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Backbone tree for Chaetothyriales with four new species of Minimelanolocus from
aquatic habitats

Minimelanolocus4

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XY Liu, D Udayanga, ZL Luo, LJ Chen, DQ Zhou - Fungal Biology, 2015 - Elsevier

URL
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878614615001427

Abstract/Summary
Abstract We are studying the freshwater lignicolous fungi along a north-south latitudinal gradient in Asia. In this paper, fresh collections of
Minimelanolocus from submerged wood in streams in Yunnan Province, China are characterised based on morphology and molecular
phylogeny based on three rDNA regions: 18S (SSU), ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 (ITS) and 28S nuclear rDNA (LSU). The phylogenetic analysis of
combined LSU and SSU sequence data and a separate analysis of ITS placed the isolates within the family Herpotrichiellaceae, order
Chaetothyriales. An updated phylogenetic backbone tree for Chaetothyriales is provided with available ex-type and additional isolates. One
of the isolates collected was identified as Minimelanolocus obscurus based on morphology and molecular data. Minimelanolocus aquaticus,
M. asiaticus, M. curvatus and M. melanicus are described as new species considering the interspecific ITS variability and morphology. The
phylogenetic placement of Minimelanolocus in Chaetothyriales is novel and provides new sequence data for the genus as a distinct lineage in
Chaetothyriales. The conidial characters of all the known species in the genus are summarized. Descriptions and illustrations are provided
for the five species of Minimelanolocus with notes on their taxonomy and phylogeny.

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/China, /new species,
/lignicolous fungus, /freshwater,
/Yunnan

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Molecular and morphological evidence reveal a new non-cystidiate species belonging

to the core Phanerochaete (Polyporales)

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M Ghobad-Nejhad, SL Liu, E Langer, YC Dai - Mycological Progress, 2015 - Springer

URL
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11557-015-1072-9

Abstract/Summary
A new corticioid species is recognized in the genus Phanerochaete based on the material collected from the Changbaishan Nature Reserve in
NE China. Phanerochaete aurantiobadia sp. nov. is characterized by an orange to reddish brown, resupinate basidiome turning coccine red
upon contact with potassium hydroxide (KOH), lack of rhizomorphs and cystidia, and small ellipsoid spores. Phylogenetic analyses of internal
transcribed spacer (ITS) and large subunit (LSU) sequences show that Ph. aurantiobadia is nested within the core Phanerochaete clade,
where the type of the genus Ph. velutina is also nested. The new species is illustrated and compared with similar taxa, and some notes are
given on Phanerochaete s.s.

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/China, /new species

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Two new species and one new record of Melampsora on willows from China

Melampsora21

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P Zhao, CM Tian, YJ Yao, Q Wang, Y Yamaoka - Mycological , 2015 - Springer

URL
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11557-015-1091-6

Abstract/Summary
Two new species of rust fungi, Melampsora salicis-purpureae sp. nov. and M. salicis-argyraceae sp. nov., and a new record, M. iranica, are
described from China based on morphological characteristics and molecular phylogeny of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS1 and ITS2)
regions including 5.8S of the ribosomal RNA gene. Melampsora salicis-purpureae on Salix purpurea was characterized by amphigenous
uredinia, subepidermal teliospores, and relatively shorter teliospores and amphigenous telia. Melampsora salicis-argyraceae on S. argyaceae
possessed sparse spines on urediniospores, epiphyllous telia and subepidermal teliospores with slightly thickened apex. In addition,
specimens on S. alba and S. psammophyla were identified as M. iranica.

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/rust fungi, /Salix, /China,
/new record, /new
species

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Checklist of Central and South American Agaricales (Basidiomycota) II:

Strophariaceae

(2)

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VRM Coimbra - 2015 - mycosphere.org

URL
http://www.mycosphere.org/pdfs/Mycosphere_6_4_6.pdf

Abstract/Summary
Following a serie of papers inventorying the agaric mycota (Agaricales) of Central and South Americas, this second publication is a
literature-based checklist of the dark-spored family Strophariaceae. In total, 288 taxa belonging to 18 genera are reported here, mainly for
Argentina (120 spp.) and Brazil (115 spp.), the most representative countries. This list is an effort to organize the widespread knowledge of
Strophariaceae species diversity and geographical distribution, but does not reflect the real diversity of Strophariaceae from this region.

