New foliicolous species of Cladosporium from South America.

ABSTRACT: Two new species of Cladosporium found on necrotic needles of Pinus ponderosa trees in Patagonia, Argentina, are described as C. chubutense and C. pini-ponderosae. An additional isolate from dead leaves of Cortaderia collected in Colombia, which is a sister taxon to the species occurring on Pinus, is described as Cladosporium colombiae. These species are phylogenetically closely related, but differ from each other and other known species by multilocus sequence data, phenetic characters and culture characteristics.

SUBMITTER: Schubert K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2789534 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature