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A new Chionosphaera species associated with conifer inhabiting bark beetles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2002

Roland KIRSCHNER
Affiliation:
Lehrstuhl Spezielle Botanik/Mykologie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.E-mail: roland.krschner@uni-tuebingen.de
Dominik BEGEROW
Affiliation:
Lehrstuhl Spezielle Botanik/Mykologie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.E-mail: roland.krschner@uni-tuebingen.de
Franz OBERWINKLER
Affiliation:
Lehrstuhl Spezielle Botanik/Mykologie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.E-mail: roland.krschner@uni-tuebingen.de
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Abstract

An undescribed species of the heterobasidiomycetous genus Chionosphaera is carried by the bark beetles Dryocoetus autographus, Hylurgops palliatus, Ips acuminatus, Ips sexdentatus, Ips typographus, Orthotomicus laricis, Pityogenes chalcographus, Pityokteines spinidens, and Polygraphus poligraphus infesting conifers in Europe (Abies alba, Larix decidua, Picea abies, and Pinus sylvestris). Chionosphaera cuniculicola sp. nov. differs morphologically from C. apobasidialis in the more slender basidiospores. The segregation of the two species is supported by comparison of partial sequences of the large subunit of the ribosomal gene. Isotype material of Chionosphaera lichenicola was re-examined. In contrast to C. cuniculicola and C. apobasidialis, C. lichenicola exhibits clamps at the septa. Fibulostilbum phylacicola is considered as a clamp-bearing species of Chionosphaera.

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Research Article
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© The British Mycological Society 2001

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Footnotes

Part 191 in the series ‘Studies in Heterobasidiomycetes’ of the Botanical Institute, University of Tübingen.