DOCSLIB.ORG

April 1993 Algologists Over the Years, a Good Database of Information Concerning the Annual Cycles of Thes'e Organisms Would Have Been Known

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

I Is Georgia on your mind? It ought to be! Look what's planned with YOU in mind: This year's Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America will be occurring 18- 23 June 1993 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education on the lovely campus of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. A very full slate of activities and scientific sessions has been carefully planned to allow all those in attendance to make maximal benefit of the broadest possible range of offerings. You will find more detail inside, including the prelimi- nary program and abstracts for the presentations, but here are some of the highlights: Premeeting workshops on Friday, 18 June: @ PolyKey - A Computerized Synoptic Key to the Polyporaceous Fungi of N. America Led by J. E. Adaskaveg and R. L. Gilbertson. This is a difficult group to identify. Let your fingertips do the keying! This workshop will include an introduction to polypores of North America, a guide to the operation and prin- ciples of PolyKey, and practice in identification of unknown polypores using PolyKey. Computers (one per par- ticipant), specimens and drawings of specimens, copies of North American Polypores by R. L. Gilbertson and L. Ryvarden, and PolyKey manuals will be available to assist participants in learning to identify polyporaceous, wood rotting fungi. Because space and computers are limited, registration is limited to 24 people. For informa- tion about this workshop, contact Dr. I. E. Adaskaveg, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Univ. of California, Davis, CA 9561 6 [phone 91 6-752-031 0; FAX 91 6-752-56741. Cost for this workshop will be $15 per person. To reserve space in this workshop, send a check made payable to 'The Mycological Society of America' to Charles W. Mims, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. 1993 Annual Meeting president's Letter ..................................................... 65 General Information ......................................... 1-4 PreliminaryProgram ....................................... 5-12 Membership News ...................: .................... 66-71 Index of Abstract Authors ............................ 22-23 Deaths Reported .................................................. 70 Abstracts ........................................................ 24-64 Vera Holubova-Jechova Mildred K. Nobles Instructions for Poster Presentations ................ 65 Lauritz Olson Leland Shanor Housing lnforrnationlReservation Form ............ 78 Registration Form .............................................. 80 Mycological Classifieds ..................................... 71-73 Letters to lnoculum ....................................... 13-14 The Last Word .......................................................... 74 IMC-5 ............................................................... 15-1 7 lnoculum Questionnaire ................................... 75-76 Amateur Mycological ClubslSocieties .... 18-19 Application for MSA Membership .................. 77 Upcoming Events ........................................... 20-21 MSA Sustaining Members ..................................... 79 * *"' Deaal, " . ine " for- v. receiq-,*t-QP,IT--">~*wDT <;f 'EEaiiS*RAfi-oR-" and HOUSING !ik ESERVATIONS - 8 June 1993 - @ Computers and Specimen Information Led by David Farr. The database developed by Dave is being used to help inventory some 1,600,000 fungi! It's a sure thing that you might be able to learn from his experience and expertise if you have to worry about tracking a smaller systematic collection. This workshop will include a morning lecture and discussion session and an afternoon demonstration and hands-on comput- er session. The workshop is intended mainly for people interested in developing procedures for using computers to manage specimen label data and associated morphological and nomenclatural information. The goal is to provide the basic informa- tion needed to initiate a program for automating specimen collection data to meet institutional needs while also permitting in- tegration of data into individual research programs. To reinforce the principles discussed, participants will be able to enter their own data using provided software. Because space and computers are limited, registration is limited to 20 people. For further information, contact Dr. David Farr, SBML, Rm. 304, Bldg. 011 A, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD 20705 [phone 301 -504- 5274; FAX 301 -504-54351. The cost of the workshop is $15 per person. To reserve space in this workshop, send a check made payable to 'The Mycological Society of America' to Charles W. Mims, Dept, of Plant Pathology, Univ. of Georgia, Ath- ens, GA 30602. Premeeting Foray for everybody on Saturday, 19 June Gf