Mycol Progress (2015) 14:82 DOI 10.1007/s11557-015-1104-5

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Diaporthe rostrata, a novel ascomycete from Juglans mandshurica associated with walnut dieback

Xin-Lei Fan1 & Kevin D. Hyde2,3 & Dhanushka Udayanga2,3 & Xing-Yu Wu4 & Cheng-Ming Tian1

Received: 9 May 2015 /Revised: 10 August 2015 /Accepted: 17 August 2015 # German Mycological Society and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

Abstract rostrata sp. nov., collected from Juglans morph were generally introduced based on host mandshurica in China, is described and illustrated in this pa- association, while published descriptions were generally min- per. The new species is introduced based on its holomorphic imal. This has resulted in both generic names comprising a morphology plus support from phylogenetic analysis. The large number of species, with Index Fungorum (2015) listing sexual and asexual morphs produce rostrate host tissue around 992 epithets for Diaporthe and 984 for Phomopsis. the necks on infected branches or twigs and have aseptate Species identification criteria in Diaporthe were originally alpha conidia, while the sexual morph produces 1-septate as- based on host association, morphology, and culture character- cospores. The new species is compared with other taxa from istics (Mostert et al. 2001; Santos and Phillips 2009; Juglans spp. Udayanga et al. 2012). Most new species in the early literature are based on host association, which is not a good criterion to Keywords . Molecular phylogeny . differentiate Diaporthe/Phomopsis species (Saccardo 1882; . Taxonomy Deng 1963;Tai1979;Wei1979; Uecker 1988). Species of Diaporthe often occur on taxonomically unrelated host plants, while a single host plant can be infected by different species Introduction (Mostert et al. 2001; Santos and Phillips 2009; Santos et al. 2011; Thompson et al. 2011). The names Diaporthe and Phomopsis can no longer be used for different morphs of the Diaporthe species are widely distributed with broad host same genus (Wingfield et al. 2012). Diaporthe has generally ranges and are pathogens, endophytes, and/or saprobes of been favored against Phomopsis (Santos and Phillips 2009) plants, and also human pathogens (Garcia-Reyne et al. 2011; and in recent publications, Diaporthe has been widely used Udayanga et al. 2011). Species of Diaporthe and its asexual against the asexual morph genus Phomopsis as it is the older Section Editor: Gerhard Rambold name (Diaporthe 1970 vs. Phomopsis 1905), most common in nature, and most often applied to this important pathogenic * Cheng-Ming Tian genus (Udayanga et al. 2011). We, therefore, use the name [email protected] Diaporthe in this paper for both the sexual and asexual morphs. The sexual morph of Diaporthe is characterized by im- 1 The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China mersed ascomata and an erumpent pseudostroma with more or less elongated perithecial necks. Asci are unitunicate, cla- 2 International Fungal Research & Development Centre, The Research Institute of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, vate to cylindrical and ascospores are hyaline, 1-septate, and Bailongsi, Kunming 650224, China sometimes with appendages (Udayanga et al. 2011). The asex- 3 Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, and School of Science, ual morph is characterized by ostiolate conidiomata, with cy- Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand lindrical phialides producing up to three types of hyaline, 4 Forest Diseases and Pest Control & Quarantine Station of Qinzhou aseptate conidia; alpha conidia being most often produced District, Tianshui, Gansu 741000, China (Udayanga et al. 2011). Molecular data is needed to Mycol Progress (2015) 14:82 Page 7 of 8 82 group of perithecia (2–4vs.13–32), without circular arrange- Doyle JJ, Doyle JL (1990) Isolation of plant DNA from fresh tissue. – ment, that whitens the bark (Dearness 1916). Focus 12:13 15 Gao YH, Sun W, Su YY, Cai L (2014a) Three new species of Phomopsis In the past it was difficult to name Diaporthe species as in Gutianshan nature reserve in China. 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