Original paper
Tritirachium, a hyphomycetous genus belonging to the Basidiomycota
Beguin, Hugues; Pyck, Nancy; Detandt, Monique
Nova Hedwigia Band 94 Heft 1-2 (2012), p. 139 - 152
published: Feb 1, 2012
DOI: 10.1127/0029-5035/2012/0094-0139
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Abstract
Tritirachium, commonly regarded as a member of the Ascomycota, is an anamorph producing sympodulate conidia. The purpose of this study was to examine the phylogenetic relationships between this fungus and some presumably related taxa. Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences coding for the small ribosomal subunits of some Tritirachium species revealed their basidiomycetous nature. The topologies showed that they represent a highly supported clade in the Basidiomycota. The morphologically similar Nodulisporium cylindroconium, previously described as 'Tritirachium sp A', clustered with the Tritirachium species within the Pucciniomycotina. It could not be retained in Tritirachium because of its different conidiogenesis. Consequently, a new genus, Paratritirachium, is proposed for it.
Keywords
anamorphic basidiomycetes • hyphomycetes • molecular phylogeny • paratritirachium cylindroconium gen. nov • comb. nov • ssu rdna • tritirachium