This foray is guaranteed to be conflict-free. Here is your opportunity to learn fungi in the field and, later, in the lab. Experts will be available to provide the never-published hints to working with a variety of taxonomic groups. You might use your time and the expert help available to make a teaching collection. This year's foray will be conducted in the Appalachian foothills of the Chattahoochee National Forest in the North Georgia Mountains about 2 hours from Athens. The first stop is planned at DeSoto Falls, an area with mixed hardwood and pine. Stops will also be made, as time permits, at Hogpen Gap and Testnatee Gap, an area of higher elevation near the Appala- chian Trail. This is a mixed oak-hickory area with many downed trees. The foray will end at Unicoi State Park for lunch. Buses will depart from the Georgia Center at 7:30 AM and return at approximately 3:30 PM. Laboratory space will be avail- able in the Department of Plant Pathology near the Georgia Center for drying and/or examination of specimens. The cost of the foray is $15 per person (including transportation and picnic lunch). For other information, contact Richard T. Hanlin at 706-542-1280 or FAX 706-542-1262. To reserve a space on the foray, check the appropriate space on the registration form. Three Symposia: + Id Molecular Medical Mycology Organized by Chet Cooper Speakers: R. Calderone, B; Lasker, S. Lee, P. J. Szaniszlo, J.Woods @ Principles and Applications of Contemporary Techniques in Fungal Cell Biology Organized by ~harlesE. Bracker Speakers: K. Czymmek & K. L. Klomparens, H. C. Hoch, R. Lew, N. P. Money, M. J. Powell Id Wood-Rotting Fungi: Taxonomy, Genetics, Modes of Activity and Industrial Applications Organized by Karl-Erik L. Eri ksson Speakers: J. E. Adaskaveg, M. Akhtar, R. J. Blanchette, D. Cullen, K.-E. Eriksson, R. Farrell, R. Lamar, I. Reid, M. Tien, J. I. Yang Presidential Address and Annual Lecture: @ Minute Mycological Mysteries: The Influence of Arthropods on the Lives of Fungi Dr. Meredith Blackwell - Professor of Botany, Louisiana State University @ Basidiomycetes and the New Genetics Dr. Paul Lemke - Professor of Molecular Genetics, Auburn University Several Social Events: @ MSA Social and Auction Proceeds of the auction go the the MSA Endowment Fund. The Social and Auction will be held Monday evening, June 21, at 7 PM at the Georgia State Botanical Garden. The Garden is about a 10-15 minute drive from the Georgia Center. Buses will depart the Georgia Center at 6:45 PM. This event will be held indoors in a very nice facility. Refreshments and a light buffet will be served. Cost of the event is $20 per person. NOTE: Items for the auction should be sent to David Porter, Department of Botany, UGA, Athens, GA 30602. If you plant to bring items for the auction with you, please let David know ahead of time by calling him at 706-542-1782 or FAX 706-542-1 805. Let's make this our largest and best auction ever. Remember, all proceeds go into the MSA Endowment Fund. @ MSA Dinner and Awards Ceremony Black Tie, Optional. Always a bundle of fun and surprises. The Annual Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony will take place following an evening banquet at the Georgia Center on Tuesday, June 22. The cost of the banquet is included in the registration fee. ... and a large and diverse spectrum of contributed papers and posters filled with exciting new data. mycological marvels and mysteries. and useful information! How to Get to Athens: BY AIR: While it is possible to fly directly into Athens Municipal Airport from Charlotte, NC, most of you coming from the West may find that it is cheaper to fly into ~tlanta'sHartsfield Inter- national Airport. Hartsfield Airport is about 90 minutes away from Athens via ground transpor- tation and is served by AAA Airport Express (706-725-5573). This is a dependable shuttle ser- vice, but be sure to call ahead for reservations. The cost of the shuttle service is currently about $50 for a round-trip ticket. You will be dropped off directly at the Georgia Center or at the Holi- day Inn. If you identify yourself as a Georgia Center conferee, discounted rates may apply. BY CAR: Athens may be reached by US High- ways 29, 78, 129, and 441 ; Interstate Highways 1-85 and 1-20 are nearby. Parking is in the South Campus Parking Deck adjacent to the Georgia Center on Lumpkin Street at a cost of 4$ per 24- hour period parked. Registration, Housing, and Meeting Venue: Registration and housing reservations forms are pro- vided at the back of this newsletter and should be sent to the Georgia center for Continuing Education. To avoid a late fee of $20, your registration materi- als must be postmarked no later than June 8,1993. To cancel your registration, make a substitution, or to confirm your registration, call 706-542-1 234. A fee of $15 will be assessed for cancellations received
Recommended publications
  • Peziza and Pezizaceae Inferred from Multiple Nuclear Genes: RPB2, -Tubulin, and LSU Rdna

