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Citation for Study 24184

About Citation title: "Metarhizium brachyspermum sp. nov. (Clavicipitaceae), a new species parasitic on Elateridae from Japan".
About Study name: "Metarhizium brachyspermum sp. nov. (Clavicipitaceae), a new species parasitic on Elateridae from Japan".
About This study is part of submission 24184 (Status: Published).

Citation

Yamamoto K., Ohmae M., & Orihara T. 2019. Metarhizium brachyspermum sp. nov. (Clavicipitaceae), a new species parasitic on Elateridae from Japan. Mycoscience, .

Authors

  • Yamamoto K.
  • Ohmae M.
  • Orihara T. Phone +81-465-21-1515

Abstract

Ascomata of a Metarhizium species were collected from Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The ascomata were similar to M. kalasinense in its host preference for elaterids, olive-green clavate stromata, and obliquely immersed perithecia, but the asci and ascospores were significantly shorter in length than those of the latter species. Furthermore, phylogenetic analyses based on the internal transcribed spacer region of nuclear ribosomal DNA and the elongation factor 1-alpha gene showed that the Japanese species was phylogenetically distinctive in the M. anisopliae lineage, including M. kalasinense. Accordingly, we describe a new species, M. brachyspermum. Isolates of this species produced olive-green conidial masses on the surface of the colony. Also, hyphal anastomoses between two metulae were often observed on conidiophores.

Keywords

Anamorph, Entomopathogenic fungi, Hypocreales, Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Teleomorph

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