Albifimbria verrucaria (MFLU 22-0048) a, b sporodochia on the host; c, e marginal hyphae; d, f, g conidiophores and phialides; h-l conidia. Scale bars: 400 μm (a, b), 100 μm (i-j), 50 μm (c), 10 μm (d-h), 5 μm (i-l).

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Smaragdiniseta musae (MFLU 22-0047, holotype) a, b sporodochia on the...

Albifimbria verrucaria (MFLU 22-0048) a, b sporodochia on the host; c,...

Maximum Likelihood tree revealed by RAxML analyses of ITS, rpb2 and...

Taxonomy and phylogeny of Smaragdiniseta musae sp. nov. and Albifimbria verrucaria (Hypocreales, Stachybotryaceae) on Musa from Thailand

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Binu Chamini Samarakoon
Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe
Darbhe Jayarama Bhat
Putarak Chomnunti

Smaragdiniseta musae is introduced as a leaf-based novel saprobic species from Musa . Multi-gene phylogenetic analyses of internal transcribed spacer (ITS), RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (rpb2) and β-tubulin (tub2) data support the taxonomic placement of the new collection in Smaragdiniseta (Hypocreales, Stachybotryaceae). The novel spec...