Two new species of Ophioceras and Schizothecium for funga of Iran

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Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

10.22043/mi.2024.367836.1295

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During a study on the biodiversity of fungal taxa associated with symptomatic plants in the forests and gardens of Guilan and Khorasan Razavi provinces (northern and northeastern Iran) two diseased plant samples were collected: one from large-leaved linden (Tilia platyphyllos Scop.) in Guilan, showing branch canker symptoms, and the other from a fig tree (Ficus carica L.) in Khorasan Razavi, exhibiting necrotic leaf spot symptoms. Two fungal isolates were recovered, identified, and characterized through a combination of morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of the ITS rDNA genomic regions. These isolates were identified as Ophioceras leptosporum on large-leaved linden and Schizothecium inaequale on the fig tree. According to the literature, O. leptosporum and S. inaequale are new ascomycetous taxa for the fungal flora of Iran. Furthermore, large-leaved linden and fig tree are reported here for the first time as new hosts (matrix nova) for O. leptosporum and S. inaequale, respectively, worldwide.

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Mycologia Iranica
Volume 11, Issue 2
December 2024
Pages 33-40

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