Rhodosporidiobolus platycladi Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai & A.H. Li sp. nov. 2020
MycoBank MB 828839
Holotype: China, Beijing, obtained from a leaf of Platycladus orientalis, Mar. 2006, S.-A. Wang (holotype CGMCC 2.3118T preserved in a metabolically inactive state, ex-type CBS 15469 = BJ6-3).
Morphological description
Culture characteristics: In YM broth, after 7 d at 17 °C, cells are ellipsoidal and ovoid, 4.0–6.2 × 5.5–9.7 μm and single, budding is polar (Fig. 16O), a sediment is present. After 1 mo at 17 °C, a ring and sediment are present. On YM agar, after 1 mo at 17 °C, the streak culture is pale cream, butyrous, smooth and glistening. The margin is entire. In Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar, pseudohyphae are not formed. Sexual structures are not observed on YM, PDA, V8 and CM agar. Ballistoconidia are ellipsoidal or reniform, 3.1–5.0 × 7.0–10.0 μm (Fig. 16P).
Habitat: a leaf of Platycladus orientalis.
Distribution: Beijing, China.
GenBank Accession: 18S+ITS+D1/D2 MK050401; RPB1 MK849153; RPB2 MK849293; EF1 MK849023; CYTB MK848895
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Reference: A.-H. Li1,2, F.-X. Yuan1,3, M. Groenewald4 et al.