    Peziza and Pezizaceae Inferred from Multiple Nuclear Genes: RPB2, -Tubulin, and LSU Rdna

    Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36 (2005) 1–23 www.elsevier.com/locate/ympev Evolutionary relationships of the cup-fungus genus Peziza and Pezizaceae inferred from multiple nuclear genes: RPB2, -tubulin, and LSU rDNA Karen Hansen ¤, Katherine F. LoBuglio, Donald H. PWster Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Received 5 May 2004; revised 17 December 2004 Available online 22 April 2005 Abstract To provide a robust phylogeny of Pezizaceae, partial sequences from two nuclear protein-coding genes, RPB2 (encoding the sec- ond largest subunit of RNA polymerase II) and -tubulin, were obtained from 69 and 72 specimens, respectively, to analyze with nuclear ribosomal large subunit RNA gene sequences (LSU). The three-gene data set includes 32 species of Peziza, and 27 species from nine additional epigeous and six hypogeous (truZe) pezizaceous genera. Analyses of the combined LSU, RPB2, and -tubulin data set using parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian approaches identify 14 Wne-scale lineages within Pezizaceae. Species of Peziza occur in eight of the lineages, spread among other genera of the family, conWrming the non-monophyly of the genus. Although parsimony analyses of the three-gene data set produced a nearly completely resolved strict consensus tree, with increased conWdence, relationships between the lineages are still resolved with mostly weak bootstrap support. Bayesian analyses of the three- gene data, however, show support for several more inclusive clades, mostly congruent with Bayesian analyses of RPB2. No strongly supported incongruence was found among phylogenies derived from the separate LSU, RPB2, and -tubulin data sets. The RPB2 region appeared to be the most informative single gene region based on resolution and clade support, and accounts for the greatest number of potentially parsimony informative characters within the combined data set, followed by the LSU and the -tubulin region.
  • THE LARGER CUP FUNGI in BRITAIN - Part 2 Pezizaceae (Excluding Peziza & Plicaria) Brian Spooner Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE

    THE LARGER CUP FUNGI in BRITAIN - Part 2 Pezizaceae (Excluding Peziza & Plicaria) Brian Spooner Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE

    Field Mycology Volume 2(1), January 2001 THE LARGER CUP FUNGI IN BRITAIN - part 2 Pezizaceae (excluding Peziza & Plicaria) Brian Spooner Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE he first part of this series (Spooner, 2000) provided a brief introduction to cup fungi or ‘discomycetes’, and considered in particular the ‘operculate’ species, those in T which the ascus opens (dehisces) via an apical lid or operculum.These constitute the order Pezizales and include most of the larger discomycete species. A key to the 12 families of Pezizales represented in Britain was given. In the present part, a key to the British genera of the Pezizaceae is provided, together with brief descriptions of the genera and keys to the species of all genera other than Peziza and Plicaria.These two genera, which include over sixty species in Britain alone, will be considered in Part 3. A glossary of technical terms is given at the end of the article. Pezizaceae Dumort. Characterised by operculate, thin-walled, amyloid asci and uninucleate spores with thin or rarely somewhat thickened walls. Key to British Genera of Pezizaceae 1. Asci indehiscent; ascomata subhypogeous or developed in litter, subglobose or irregular in form; spores globose, ornamented, purple-brown at maturity, eguttulate . Sphaerozone 1. Asci dehiscent; ascomata epigeous, rarely hypogeous at first, on various substrates, cupulate to discoid or pulvinate, sometimes short-stipitate, rarely sparassoid; spores globose or ellip- soid, smooth or ornamented, hyaline or brownish, guttulate or eguttulate . 2 2. Ascus apex strongly blue in iodine, rest of wall diffusely blue in iodine or not .
  • Gasteroid Mycobiota (Agaricales, Geastrales, And

