The Genera of Fungi: fixing the application of type species of generic names

Abstract

To ensure a stable platform for fungal taxonomy, it is of paramount importance that the genetic application of generic names be based on their DNA sequence data, and wherever possible, not morphology or ecology alone. To facilitate this process, a new database, accessible at www.GeneraofFungi.org (GoF) was established, which will allow deposition of metadata linked to holo-, lecto-, neo- or epitype specimens, cultures and DNA sequence data of the type species of genera. Although there are presently more than 18 000 fungal genera described, we aim to initially focus on the subset of names that have been placed on the “Without-prejudice List of Protected Generic Names of Fungi” (see IMA Fungus 4(2): 381–443, 2013). To enable the global mycological community to keep track of typification events and avoid duplication, special MycoBank Typification identfiers (MBT) will be issued upon deposit of metadata in MycoBank. MycoBank is linked to GoF, thus deposited metadata of generic type species will be displayed in GoF (and vice versa), but will also be linked to Index Fungorum (IF) and the curated RefSeq Targeted Loci (RTL) database in GenBank at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). This initial paper focuses on eight genera of appendaged coelomycetes, the type species of which are neo- or epitypified here: Bartalinia (Bartalinia robillardoides; Amphisphaeriaceae, Xylariales), Chaetospermum (Chaetospermum chaetosporum, incertae sedis, Sebacinales), Coniella (Coniella fragariae, Schizoparmaceae, Diaporthales), Crinitospora (Crinitospora pulchra, Melanconidaceae, Diaporthales), Eleutheromyces (Eleutheromyces subulatus, Helotiales), Kellermania (Kellermania yuccigena, Planistromataceae, Botryosphaeriales), Mastigosporium (Mastigosporium album, Helotiales), and Mycotribulus (Mycotribulus mirabilis, Agaricales). 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 below for the major groups of fungi on the List of Protected Generic Names for Fungi.

Mycosphere notes 1-50: Grass (Poaceae) inhabiting Dothideomycetes

“…Hyde, in Ariyawansa et al, Fungal Diversity: 75(1): 105 (2015) The genus Galliicola was introduced in the family Phaeosphaeriaceae to accommodate a bitunicate ascomycete saprobic on a Galium species ). Notes -Wojnowicia dactylidicola was introduced by Liu et al (2015), however recent phylogenetic studies showed the ex-type strain of W. dactylidicola (MFLUCC 13-0738) clustered outside of the genus (Crous et al 2015). In the present phylogenetic analysis, W. dactylidicola forms a sister clade to Galiicola pseudophaeosphaeria (MFLUCC 14-0524).…”

“…(1889) Septoriella is an asexual genus that is commonly distributed on grasses. The genus is characterized by pycnidial, unilocular conidiomata and fusiform to subcylindrical, euseptate, pale brown, conidia bearing mucoid appendages at both ends (Crous et al 2015, Li et al 2015. Crous et al (2015) reduced to synonymy Wojnowicia with Septoriella, but we recognized Wojnowicia as a separate genus (Fig.…”

“…The genus is characterized by pycnidial, unilocular conidiomata and fusiform to subcylindrical, euseptate, pale brown, conidia bearing mucoid appendages at both ends (Crous et al 2015, Li et al 2015. Crous et al (2015) reduced to synonymy Wojnowicia with Septoriella, but we recognized Wojnowicia as a separate genus (Fig. 26) Septoriella chlamydospora (Jayasiri, Notes -Vagicola chlamydospora was introduced by Jayasiri et al (2015b), based on phylogenetic analysis of a combined LSU and ITS sequence dataset.…”

“…Conidia 7.2-9.7 × 3.5-4.3 μm ( x = 8.1 × 3.8 μm, n = 30), pale brown to dark brown, oblong to sub-cylindrical, with rounded ends, 1-septate, guttulate, smooth-walled. Basionym: Phaeosphaeria phragmiticola Leuchtm., Sydowia 37: 138 (1984) Index Fungorum number: IF552980, Facesoffungi number: FoF 03202 Notes -Phaeosphaeria phragmiticola was introduced by Leuchtmann (1984) and later Crous et al (2015) transferred it to the genus Septoriella based on phylogeny. However, Li et al (2015) suggests that this species should be excluded from the genus based on their phylogenetic analysis.…”

Towards incorporating asexual fungi in a natural classification: checklist and notes 2012–2016

“…These fungi are treated as Ascomycota, genera incertae sedis. Nevertheless, several recent studies have re-collected historic genera, subjected then to morpho-molecular analyses and provided taxonomic placements (Dai et al 2014, Wijayawardene et al 2013, Crous et al 2015a. Seifert et al (2011), Hyde et al (2013), Johnston et al (2014), Wijayawardene et al (2014Wijayawardene et al ( , 2017, Maharachchikumbura et al (2015, Rosman et al (2013Rosman et al ( , 2015aRosman et al ( , b, 2016, Réblová et al (2015Réblová et al ( , 2016 and Senanayake et al (2015) have provided significant taxonomic and nomenclatural changes for different taxonomic groups based on DNA sequence analyses.…”