Digitodesmium tectonae W. H. Tian & Maharachch 2022, comb. nov

Digitodesmium tectonae (Rajeshkumar, R. K. Verma, Boonmee, K. D. Hyde, Chandrasiri & Wijayaw.) W. H. Tian & Maharachch, comb. nov. MycoBank: MB 844526 Basionym: Paradictyocheirospora tectonae Rajeshkumar, R. K. Verma, Boonmee, K. D. Hyde, Chandrasiri & Wijayaw, Phytotaxa 509 (3): 259–271 (2021). Notes: The genus Paradictyocheirospora was introduced by Rajeshkumar et al. (2021), with P. tectonae as the type species. The phylogenetic analysis based on a combined dataset of LSU, ITS, SSU and tef1 sequences show that P. tectonae is clustered within Digitodesmium (FIG. 1). In addition, Paradictyocheirospora possesses key characteristics of Digitodesmium such as punctiform, sporodochial conidiomata, acrogenous, cheiroid, digitate conidia, with an apical gelatinous cap (Kirk 1981; Rajeshkumar et al. 2021; Nóbrega et al. 2021). Thus, Paradictyocheirospora and Digitodesmium are congeneric. Digitodesmium is the older name and should take priority, and this selection is recommended here.
Published as part of Tian, Wenhui, Chen, Yanpeng & Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa S. N., 2022, Neodigitodesmium, a novel genus of family Dictyosporiaceae from Sichuan Province, China, pp. 176-184 in Phytotaxa 559 (2) on page 182, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.559.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/7021593
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