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Stud Mycol 64(1): 49-833 2009
DOI: 10.3114/sim.2009.64.03
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A molecular phylogenetic reappraisal of the Hysteriaceae, Mytilinidiaceae and Gloniaceae (Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes) with keys to world species

E.W.A. Boehm1,*, G.K. Mugambi2, A.N. Miller3, S.M. Huhndorf4, S. Marincowitz5, J.W. Spatafora6 and C.L. Schoch7

1 Department of Biological Sciences, Kean University, 1000 Morris Ave., Union, New Jersey 07083, U.S.A.
2 National Museum of Kenya, Botany Department, P.O. Box 40658, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
3 Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 6182, U.S.A.
4 The Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, U.S.A.
5 Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
6 Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 93133, U.S.A.
7 National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, GenBank, 45 Center Drive, MSC 6510, Building 45, Room 6an.18, Bethesda, MD, 20892, U.S.A.

* Correspondence: E.W.A. Boehm, eboehm{at}kean.edu

A reappraisal of the phylogenetic integrity of bitunicate ascomycete fungi belonging to or previously affiliated with the Hysteriaceae, Mytilinidiaceae, Gloniaceae and Patellariaceae is presented, based on an analysis of 121 isolates and four nuclear genes, the ribosomal large and small subunits, transcription elongation factor 1 and the second largest RNA polymerase II subunit. A geographically diverse and high density taxon sampling strategy was employed, including multiple isolates/species from the following genera: Anteaglonium (6/4), Encephalographa (1/1), Farlowiella (3/1), Gloniopsis (8/4), Glonium (4/2), Hysterium (12/5), Hysterobrevium (14/3), Hysterographium (2/1), Hysteropatella (2/2), Lophium (4/2), Mytilinidion (13/10), Oedohysterium (5/3), Ostreichnion (2/2), Patellaria (1/1), Psiloglonium (11/3), Quasiconcha (1/1), Rhytidhysteron (8/3), and 24 outgroup taxa. Sequence data indicate that although the Hysteriales are closely related to the Pleosporales, sufficient branch support exists for their separation into separate orders within the Pleosporomycetidae. The Mytilinidiales are more distantly related within the subclass and show a close association with the Gloniaceae. Although there are examples of concordance between morphological and molecular data, these are few. Molecular data instead support the premise of a large number of convergent evolutionary lineages, which do not correspond to previously held assumptions of synapomorphy relating to spore morphology. Thus, within the Hysteriaceae, the genera Gloniopsis, Glonium, Hysterium and Hysterographium are highly polyphyletic. This necessitated the transfer of two species of Hysterium to Oedohysterium gen. nov. (Od. insidens comb. nov. and Od. sinense comb. nov.), the description of a new species, Hysterium barrianum sp. nov., and the transfer of two species of Gloniopsis to Hysterobrevium gen. nov. (Hb. smilacis comb. nov. and Hb. constrictum comb. nov.). While Hysterographium, with the type Hg. fraxini, is removed from the Hysteriaceae, some of its species remain within the family, transferred here to Oedohysterium (Od. pulchrum comb. nov.), Hysterobrevium (Hb. mori comb. nov.) and Gloniopsis (Gp. subrugosa comb. nov.); the latter genus, in addition to the type, Gp. praelonga, with two new species, Gp. arciformis sp. nov. and Gp. kenyensis sp. nov. The genus Glonium is now divided into Anteaglonium (Pleosporales), Glonium (Gloniaceae), and Psiloglonium (Hysteriaceae). The hysterothecium has evolved convergently no less than five times within the Pleosporomycetidae (e.g., Anteaglonium, Farlowiella, Glonium, Hysterographium and the Hysteriaceae). Similarly, thin-walled mytilinidioid (e.g., Ostreichnion) and patellarioid (e.g., Rhytidhysteron) genera, previously in the Mytilinidiaceae and Patellariaceae, respectively, transferred here to the Hysteriaceae, have also evolved at least twice within the subclass. As such, character states traditionally considered to represent synapomorphies among these fungi, whether they relate to spore septation or the ascomata, in fact, represent symplesiomorphies, and most likely have arisen multiple times through convergent evolutionary processes in response to common selective pressures.

Taxonomic novelties: New species: Gloniopsis arciformis E.W.A. Boehm, G.K. Mugambi, S.M. Huhndorf & C.L. Schoch, Gp. kenyensis E.W.A. Boehm, G.K. Mugambi, S.M. Huhndorf & C.L. Schoch, Hysterium barrianum E.W.A. Boehm, A.N. Miller, G.K. Mugambi, S.M. Huhndorf & C.L. Schoch. New genera: Hysterobrevium E.W.A. Boehm & C.L. Schoch, Oedohysterium E.W.A. Boehm & C.L. Schoch. New combinations: Gloniopsis subrugosa (Cooke & Ellis) E.W.A. Boehm & C.L. Schoch, Hysterobrevium constrictum (N. Amano) E.W.A. Boehm & C.L. Schoch, Hb. mori (Schwein.) E.W.A. Boehm & C.L. Schoch, Hb. smilacis (Schwein.) E.W.A. Boehm & C.L. Schoch, Oedohysterium insidens (Schwein.) E.W.A. Boehm & C.L. Schoch, Od. pulchrum (Checa, Shoemaker & Umaña) E.W.A. Boehm & C.L. Schoch, Od. sinense (Teng) E.W.A. Boehm & C.L. Schoch, Psiloglonium araucanum (Speg.) E.W.A. Boehm, S. Marincowitz & C.L. Schoch, P. chambianum (Guyot) E.W.A. Boehm & C.L. Schoch, P. colihuae (Lorenzo & Messuti) E.W.A. Boehm & C.L. Schoch, P. ephedrae (Henn.) E.W.A. Boehm & C.L. Schoch, P. hysterinum (Rehm) E.W.A. Boehm & C.L. Schoch, P. pusillum (H. Zogg) E.W.A. Boehm & C.L. Schoch, P. sasicola (N. Amano) E.W.A. Boehm & C.L. Schoch, and P. uspallatense (Speg.) E.W.A. Boehm & C.L. Schoch.

Keywords Evolution / fungi / Hysteriales / Mytilinidiales / Patellariales / phylogeny / speciation / taxonomy




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