The new family Phaeothecoidiellaceae introduced in this paper comprises several species
which cause sooty blotch and flyspeck diseases of several economic fruits. This results in quality
issues with fruits and plants due to the black thallus and small black dots coating the surface. Most
species of Phaeothecoidiellaceae are biotrophs and are unculturable without the host material and
direct sequencing is difficult because of the very small and flattened thyriothecia. Therefore this
fungal group is relative poorly known due to limited sampling and few in depth studies.
"Microthyriales like taxa appearing as small black dots on the surface of mango trees were
collected in northern Thailand. Taxa were studied based on morphological characters and molecular
analyses. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of combined ITS LSU and SSU sequence
data indicated that the collection from branches of mango is a previously undescribed species. The
new species Chaetothyrina guttulata is introduced in this paper with descriptions and illustrations
DOI:
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Publication year
2017
Authors
Hongsanan, S.; Zhao, R.L.; Hyde, K.D.
Keywords
Plants, Fruits, Species