    Gasteroid Mycobiota (Agaricales, Geastrales, And

    Gasteroid mycobiota ( Agaricales , Geastrales , and Phallales ) from Espinal forests in Argentina 1,* 2 MARÍA L. HERNÁNDEZ CAFFOT , XIMENA A. BROIERO , MARÍA E. 2 2 3 FERNÁNDEZ , LEDA SILVERA RUIZ , ESTEBAN M. CRESPO , EDUARDO R. 1 NOUHRA 1 Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal, CONICET–Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, CC 495, CP 5000, Córdoba, Argentina. 2 Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, CP 5000, Córdoba, Argentina. 3 Cátedra de Diversidad Vegetal I, Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia., Universidad Nacional de San Luis, CP 5700 San Luis, Argentina. CORRESPONDENCE TO : [email protected] *CURRENT ADDRESS : Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Jujuy (CIT-JUJUY), CONICET- Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, CP 4600, San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina. ABSTRACT — Sampling and analysis of gasteroid agaricomycete species ( Phallomycetidae and Agaricomycetidae ) associated with relicts of native Espinal forests in the southeast region of Córdoba, Argentina, have identified twenty-nine species in fourteen genera: Bovista (4), Calvatia (2), Cyathus (1), Disciseda (4), Geastrum (7), Itajahya (1), Lycoperdon (2), Lysurus (2), Morganella (1), Mycenastrum (1), Myriostoma (1), Sphaerobolus (1), Tulostoma (1), and Vascellum (1). The gasteroid species from the sampled Espinal forests showed an overall similarity with those recorded from neighboring phytogeographic regions; however, a new species of Lysurus was found and is briefly described, and Bovista coprophila is a new record for Argentina. KEY WORDS — Agaricomycetidae , fungal distribution, native woodlands, Phallomycetidae . Introduction The Espinal Phytogeographic Province is a transitional ecosystem between the Pampeana, the Chaqueña, and the Monte Phytogeographic Provinces in Argentina (Cabrera 1971). The Espinal forests, mainly dominated by Prosopis L.
  • The Phylogeny of Plant and Animal Pathogens in the Ascomycota

    The Phylogeny of Plant and Animal Pathogens in the Ascomycota

    Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology (2001) 59, 165±187 doi:10.1006/pmpp.2001.0355, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on MINI-REVIEW The phylogeny of plant and animal pathogens in the Ascomycota MARY L. BERBEE* Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada (Accepted for publication August 2001) What makes a fungus pathogenic? In this review, phylogenetic inference is used to speculate on the evolution of plant and animal pathogens in the fungal Phylum Ascomycota. A phylogeny is presented using 297 18S ribosomal DNA sequences from GenBank and it is shown that most known plant pathogens are concentrated in four classes in the Ascomycota. Animal pathogens are also concentrated, but in two ascomycete classes that contain few, if any, plant pathogens. Rather than appearing as a constant character of a class, the ability to cause disease in plants and animals was gained and lost repeatedly. The genes that code for some traits involved in pathogenicity or virulence have been cloned and characterized, and so the evolutionary relationships of a few of the genes for enzymes and toxins known to play roles in diseases were explored. In general, these genes are too narrowly distributed and too recent in origin to explain the broad patterns of origin of pathogens. Co-evolution could potentially be part of an explanation for phylogenetic patterns of pathogenesis. Robust phylogenies not only of the fungi, but also of host plants and animals are becoming available, allowing for critical analysis of the nature of co-evolutionary warfare. Host animals, particularly human hosts have had little obvious eect on fungal evolution and most cases of fungal disease in humans appear to represent an evolutionary dead end for the fungus.
  • Henry Dissing, 31. March 1931 – 10. December 2009

    Henry Dissing, 31. March 1931 – 10. December 2009

    Henry Dissing, 31. March 1931 – 10. December 2009 Thomas LÆSSØE Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø [email protected] Ascomycete.org, 2 (4) : 3-6. Summary: Biography of Henry Dissing, Danish mycologist, specialist of Pezizales, died Février 2011 in December 2009. Keywords: Tribute, Danish mycologist, University of Copenhagen, Ascomycota. Résumé : biographie d’Henry Dissing, mycologue danois, spécialiste des Pezizales, dé- cédé en décembre 2009. Mots-clés : hommage, mycologue danois, université de Copenhague, Ascomycota. Henry was born in Jutland, in a small village, where he was association was with Sigmund Sivertsen in Norway. Throu- expected to follow in his father’s footsteps as a potter. He ghout, he trained Master students in all sorts of mycological chose a completely different career but did support his early topics, and one of them, Karen Hansen, continues his work education by working at the royal porcelain factory in Co- on the Pezizales (from Stockholm). Others are employed in penhagen. After that, he studied at Copenhagen University the biotechnological industry or teach at high school. A long where he started his biology studies in 1960. He very soon lasting teaching effort was the mycological field courses held became interested in fungi and quickly became part of the from 1965-2009 at the Kristiansminde Field Centre, where group around Morten Lange at the newly established “Insti- Henry participated in most courses until retirement, and tut for Sporeplanter”, where Lise Hansen was another core more than one thousand students got their mycological field member. Henry became the ascomycote person and Morten training during this period, including a lot of Norwegian stu- dealt with agarics and also collaborated with Henry on “Gas- dents.
  • 21 August 2021 Aperto