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/Argentina, /Brazil,
/geographical distribution

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Milospium, Protostegia, Pyricularia, Robillarda, Rotula, Septoriella, Torula, and

Wojnowicia

MilospiumProtostegiaPyriculariaRobillardaRotulaSeptoriellaTorula
Wojnowicia

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PW Crous, LM Carris, A Giraldo'tz, JZ Groenewald - researchgate.net

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http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Margarita_Hernandez9/publication/280390678_The_Genera_of_Fungi__fixing_the_application_of_the_type_species_of_generic_names__G_2_Allantophomopsis_Latorua_Macrodiplodiopsis_Macrohilum_Milospium_Pr
otostegia_Pyricularia_Robillarda_Rotula_Septoriella_Torula_and_WojnowiciaI/links/55bfa5ce08ae092e96669cc4.pdf

Abstract/Summary
The present paper represents the second contribution in the Genera of Fungi series, linking type species of fungal genera to their
morphology and DNA sequence data, and where possible, ecology. This paper focuses on 12 genera of microfungi, 11 of which the type
species are neo- or epitypified here: Allantophomopsis (A. cytisporea, Phacidiaceae, Phacidiales, Leotiomycetes), Latorua gen. nov. (Latorua
caligans, Latoruaceae, Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes), Macrodiplodiopsis (M. desmazieri, Macrodiplodiopsidaceae, Pleosporales,
Dothideomycetes), Macrohilum (M. eucalypti, Macrohilaceae, Diaporthales, Sordariomycetes), Milospium (M. graphideorum, incertae sedis,
Pezizomycotina), Protostegia (P. eucleae, Mycosphaerellaceae, Capnodiales, Dothideomycetes), Pyricularia (P. grisea, Pyriculariaceae,
Magnaporthales, Sordariomycetes), Robillarda (R. sessilis, Robillardaceae, Xylariales, Sordariomycetes), Rutola (R. graminis, incertae sedis,
Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes), Septoriella (S. phragmitis, Phaeosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes), Torula (T. herbarum,
Torulaceae, Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes) and Wojnowicia (syn. of Septoriella, S. hirta, Phaeosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales,
Dothideomycetes). Novel species include Latorua grootfonteinensis, Robillarda africana, R. roystoneae, R. terrae, Torula ficus, T. hollandica,
and T. masonii spp. nov., and three new families: Macrodiplodiopsisceae, Macrohilaceae, and Robillardaceae. Authors interested in
contributing accounts of individual genera to larger multi-authored papers to be published in IMA Fungus, should contact the associate
editors listed for the major groups of fungi on the List of Protected Generic Names for Fungi (www.generaoffungi.org).

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Linking molecular deadwood-inhabiting fungal diversity and community dynamics to

ecosystem functions and processes in Central European forests

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B Hoppe, W Purahong, T Wubet, T Kahl, J Bauhus - Fungal Diversity, 2015 - Springer

URL
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13225-015-0341-x

Abstract/Summary
Fungi play vital roles in the decomposition of deadwood due to their secretion of various enzymes that break down plant cell-wall
complexes. The compositions of wood-inhabiting fungal (WIF) communities change over the course of the decomposition process as the
remaining mass of wood decreases and both abiotic and biotic conditions of the wood significantly change. It is currently not resolved which
substrate-related factors govern these changes in WIF communities and whether such changes influence the deadwood decomposition rate.
Here we report a study on fungal richness and community structure in deadwood of Norway spruce and European beech in temperate forest
ecosystems using 454 pyrosequencing. Our aims were to disentangle the factors that correspond to WIF community composition and to
investigate the links between fungal richness, taxonomically-resolved fungal identity, and microbial-mediated ecosystem functions and
processes by analyzing physico-chemical wood properties, lignin-modifying enzyme activities and wood decomposition rates. Unlike fungal
richness, we found significant differences in community structure between deadwood of different tree species. The composition of WIF
communities was related to the physico-chemical properties of the deadwood substrates. Decomposition rates and the activities of ligninmodifying enzymes were controlled by the succession of the fungal communities and competition scenarios rather than fungal OTU richness.
Our results provide further insights into links between fungal community structure and microbial-mediated ecosystem functions and
processes.

