Corrigendum to “Two new Cladophialophora species, C. tumbae sp. nov. and C. tumulicola sp. nov., and chaetothyrialean fungi from biodeteriorated samples in the Takamatsuzuka and Kitora Tumuli” [Mycoscience 59 (2018) 75–84]
Publication date: Available online 15 June 2018 Source:Mycoscience Author(s): Tomohiko Kiyuna, Kwang-Deuk An, Rika Kigawa, Chie Sano, Junta Sugiyama (Source: Mycoscience)
Source: Mycoscience - June 24, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Species composition and distribution of Coleosporium species on the needles of Pinus densiflora at a semi-natural vegetation succession site in central Japan
Publication date: Available online 18 June 2018 Source:Mycoscience Author(s): Hiroyuki Suzuki, Dai Hirose, Yuichi Yamaoka Coleosporium species cause pine needle rust. Most species have heteromacrocyclic life cycles, and 12 species use Pinus densiflora as aecial hosts. To understand the biology of rust fungi and develop better methods for controlling rust diseases, it is necessary to clarify that which Coleosporium species affect pine trees. However, Coleosporium on pine trees have rarely been identified at the species level because of their morphological similarities. We used polymerase chain reaction - restriction fr...
Source: Mycoscience - June 24, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Morphological and molecular evidence support a new endophytic fungus, Chaetomella endophytica from Japan
Publication date: Available online 19 June 2018 Source:Mycoscience Author(s): Nakarin Suwannarach, Jaturong Kumla, Kenji Matsui, Saisamorn Lumyong A new endophytic fungus, described herein as Chaetomella endophytica sp. nov., was isolated from stems of Rosa arvensis in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Morphological investigations revealed that its conidia are shorter and narrower than other known Chaetomella species. Phylogenetic analysis of three combined loci (large subunit, internal transcribed spacer, and small subunit regions of ribosomal DNA) confirmed that it is a new species within the family Chaetomellaceae. A f...
Source: Mycoscience - June 24, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Mortierella sugadairana, a new homothallic species related to the firstly described heterothallic species in the genus
Publication date: Available online 1 February 2018 Source:Mycoscience Author(s): Yusuke Takashima, Yousuke Degawa, Hiroyuki Ohta, Kazuhiko Narisawa A new species, Mortierella sugadairana, is described for a fungus forming homothallic zygospores with a club-shaped macrosuspensor and a microsuspensor originating from the macrosuspensor. The species was isolated from cool regions in Japan and morphologically and phylogenetically close to a heterothallic species M. parvispora, which is the first species reported as a heterothallic species in the genus. Mycelial growth of the species was limited at 30 °C, whereas two i...
Source: Mycoscience - April 14, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Sporocarp δ15N and use of inorganic and organic nitrogen in vitro differ among host-specific suilloid fungi associated with high elevation five-needle pines
Publication date: Available online 20 February 2018 Source:Mycoscience Author(s): Robert K. Antibus, Erik A. Hobbie, Cathy L. Cripps Widespread decline of whitebark and limber pines in the northern Rocky Mountains (USA) has created an imperative to understand functional diversity in their ectomycorrhizal associates. Because suilloid fungi are likely important in successful reestablishment of pines the nitrogen-related functional traits of 28 high-elevation suilloid isolates were examined. Radial growth, mass accumulation and mycelial density were measured for isolates on six different nitrogen sources. The δ15N value...
Source: Mycoscience - April 14, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Russula velenovskyi new to Japan, with phylogenetic implications of Russula species between Japanese subalpine forests and Northern Europe
Publication date: Available online 21 February 2018 Source:Mycoscience Author(s): Yoshito Shimono, Taiga Kasuya, Susumu Takamatsu To compare morphological characters and phylogenetic placement between Japanese and European Russula, 32 specimens of 12 species were collected from Japanese subalpine forests and Northern Europe. Several sequences of nrDNA ITS region (ITS) of these Russula species were obtained. High homological similarities were shown between ITS sequences of several Russula samples collected from Japanese subalpine forests, Europe and North America. These facts show distribution of the same Russula speci...
Source: Mycoscience - April 14, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
A catalog of fungi recorded from the vicinity of Syowa Station
Publication date: Available online 21 February 2018 Source:Mycoscience Author(s): Masaharu Tsuji The Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) was started in 1957. The expedition marked its 60th anniversary in January 2017. In total 76 fungal species (61 ascomycetous fungi, including 9 unidentified species, and 16 basidiomycetous fungi) have thus far been recorded from the area around Syowa Station. In this review, I present a catalog of the fungal species isolated from the vicinity of Syowa Station to mark the 60th anniversary of JARE. (Source: Mycoscience)
Source: Mycoscience - April 14, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Mycological records from ISAM 9, Kevo, Finland
Publication date: Available online 21 February 2018 Source:Mycoscience Author(s): Esteri Ohenoja, Anna Liisa Ruotsalainen, Jukka Vauras ISAM 9 (International Symposium of Arctic-Alpine Mycology) was held in August 2012 at the Kevo Lapland Research Station in Utsjoki in northernmost Finnish Lapland. In addition to Utsjoki, some excursions were made in Finnmark, the northernmost part of Norway. Kevo station lies in the subarctic zone characterized by mountain birch (Betula pubescens var. czerepanovii), but the fells reach the arctic tundra zone. Áilegas fells at Utsjoki village and at Nuvvus lie on acid ground as doe...
