IMA Fungus 4(1): 21-28, doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.01.03

Molecular analyses confirm Brevicellicium in Trechisporales

María Teresa Telleria^‡, Ireneia Melo^§, Margarita Dueñas^|, Karl-henrik Larsson, Maria P. Paz Martín^|

‡ Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid, Spain§ Universidade de Lisboa, CBA/FCUL., Jardim Botânico (MNHNC), Lisboa, Portugal| Real Jardín Botánico (RJB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain

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Citation: Telleria MT, Melo I, Dueñas M, Larsson K-henrik, Paz Martín MP (2013) Molecular analyses confirm Brevicellicium in Trechisporales. IMA Fungus 4(1): 21-28. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.01.03

Abstract

The genus Brevicellicium encompasses wood-inhabiting corticioid fungi characterized by isodiametric subhymenial hyphae, short basidia, and smooth, often subangular spores with a distinct apiculus. Eight new LSU nrDNA sequences and 13 new ITS nrDNA of this genus, including the type species, were aligned with 47 and 42 accessions respectively of species of Trechisporales obtained from GenBank, and phylogenetic analyses were performed. The order Trechisporaleswas confirmed as a monophyletic group; the genera Porpomyces, Sistotremastrum, Subulicystidium and Trechispora form a highly supported clade where all Brevicellicium sequences are included. Our analyses also support that this genus belongs to Hydnodontaceae. A new species, Brevicellicium atlanticum from the Azores Archipelago, is described.

Keywords

Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes, Corticioid fungi, ITS, LSU nrDNA, Phylogeny, Taxonomy