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454/454 pyrosequencing,
/Norway, /forest,
/temperate forest, /enzyme

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Neofusicoccum parvum causing canker of seedlings of Juglans regia in China

Juglans regiaNeofusicoccum parvum

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Z Yu, G Tang, S Peng, H Chen, M Zhai - Journal of Forestry Research, 2015 - Springer

URL
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11676-015-0130-0

Abstract/Summary
Cankered, dying seedlings of Juglans regia were observed in Shaanxi province in the northwest region of China. Neofusicoccum parvum was
isolated from these cankered tissues, with the identification based on morphology and an ITS-nrDNA sequence. In order to demonstrate
how cultures of N. parvum could cause the expected symptoms, artificial infection, using these isolates and re-isolation of the pathogen,
was used. This is the first report on this taxon as a walnut canker pathogen in China.

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/Juglans, /China, /canker,
/Shaanxi

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In vitro antifungal synergy between amphiphilic aminoglycoside K20 and azoles

against Candida species and Cryptococcus neoformans

CandidaCryptococcus neoformansK20
in vitro

Bibliographic information
SK Shrestha, M Grilley, T Anderson - Medical , 2015 - mmy.oxfordjournals.org

URL
http://mmy.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/08/09/mmy.myv063.abstract

Abstract/Summary
Abstract Several azoles are widely used to treat human fungal infections. Increasing resistance to these azoles has prompted exploration of
their synergistic antifungal activities when combined with other agents. The amphiphilic aminoglycoside, K20, was recently shown to inhibit
filamentous fungi, yeasts and heterokonts, but not bacteria. In this study, in vitro synergistic growth inhibition by combinations of K20 and
azoles (fluconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, clotrimazole, or posaconazole) were examined against Candida species and Cryptococcus
neoformans. Checkerboard microbroth dilution, time-kill curve, and disk diffusion assays revealed that K20 has synergistic inhibitory
activities with all five azoles against C. albicans including azole-resistant C. albicans strains ATCC 64124 and ATCC 10231. Four (fluconazole,
itraconazole, clotrimazole, posaconazole) and three (fluconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole) azoles were synergistically inhibitory with K20
against C. lusitaniae and C. tropicalis, respectively. Only posaconazole showed synergy with K20 against two Cryptococcus neoformans
strains (9026 and VR-54). Time-kill curves with azole-resistant C. albicans 64124 and azole-sensitive C. albicans MYA-2876 confirmed the
K20-azole synergistic interactions with a 2 log10 decrease in colony-forming units (CFU)/ml compared with the corresponding azoles
alone. These results suggest that combinations of K20 and azoles offer a possible strategy for developing therapies against candidiasis.

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Epidemiological changes in tinea capitis over the sixty years of economic growth in
China

60

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P Zhan, D Li, C Wang, J Sun, C Geng - Medical , 2015 - mmy.oxfordjournals.org

URL
http://mmy.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/08/09/mmy.myv057.abstract

Abstract/Summary
Abstract Background: Tinea capitis is a fungal infection of the scalp occurring commonly in children. Historical data indicate that clinical
manifestations and the spectrum of etiologic agents vary greatly with geography, as well as socioeconomic affected populations. Objective:
To study the possible connection between socioeconomic status, the disease patterns and the variability of etiological agents. Methods: We
reviewed tinea capitis in China through literature since 1956. The disease pattern was correlated with economic and public health
management protocols. Historical data on fungal identification were mostly obtained by morphology. The accuracy of these historical results
was further confirmed by use of both morphological and ITS identification on a control set of 90 isolates collected recently from local
hospital. Results: Full agreement of the two identification methods implies that data from the literature were sufficiently reliable to allow
comparison across reported cases. In sum, 88 papers involving 25 administrative provinces and municipalities with 38,962 clinical strains
met the inclusion criteria of this review. Zoophilic species Microsporum canis is the most prevalent agent within large, modernized cities in
China today accounting for over 80% of infections. In contrast, anthropophilic dermatophytes, particularly Trichophyton violaceum, are
geographically endemic only in some southeastern and northwestern regions. Conclusion: Economic development and urbanization of cities
favor a shift of etiological agents from anthroponoses to zoonoses in contemporary China. Pets are becoming the most likely sources of
infection in modern lifestyles, replacing the earlier human-to-human transmission mode. However, the latter transmission mode is still
prevalent in less developed areas lacking adequate social and public health facilities.

