The sexual morph of Induratia coffeana, a new record from Thailand

Abstract

An induratia-like fungus was collected in Thailand from a deadwood piece of an unidentified plant. Phylogenetic analyses based on ITS, LSU, rpb2, and β-tubulin sequence data and morphological characteristics showed that the fungus is Induratia coffeana. Induratia coffeana differs from I. ziziphi, I. thailandica and I. apiospora by its 2-celled ascospores with equal divisions. Full description, illustrations, and a phylogenetic tree to show the placement of I. coffeana are provided. Induratia coffeana is reported herein as a new record for Thailand based on its sexual morph.

Addition of Five Novel Fungal Flora to the Xylariomycetidae (Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota) in Northern Thailand

“…and longer asci (140-320 × 7-11.5 µm vs. 90-125 × 8-9.5 µm) compared to CMUB 40022. The ascomata (see Figure2a,b in[65]) size and shape differences might be influenced by the texture of the substrate, as ascomata in our specimen were found immersed in the thick bark while those of Li and Kang[65] were in the soft xylem tissues. However, the size of 2-celled ascospores with equal divisions is in the overlapping range (18.5-22.5 × 6-8 µm vs. 18-25 × 5-6.5 µm).…”

“…With the addition of Muscodor brunneascosporus and M. lamphunensis, the number of species known from their sexual morphs has increased to five, which all are collected from northern Thailand [12,65]. There is a clear differentiation of the ascospore characters in those species.…”

“…Hyphal morphologies and ITS gene phylogeny have been used to introduce this species. Li and Kang [65] described the first report of the sexual morph of M. coffeanus, which was collected on the dead wood of an unknown plant from Chiang Mai. Our collection is morphologically similar to the M. coffeanus (MFLU 12-2129) sexual morph with slight differences in the ascomata and length of asci.…”