    21 August 2021 Aperto

    AperTO - Archivio Istituzionale Open Access dell'Università di Torino Gamundia nivea sp. nov. (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) from central Europe (France) This is the author's manuscript Original Citation: Availability: This version is available http://hdl.handle.net/2318/78020 since 2016-10-06T15:44:51Z Published version: DOI:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2010.00783.x Terms of use: Open Access Anyone can freely access the full text of works made available as "Open Access". Works made available under a Creative Commons license can be used according to the terms and conditions of said license. Use of all other works requires consent of the right holder (author or publisher) if not exempted from copyright protection by the applicable law. (Article begins on next page) 06 October 2021 This is the author's final version of the contribution published as: E. Musumeci; M. Contu; A. Vizzini. Gamundia nivea sp. nov. (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) from central Europe (France). NORDIC JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 28(4) pp: 428-431. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2010.00783.x The publisher's version is available at: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1756-1051.2010.00783.x When citing, please refer to the published version. Link to this full text: http://hdl.handle.net/2318/78020 This full text was downloaded from iris - AperTO: https://iris.unito.it/ iris - AperTO University of Turin’s Institutional Research Information System and Open Access Institutional Repository Gamundia nivea sp. nov. (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) from central Europe (France) Authors E. Musumeci, M. Contu, A. Vizzini Abstract The new species Gamundia nivea is described from an Abies alba wood in France.
  • Phylogenetics of the Pezizaceae, with an Emphasis on Peziza

    Phylogenetics of the Pezizaceae, with an Emphasis on Peziza

    Mycologia, 93(5), 2001, pp. 958-990. © 2001 by The Mycological Society of America, Lawrence, KS 66044-8897 Phylogenetics of the Pezizaceae, with an emphasis on Peziza Karen Hansen' tions were found to support different rDNA lineages, Thomas Laess0e e.g., a distinct amyloid ring zone at the apex is a syn- Department of Mycology, University of Copenhagen, apomorphy for group IV, an intense and unrestricted 0ster Farimagsgade 2 D, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, amyloid reaction of the apex is mostly found in Denmark group VI, and asci that are weakly or diffusely amy- Donald H. Pfister loid in the entire length are present in group II. Oth- Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, er morphological features, such as spore surface re- Massachusetts, 02138 USA lief, guttulation, excipulum structure and pigments, while not free from homoplasy, do support the groupings. Anamorphs likewise provide clues to high- Abstract: Phylogenetic relationships among mem- er-order relationships within the Pezizaceae. Several bers of the Pezizaceae were studied using 90 partial macro- and micromorphological features, however, LSU rDNA sequences from 51 species of Peziza and appear to have evolved several times independently, 20 species from 8 additional epigeous genera of the including ascomatal form and habit (epigeous, se- Pezizaceae, viz. Boudiera, Iodophanus, Iodowynnea, mihypogeous or hypogeous), spore discharge mech- Kimbropezia, Pachyella, Plicaria, Sarcosphaera and Sca- anisms, and spore shape. Parsimony-based optimiza- bropezia, and 5 hypogeous genera, viz. Amylascus, Ca- tion of character states on our phylogenetic trees sug- zia, Hydnotryopsis, Ruhlandiella and Tirmania. To gested that transitions to truffle and truffle-like forms test the monophyly of the Pezizaceae and the rela- evolved at least three times within the Pezizaceae (in tionships to the genera Marcelleina and Pfistera (Py- group III, V and VI).
  • Aquapeziza: a New Genus from Freshwater and Its Morphological and Phylogenetic Relationships to Pezizaceae

    Aquapeziza: a New Genus from Freshwater and Its Morphological and Phylogenetic Relationships to Pezizaceae