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Phylogenetically diverse AM fungi from Ecuador strongly improve seedling growth of

native potential crop trees

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A Schler, C Krger, N Urgiles - Mycorrhiza, 2015 - Springer

URL
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00572-015-0659-y

Abstract/Summary
In many deforested regions of the tropics, afforestation with native tree species could valorize a growing reservoir of degraded, previously
overused and abandoned land. The inoculation of tropical tree seedlings with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM fungi) can improve tree
growth and viability, but efficiency may depend on plant and AM fungal genotype. To study such effects, seven phylogenetically diverse AM
fungi, native to Ecuador, from seven genera and a non-native AM fungus (Rhizophagus irregularis DAOM197198) were used to inoculate the
tropical potential crop tree (PCT) species Handroanthus chrysanthus (synonym Tabebuia chrysantha), Cedrela montana, and Heliocarpus
americanus. Twenty-four plant-fungus combinations were studied in five different fertilization and AMF inoculation treatments. Numerous
plant growth parameters and mycorrhizal root colonization were assessed. The inoculation with any of the tested AM fungi improved
seedling growth significantly and in most cases reduced plant mortality. Plants produced up to threefold higher biomass, when compared to
the standard nursery practice. AM fungal inoculation alone or in combination with low fertilization both outperformed full fertilization in
terms of plant growth promotion. Interestingly, root colonization levels for individual fungi strongly depended on the host tree species, but
surprisingly the colonization strength did not correlate with plant growth promotion. The combination of AM fungal inoculation with a low
dosage of slow release fertilizer improved PCT seedling performance strongest, but also AM fungal treatments without any fertilization were
highly efficient. The AM fungi tested are promising candidates to improve management practices in tropical tree seedling production.

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/arbuscular mycorrhizal
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/tropics, /mycorrhizal fungi,
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MEDICINAL MUSHROOM SCIENCE: CURRENT PROSPECTS, ADVANCES, EVIDENCES,

AND CHALLENGES.

Bibliographic information
SP Wasser - Biosphere, 2015 - search.ebscohost.com

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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=20771371&AN=108400792&h=bSIld0hMeyg5jr0yiV39BrDe5uTkHXeEOAx%
2FU8mUaGYMm66Okg%2F2V7JJSKkt94B555pmvnYeFaWL4V2JUpJPxA%3D%3D&crl=c

Abstract/Summary
Abstract: The present review addresses the current prospects, advances, challenges, and future development of medicinal mushroom
science in the 21^st century. A total of about 130 medicinal functions attributed to medicinal mushrooms and fungi include
antitumor, immunomodulating, antioxidant, radical scavenging, cardiovascular, antihypercholesterolemic, antiviral, antibacterial, antiparasitic, antifungal, detoxifying, hepatoprotective, and antidiabetic effects. Many, if not all, higher Basidiomycete mushrooms contain
biologically active compounds in their fruit bodies, cultured mycelium, and culture broth. Special attention is paid to mushroom
polysaccharides. Data onmushroom polysaccharides and different secondary metabolites are available for about 700 species of higher
Hetero- and Homobasidiomycetes. Numerous bioactive polysaccharides or polysaccharide-protein complexes described from medicinal
mushrooms are found to enhance the innate and cell-mediated immune responses and exhibit antitumor activities in animals and humans.
Although the mechanism of their antitumor actions is still not completely understood, stimulation and modulation of host immune responses
by these mushroom compounds is now under spotlight. Several of mushroom-derived compounds have passed Phase I, II, and III clinical
trials and are now used extensively and successfully in Asia to treat various cancers and other diseases. Special attention is paid to
important unsolved problems in studies of medicinal mushrooms. (English). Copyright of Biosphere is the property of XXI Century Research
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/polysaccharides,
/medicinal mushrooms