{"title":"Piecing together the taxonomic puzzle of <i>Sphaerulina</i>.","authors":"A H Ujat, C Nakashima","doi":"10.3114/fuse.2024.14.11","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Sphaerulina</i> species are plant pathogenic fungi causing leaf spot diseases of various hosts, including arboreous and herbaceous plants. The morphological characteristics of their asexual morphs and leaf spot symptoms are like those of <i>Septoria</i> spp. Due to their similar morphology, species of <i>Sphaerulina</i> have largely been subsumed under <i>Septoria s. lat.</i> A recent revision of the genus <i>Septoria</i> based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic relationships resulted in the separation of <i>Sphaerulina</i> from <i>Septoria</i>. This study reveals the diversity of the genus <i>Sphaerulina</i> in Japan, and the species relationships based on a multigene phylogenetic analysis. Moreover, results of our phylogenetic analysis revealed seven novel species (<i>Sph. farfugii, Sph. hydrangeicola, Sph. idesiae, Sph. lapsanastri, Sph. miurae, Sph. styracis,</i> and <i>Sph. viburnicola)</i> which are described, and two species (<i>Sep. duchesnea</i> and <i>Sep. nambuana</i>) which are transferred to the genus <i>Sphaerulina</i>. <b>Citation:</b> Ujat AH, Nakashima C (2024). Piecing together the taxonomic puzzle of <i>Sphaerulina</i>. <i>Fungal Systematics and Evolution</i> <b>14</b>: 171-190. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2024.14.11.</p>","PeriodicalId":73121,"journal":{"name":"Fungal systematics and evolution","volume":"14 ","pages":"171-190"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11736258/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Fungal systematics and evolution","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3114/fuse.2024.14.11","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/6/7 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Sphaerulina species are plant pathogenic fungi causing leaf spot diseases of various hosts, including arboreous and herbaceous plants. The morphological characteristics of their asexual morphs and leaf spot symptoms are like those of Septoria spp. Due to their similar morphology, species of Sphaerulina have largely been subsumed under Septoria s. lat. A recent revision of the genus Septoria based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic relationships resulted in the separation of Sphaerulina from Septoria. This study reveals the diversity of the genus Sphaerulina in Japan, and the species relationships based on a multigene phylogenetic analysis. Moreover, results of our phylogenetic analysis revealed seven novel species (Sph. farfugii, Sph. hydrangeicola, Sph. idesiae, Sph. lapsanastri, Sph. miurae, Sph. styracis, and Sph. viburnicola) which are described, and two species (Sep. duchesnea and Sep. nambuana) which are transferred to the genus Sphaerulina. Citation: Ujat AH, Nakashima C (2024). Piecing together the taxonomic puzzle of Sphaerulina. Fungal Systematics and Evolution14: 171-190. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2024.14.11.