Source: Mycoscience - April 14, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
A review of the genus Hebeloma in Svalbard
Publication date: Available online 21 February 2018 Source:Mycoscience Author(s): Henry J. Beker, Ursula Eberhardt, Nicole Schütz, Gro Gulden Between 1960 and 2009, regular visits to Svalbard were made and a number of Hebeloma spp. were collected by several mycologists. We have studied 249 such collections, many from the Herbarium in Oslo (O) and from the private herbarium of the first author. The collections represent 17 different species. Of the 17 species, five (H. louiseae, H. pallidolabiatum, H. perexiguum, H. pubescens and H. spetsbergense) are only known from Svalbard. In this paper we discuss the habitat a...
Source: Mycoscience - April 14, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Inocybe praetervisa group – A clade of four closely related species with partly different geographical distribution ranges in Europe
Publication date: Available online 22 February 2018 Source:Mycoscience Author(s): Ellen Larsson, Jukka Vauras, Cathy L. Cripps Sequence data from a broad geographical region and different habitats show that the Inocybe praetervisa clade is comprised of four closely related species. These species of section Marginatae are characterized by having nodulose spores and a stipe that is abundantly pruinose only in the upper half. Inocybe praetervisa occurs in Southern Europe in mountainous mixed coniferous forests, and is not confirmed from Northern Europe. Inocybe rivularis occurs in northern boreal forests up to the lower ...
Source: Mycoscience - April 14, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Biodiesel fuel production by Aspergillus niger whole-cell biocatalyst in optimized medium
Publication date: March 2018 Source:Mycoscience, Volume 59, Issue 2 Author(s): Nailya R. Almyasheva, Maria I. Shuktueva, Daria A. Petrova, Dmitry S. Kopitsyn, Mikhail S. Kotelev, Vladimir A. Vinokurov, Andrei A. Novikov Methanolysis of sunflower oil catalyzed by immobilized Aspergillus niger mycelium was studied in a packed-bed reactor. The optimal cultivation parameters for A. niger were determined using full factorial and steepest ascent experimental designs. Sunflower oil, yeast extract and soybean meal were selected as the best carbon and nitrogen sources and were used in the subsequent experiments. Intracell...
Source: Mycoscience - April 14, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
First record of Erysiphe quercicola (Ascomycota: Erysiphales) on species of Quercus subgenus Cyclobalanopsis (evergreen oaks, Fagaceae)
Publication date: March 2018 Source:Mycoscience, Volume 59, Issue 2 Author(s): Susumu Takamatsu, Saya Katsuyama, Toshiya Shinoda During the DNA sequence analyses of specimens on Quercus subgenus Cyclobalanopsis deposited as Erysiphe gracilis or Cystotheca wrightii, some specimens exhibited DNA sequences that are different from the sequences of the two species. Based on BLAST search and morphological observations, the true causal agent was identified as E. quercicola. This is the first record of E. quercicola on species of subgenus Cyclobalanopsis. Previous studies revealed that E. quercicola is plurivorous infectin...
Source: Mycoscience - April 14, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Temperature effects on hyphal growth of wood-decay basidiomycetes isolated from Pinus densiflora deadwood
Publication date: Available online 2 March 2018 Source:Mycoscience Author(s): Yu Fukasawa Hyphal growth rates were tested on malt extract agar plates at eight different temperatures (5–40 °C) using 36 isolates of 17 basidiomycete species obtained from Pinus densiflora deadwood in Japan. All isolates of four brown rot species showed optimum growth at 30 °C, whereas the optimum growth temperature of white rot species varied from 20 °C to 30 °C. Analysis using a dataset from four cooler sites showed that brown rot fungi grew more rapidly than white rot fungi at higher temperatures (25 °C, 30 °C, and 35...
Source: Mycoscience - April 14, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Soil burrowing Muscina angustifrons (Diptera: Muscidae) larvae excrete spores capable of forming mycorrhizae underground
In this study, we examined whether M. angustifrons larvae are capable of transporting ectomycorrhizal fungal spores and enhancing ectomycorrhiza growth on host-plant roots. Full-grown larvae were found to move horizontally 10–20 cm from their feeding sites and burrow underground. These wandering larvae retained ectomycorrhizal fungal spores in their intestines, which were excreted following relocation to underground pupation sites. Excreted spores retained germination and infection capacities to form ectomycorrhiza on host-plant roots. In the infection experiments, ectomycorrhizal fungal spores applied in the vicinity...
Source: Mycoscience - April 14, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
First record of the termite ectoparasite Laboulbeniopsis termitarius thaxter in Japan
Publication date: Available online 7 March 2018 Source:Mycoscience Author(s): Ikhsan Guswenrivo, Hiroki Sato, Izumi Fujimoto, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura Laboulbeniopsis termitarius, an ectoparasitic fungus of termites, was harvested from the body surface of Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), collected in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. This is the first record of this fungus from Japan. Three to eighteen termite workers from 500 individuals were infected among the eight colonies investigated. From our results, several hundred termite are required for the survey of this ectoparasitic fungi in Japan. The temper...
Source: Mycoscience - April 14, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
