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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Contents Vol 38(3)

A morphological and phylogenetic analysis of Subulispora Tubaki

Maria Gabriella Andrade Primo de Souza A , Diogo Henrique Costa-Rezende B , Rafael F. Castañeda-Ruiz C and Luís Fernando Pascholati Gusmão https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3288-3971 A *
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A Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Avenida Transnordestina s/n, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil.

B Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, 60440-900, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.

C Instituto de Investigaciones de Sanidad Vegetal, Calle 110 número 514, Playa, La Habana, Cuba.

* Correspondence to: lgusmao@uefs.br

Handling Editor: Andrew Thornhill

Australian Systematic Botany 38, SB24029 https://doi.org/10.1071/SB24029
Submitted: 29 August 2024  Accepted: 18 April 2025  Published: 2 June 2025

© 2025 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing.

Abstract

Analysis of ITS and 28S regions of Subulispora and related taxa supports the placement of the genus within the family Phlogicylindriaceae, Amphisphaeriales. Two new species, S. chlamydospora M.G.A.Primo & Gusmão and S. grandiae M.G.A.Primo & Gusmão are described, and two new combinations, Dactylaria argentina (Aramb. & Mengasc.) M.G.A.Primo & Gusmão and D. malaysiana (Nawawi & Kuthub.) M.G.A.Primo & Gusmão are proposed. A taxonomic key, comparison table for the nine accepted species of Subulispora and illustrations of all studied taxa are provided.

Keywords: anamorphic fungi, hyphomycetes, microfungi from Brazil, systematics, taxonomy, tropical fungi.

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