    Mycologia, 104(2), 2012, pp. 540–546. DOI: 10.3852/11-123 # 2012 by The Mycological Society of America, Lawrence, KS 66044-8897 Aquapeziza: a new genus from freshwater and its morphological and phylogenetic relationships to Pezizaceae Dian-Ming Hu Key words: Aquapeziza globispora, ascomycetes, International Fungal Research & Development Centre, fungi, phylogenetics, taxonomy The Research Institute of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Bailongsi, Kunming 650224, P.R.China, and School of Chemistry and Life Science, INTRODUCTION Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, Freshwater fungi comprise a distinct ecological P.R.China assemblage of fungi and to date some 548 ascomycete Hang Chen species have been reported from this milieu (Raja International Fungal Research & Development Centre, et al. 2009). This ecological group however is still The Research Institute of Resource Insects, Chinese poorly studied (Wong et al. 1998, Raja et al. 2009). We Academy of Forestry, Bailongsi, Kunming 650224, have investigated the diversity of freshwater fungi for P.R.China more than 20 y (Hyde 1992, 1995; Cai et al. 2003b; Lei Cai1 Zhang et al. 2009; Reblova et al. 2010), most recently State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of concentrating on southwestern China (Cai et al. 2002; Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Luo et al. 2004; Cai and Hyde 2007; Hu et al. 2007, 100101, P.R.China 2010b) and Thailand (Hu et al. 2010a). During this Ali Hassan Bahkali study we collected an interesting discomycete that Botany and Microbiology Department, College of cannot be accommodated in any described genus, Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia based on its distinct morphological characters and 2 sequence data (28S and ITS rDNA sequences).
  • A New Species and New Records of Gasteroid Fungi (Basidiomycota) from Central Amazonia, Brazil

    A New Species and New Records of Gasteroid Fungi (Basidiomycota) from Central Amazonia, Brazil

    Phytotaxa 183 (4): 239–253 ISSN 1179-3155 (print edition) www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/ PHYTOTAXA Copyright © 2014 Magnolia Press Article ISSN 1179-3163 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.183.4.3 A new species and new records of gasteroid fungi (Basidiomycota) from Central Amazonia, Brazil TIARA S. CABRAL1, BIANCA D. B. DA SILVA2, NOEMIA K. ISHIKAWA3, DONIS S. ALFREDO4, RICARDO BRAGA-NETO5, CHARLES R. CLEMENT6 & IURI G. BASEIA7 1Programa de Pós-graduação em Genética, Conservação e Biologia Evolutiva; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia–INPA; Av. André Araújo, 2936–Petrópolis; Manaus, Amazonas, 69067-375 Brazil. Email: [email protected] 2Programa de Pós-graduação em Sistemática e Evolução; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, 59072-970 Brazil. Email: [email protected] 3Coordenação de Biodiversidade; INPA; Manaus, Amazonas, 69067-375 Brazil. Email: [email protected] 4Programa de Pós-graduação em Sistemática e Evolução; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, 59072-970 Brazil. Email: [email protected] 5Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental (CRIA); Av. Romeu Tórtima, 388; Campinas, São Paulo 13084-791, Brazil. Email: [email protected] 6Coordenação de Tecnologia e Inovação; INPA; Manaus, Amazonas, 69067-375 Brazil. Email: [email protected] 7Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Natal, Rio Grande do Norte 59072-970, Brazil. Email: [email protected] Abstract A new species, Geastrum inpaense, is described morphologically and molecularly. Geastrum lloydianum, G. schweinitzii, Phallus merulinus and Staheliomyces cinctus are reported here as new records for Central Amazonia.
  • AR TICLE Phylogenetic Placement of Itajahya

    AR TICLE Phylogenetic Placement of Itajahya

    IMA FUNGUS · 6(2): 257–262 (2015) doi:10.5598/imafungus.2015.06.02.01 Phylogenetic placement of Itajahya: An unusual Jacaranda fungal associate ARTICLE Seonju Marincowitz2, Martin P.A. Coetzee1,2, P. Markus Wilken1,2, Brenda D. Wingeld1,2, and Michael J. Wingeld2 1Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, P.O. Box X20, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa 2Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, P.O. Box X20, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa; corresponding author e-mail: [email protected] Abstract: Itajahya is a member of Phallales (Agaricomycetes), which, based on the presence of a calyptra Key words: and DNA sequence data for I. rosea, has recently been raised to generic status from a subgenus of Homobasidiomycetes Phallus. The type species of the genus, I. galericulata, is commonly known as the Jacaranda stinkhorn molecular phylogeny in Pretoria, South Africa, which is the only area where the fungus is known outside the Americas. The Phallomycetidae common name is derived from its association with the South American originating Jacaranda mimosifolia phalloid fungi trees in the city. The aim of this study was to consider the unusual occurrence of the fungus in South South Africa Africa, to place it on the available Phallales phylogeny and to test whether it merits generic status. Fresh stinkhorns basidiomes were collected during the summer of 2015 and sequenced. Phylogenetic analyses were based on sequence data for the nuc-LSU-rDNA (LSU) and ATPase subunit 6 (ATP6) regions. The results showed that I. rosea and I. galericulata are phylogenetically related.
  • (Basidiomycota, Phallales) in India

