Exploring the overlooked diversity of plant-associated Cerrado Microfungi

Dianese, J. C.; Inácio, C. A.; Carvalho-Junior, Anibal A. De; Santos, Maria do Desterro Mendes dos; Pérez, Taimy Cantillo; Pinho, D. B.

doi:10.31976/0104-038321v280004

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“…[497,[501][502][503][504][507][508][509]512], and the Cerrado, e.g., refs. [485,486,489], as well as to uncover the mycota that inhabit the tissues of important palms that can be found there, including Acrocomia intumescens, Attalea funifera, Bactris acanthocarpa, Cocos nucifera, Elaeis guineensis, Euterpe edulis, E. oleracea, Mauritia flexuosa, Polyandrococos caudescens, Syagrus botryophora, and S. coronata. In turn, several new palmicolous taxa have been reported, including members of the typical palmicolous mycota found by Hyde and co-workers on their extensive investigation on East and Southeast Asian and Australasian countries.…”

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Palm Fungi and Their Key Role in Biodiversity Surveys: A Review

Pereira,

Phillips

2023

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Over the past three decades, a wealth of studies has shown that palm trees (Arecaceae) are a diverse habitat with intense fungal colonisation, making them an important substratum to explore fungal diversity. Palm trees are perennial, monocotyledonous plants mainly restricted to the tropics that include economically important crops and highly valued ornamental plants worldwide. The extensive research conducted in Southeast Asia and Australasia indicates that palm fungi are undoubtedly a taxonomically diverse assemblage from which a remarkable number of new species is continuously being reported. Despite this wealth of data, no recent comprehensive review on palm fungi exists to date. In this regard, we present here a historical account and discussion of the research on the palm fungi to reflect on their importance as a diverse and understudied assemblage. The taxonomic structure of palm fungi is also outlined, along with comments on the need for further studies to place them within modern DNA sequence-based classifications. Palm trees can be considered model plants for studying fungal biodiversity and, therefore, the key role of palm fungi in biodiversity surveys is discussed. The close association and intrinsic relationship between palm hosts and palm fungi, coupled with a high fungal diversity, suggest that the diversity of palm fungi is still far from being fully understood. The figures suggested in the literature for the diversity of palm fungi have been revisited and updated here. As a result, it is estimated that there are about 76,000 species of palm fungi worldwide, of which more than 2500 are currently known. This review emphasises that research on palm fungi may provide answers to a number of current fungal biodiversity challenges.

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Palm Fungi and Their Key Role in Biodiversity Surveys: A Review

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2023

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“…Telial stage of Skierka nephelii was reported as a new rust addition to subtropical China[31] Reviewed the contributions to Cerrado mycology (including Skierka) from the early 19th century to date[32]…”

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A Comprehensive Account of the Rust Genus Skierka (Skierkaceae)

Balkrishna

Gautam

Avasthi

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The rust genus Skierka belonging to the phylum Basidiomycota was described in 1900 by Raciborski with Skierka canarii as the type species. The published literature on this rust genus reveals its ambiguity in taxonomic placement. It was challenging to taxonomically delineate and precisely identify each species within this genus due to the species sharing some common characteristics. The latest studies based on morphology taxonomy and molecular characteristics, however, have solved this puzzle now and placed this genus in its new family Skierkaceae. To understand all about the genus Skierka, this compilation was carried out to unveil the general characteristics, history, diversity, distribution, ecology, morphology and molecular taxonomy of different species of Skierka. After exploring 14 species of Skierka, it was observed that this genus is distributed in seven plant families in 19 countries all over the world. The genus appears to be well-represented in Asian and South American counties. This rust has not been reported from any European countries to date. The morpho-taxonomy of all species is well studied, but molecular analyses are still required. Only two species of the genus namely S. robusta and S. diploglottidis were identified based molecular analyses. Therefore, further studies should be focused on epitypifying the taxa that are too old and updating their taxonomy based on molecular, biochemical, and physiological aspects along with morphological characteristics. Multiple analytical methods should be considered when dealing with multi-locus datasets. This will increase our understanding of the diversity, distribution, and identification of these rust fungi.

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