New plectosphaerellaceous species from Dutch garden soil

Alejandra Giraldo; Margarita Hernández-Restrepo; Pedro W. Crous

doi:10.1007/s11557-019-01511-4

New plectosphaerellaceous species from Dutch garden soil

Alejandra Giraldo, Margarita Hernández-Restrepo, Pedro W. Crous

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Abstract

During 2017, the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (WI) and the Utrecht University Museum launched a Citizen Science project. Dutch school children collected soil samples from gardens at different localities in the Netherlands, and submitted them to the WI where they were analysed in order to find new fungal species. Around 3000 fungal isolates, including filamentous fungi and yeasts, were cultured, preserved and submitted for DNA sequencing. Through analysis of the ITS and LSU sequences from the obtained isolates, several plectosphaerellaceous fungi were identified for further study. Based on morphological characters and the combined analysis of the ITS and TEF1-α sequences, some isolates were found to represent new species in the genera Phialoparvum, i.e. Ph. maaspleinense and Ph. rietveltiae, and Plectosphaerella, i.e. Pl. hanneae and Pl. verschoorii, which are described and illustrated here.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1135-1154
Number of pages	20
Journal	Mycological Progress
Volume	18
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-019-01511-4
Publication status	Published - Sept 2019

Keywords

Biodiversity
Citizen Science project
Phialoparvum
Plectosphaerella
Soil-born fungi

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New plectosphaerellaceous species from Dutch garden soil

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