@Article{phyton.2020.09720,
AUTHOR = {Jutamart Monkai, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura, Kevin D. Hyde},
TITLE = {Sexual Morph of <i>Furcasterigmium furcatum</i> (Plectosphaerellaceae) from <i>Magnolia liliifera</i> Collected in Northern Thailand},
JOURNAL = {Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany},
VOLUME = {89},
YEAR = {2020},
NUMBER = {3},
PAGES = {765--777},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/phyton/v89n3/39403},
ISSN = {1851-5657},
ABSTRACT = {We isolated an interesting fungus from dead leaves of <i>Magnolia liliifera</i>
collected from Chiang Mai, Thailand. The novel strain is related to Plectosphaerellaceae based on the morphology of its asexual morph and the analysis of
sequence data. Phylogenetic analyses using a combined gene analysis of LSU
and ITS sequence data showed that this strain is clustered in the same clade with
<i>Furcasterigmium furcatum</i> with high statistical support. The new strains produced
the asexual morph in culture which is morphologically similar to <i>F. furcatum</i>.
Thus, we identified this strain as the sexual morph of <i>F. furcatum</i>. This is the first
record of sexual morph for the monotypic genus <i>Furcasterigmium</i> and the first
record of this genus on <i>Magnolia</i>.},
DOI = {10.32604/phyton.2020.09720}
}