cheewangkoon 3, R.D. French-Monar 2, C. Decock 4, P.W. Crous 1,5,6 Key words Abstract Species in the genus Gliocephalotrichum (= Leuconectria) (Hypocreales, Nectriaceae) are soilborne fungi, associated with post-harvest fruit spoilage of several important tropical fruit crops. Contemporary taxonomic Gliocephalotrichum studies of these fungi have relied on morphology and DNA sequence comparisons of the internal transcribed spacer Leuconectria region of the nuclear rDNA (ITS) and the β-tubulin gene regions. Employing DNA sequence data from four loci phylogeny (β-tubulin, histone H3, ITS, and translation elongation factor 1-alpha) and morphological comparisons, the taxonomic taxonomy status of the genus Gliocephalotrichum was re-evaluated. As a result five species are newly described, namely G. humicola (Taiwan, soil), G. mexicanum (rambutan fruit from Mexico), G. nephelii (rambutan fruit from Guatemala), G. queenslandicum (Australia, endophytic isolations) and G. simmonsii (rambutan fruit from Guatemala). Although species of Gliocephalotrichum are generally not regarded as important plant pathogens, their ability to cause post- harvest fruit rot could have an impact on fruit export and storage. Article info Received: 2 August 2013; Accepted: 1 November 2013; Published: 20 March 2014. INTRODUCTION duced by Zhuang et al. (2007), although mistakenly connected to the asexual species, G. cylindrosporum. This was later cor- The asexual genus Gliocephalotrichum, with G. bulbilium as rected by Zhuang & Luo (2008), although they refrained from type, was introduced by Ellis & Hesseltine (1962) to accom- providing a name for the asexual morph based on the version modate a species isolated from soil. The genus was defined of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature applied at as having conidiophores consisting of a penicillate conidiog- that time (McNeill et al. 2006). Following the abolishment of Art. enous apparatus terminating in phialides producing ellipsoidal, 59 (Hawksworth et al. 2011), and based on the current Interna- aseptate conidia, and subtended by sterile stipe extensions. tional Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants (ICN; Morphologically, this genus closely resembles the asexual McNeill et al. 2012), Rossman et al. (2013) proposed that the morph of Calonectria (= Cylindrocladium) but is distinguished genus name Gliocephalotrichum be retained over Leuconectria, by the point of origin of the sterile stipe extension (Rossman and therefore provided the name G. grande to accommodate et al. 1993, 1999, Schoch et al. 2000). In Gliocephalotrichum, L. grandis in Gliocephalotrichum. the stipe extension develops directly below (Ellis & Hesseltine Although limited information is available on the etiology of these 1962) or some distance below (Wiley & Simmons 1971) the fungi, they are generally regarded as saprobes, as they are penicillus, whereas the stipe extension originates from within readily isolated from soils and decaying plant material, such the conidiogenous apparatus of Calonectria (Rossman et al. as leaf litter and rotting fruits (Ellis & Hesseltine 1962, Wiley & 1993, Lombard et al. 2010b). Simmons 1971, Huang & Schmitt 1973, Rossman et al. 1993, Seven species that are recognised within the genus include G. ba- Watanabe & Nakamura 2005, Decock et al. 2006, Zhuang et cillisporum (Decock et al. 2006), G. bulbilium (Ellis & Hesseltine al. 2007). With the exception of G. ohiense (Huang & Schmitt 1962), G. cylindrosporum, G. microchlamydosporum (Wiley 1973), all species are regarded as tropical or subtropical fungi & Simmons 1971), G. longibrachium (Decock et al. 2006), (Rossman et al. 1993, 1999, Decock et al. 2006). Recently, G. ohiense (Huang & Schmitt 1973) and G. simplex (Wiley several new reports have appeared of fruit rots associated with & Simmons 1971). The genus Leuconectria, with L. clusiae species of Gliocephalotrichum, namely of rambutan (Nephelium as type, was introduced by Rossman et al. (1993) as the sexual lappaceum) in Hawaii (Nishijima et al. 2002), Malaysia (Intan morph of G. bulbilium. It is characterised by having superficial, Sakinah & Latiffah 2013), The Philippines (Pordesimo & Luna- uniloculate perithecia becoming purple in KOH+ and producing Ilag 1982), Puerto Rico (Serrato-Diaz et al. 2012), Sri Lanka aseptate ascospores. A second species, L. grandis, was intro- (Sivakumar et al. 1997, 1999, 2000) and Thailand (Farungsang et al. 1992, Sangchote et al. 1998), guava (Psidium guajava) in Hawaii (Constantelos et al. 2011), durian (Durio graveolens 1 CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; corresponding author e-mail: [email protected]. and D. kutejensis) in Brunei Darussalam (Sivapalan et al. 1998), 2 Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M AgriLife Terminalia chebula in India (Singh et al. 2012), mangosteen Extension Service, 6500 Amarillo Blvd W. Amarillo, Texas 79106, USA. (Garcinia mangostana) in Thailand (Sangchote & Pongpisutta 3 Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, 1998) and cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) in the USA Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand. 4 Mycothèque de l’Université catholique de Louvain (BCCM/MUCL), Earth (Constantelos et al. 2011). and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Place Croix du Sud 2 A recent survey of rambutan fruit originating from Guatemala, bte L07.05.06, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Mexico and Puerto Rico resulted in the accumulation of several 5 Microbiology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 isolates of Gliocephalotrichum. Furthermore, baiting from soils CH Utrecht, The Netherlands. 6 Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University and Research Centre collected in Thailand revealed several additional isolates of (WUR), Doevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands. Gliocephalotrichum. 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