    (Basidiomycota, Phallales) in India

    © 2018 W. Szafer Institute of Botany Polish Academy of Sciences Plant and Fungal Systematics 63(2): 39–44, 2018 ISSN 2544-7459 (print) DOI: 10.2478/pfs-2018-0006 Morphological and molecular evidence for the occurrence of Itajahya galericulata (Basidiomycota, Phallales) in India Ravi S. Patel, Ajit M. Vasava & Kishore S. Rajput* Abstract. Itajahya galericulata (Phallales, Phallaceae) was previously reported from Article info several countries in South America and Africa. Recently we found I. galericulata in the Received: 2 May 2018 city of Vadodara, Gujarat State, India. To verify its identity we studied its morphology and Revision received: 21 Nov. 2018 performed molecular phylogenetic analyses using nuclear rDNA LSU and mitochondrial Accepted: 22 Nov. 2018 ATP6 loci. Here we also provide nuclear rDNA ITS sequences for the Indian collection, Published: 14 Dec. 2018 since up to now no sequences of this region have been available for I. galericulata in Corresponding Editor GenBank. This study furnishes the first evidence for the occurrence of I. galericulata in Marcin Piątek India and in Asia as a whole. Key words: Itajahya, Phallaceae, ITS, molecular phylogeny, DNA barcoding, India, Asia Introduction Members of the fungal family Phallaceae, classified a poorly known yet taxonomically important member of within the order Phallales and subphylum Basidiomycota, the genus – Itajahya galericulata – and concluded that are commonly known as stinkhorn mushrooms. The fam- it is phylogenetically separated from species of Phallus ily contains 21 genera and 77 species (Kirk et al. 2008), and Dictyophora. Their study also confirmed that Ita- including the genus Itajahya, which was first described jahya rosea and I.
  • Sequencing Abstracts Msa Annual Meeting Berkeley, California 7-11 August 2016

    Sequencing Abstracts Msa Annual Meeting Berkeley, California 7-11 August 2016

    M S A 2 0 1 6 SEQUENCING ABSTRACTS MSA ANNUAL MEETING BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 7-11 AUGUST 2016 MSA Special Addresses Presidential Address Kerry O’Donnell MSA President 2015–2016 Who do you love? Karling Lecture Arturo Casadevall Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Thoughts on virulence, melanin and the rise of mammals Workshops Nomenclature UNITE Student Workshop on Professional Development Abstracts for Symposia, Contributed formats for downloading and using locally or in a Talks, and Poster Sessions arranged by range of applications (e.g. QIIME, Mothur, SCATA). 4. Analysis tools - UNITE provides variety of analysis last name of primary author. Presenting tools including, for example, massBLASTer for author in *bold. blasting hundreds of sequences in one batch, ITSx for detecting and extracting ITS1 and ITS2 regions of ITS 1. UNITE - Unified system for the DNA based sequences from environmental communities, or fungal species linked to the classification ATOSH for assigning your unknown sequences to *Abarenkov, Kessy (1), Kõljalg, Urmas (1,2), SHs. 5. Custom search functions and unique views to Nilsson, R. Henrik (3), Taylor, Andy F. S. (4), fungal barcode sequences - these include extended Larsson, Karl-Hnerik (5), UNITE Community (6) search filters (e.g. source, locality, habitat, traits) for 1.Natural History Museum, University of Tartu, sequences and SHs, interactive maps and graphs, and Vanemuise 46, Tartu 51014; 2.Institute of Ecology views to the largest unidentified sequence clusters and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Lai 40, Tartu formed by sequences from multiple independent 51005, Estonia; 3.Department of Biological and ecological studies, and for which no metadata Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, currently exists.