Persoonia aims to publish papers dealing with molecular systematics and evolution of fungi. A further aim is to promote fungal taxonomy by employing a polythetic approach to clarify the true phylogeny and relationships within the kingdom Fungi. The journal publishes high-quality papers elucidating known and novel fungal taxa at the DNA level, and also strives to present novel insights into evolutionary processes and relationships. Papers to be considered include research articles, topical and book reviews.

Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi aims to publish papers related to the molecular systematics and evolution of fungi. Another goal of the journal is to promote fungal taxonomy by employing a polythetic approach to clarify the true phylogeny and relationships within the kingdom Fungi. The journal publishes high-quality papers elucidating both known and novel fungal taxa at the DNA level, and also strives to present new insights into evolutionary processes and relationships. Papers considered for publication include research articles, topical reviews, and book reviews.

《Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi》旨在发表与真菌的分子系统学和进化相关的论文。期刊的另一个目标是通过采用多元方法促进真菌分类学，以澄清真菌界内的真实系统发育和关系。该期刊发表高质量的论文，阐明已知和新发现的真菌分类群的DNA水平，并努力呈现对进化过程和关系的新见解。考虑发表的论文包括研究文章、专题和书评。

Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi

Plantation-grown Eucalyptus ( Myrtaceae ) and other trees residing in the Myrtales have been widely planted in southern China. These fungal pathogens include species of Cryphonectriaceae that are well-known to cause stem and branch canker disease on Myrtales trees. During recent disease surveys in southern China, sporocarps with typical characteristics of Cryphonectriaceae were observed on the surfaces of cankers on the stems and branches of Myrtales trees. In this study, a total of 164 Cryphonectriaceae isolates were identified based on comparisons of DNA sequences of the partial conserved nuclear large subunit (LSU) ribosomal DNA, internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions including the 5.8S gene of the ribosomal DNA operon, two regions of the β-tubulin ( tub2 / tub1 ) gene, and the translation elongation factor1-alpha ( tef1 ) gene region, as well as their morphological characteristics. The results showed that eight species reside in four genera of Cryphonectriaceae occurring on the genera Eucalyptus , Melastoma ( Melastomataceae ), Psidium ( Myrtaceae ), Syzygium ( Myrtaceae ), and Terminalia ( Combretaceae ) in Myrtales . These fungal species include Chrysoporthe deuterocubensis , Celoporthe syzygii , Cel. eucalypti , Cel. guang-dongensis , Cel. cerciana , a new genus and two new species, as well as one new species of Aurifilum . These new taxa are hereby described as Parvosmorbus gen. nov., Par. eucalypti sp. nov., Par. guangdongensis sp. nov., and Aurifilum terminali sp. nov. Pathogenicity tests showed that the eight species of Cryphonectriaceae are pathogenic to two Eucalyptus hybrid seedlings, Melastoma sanguineum branches, and Psidium guajava and Syzygium jambos seedlings. Theoveralldatashowedthat Chr. deuterocubensis is the most aggressive, followed by Par. eucalypti . Significant differences in tolerance were observed between the two tested Eucalyptus hybrid genotypes, suggesting that disease-tolerant genotypes can be selected for disease management in the Eucalyptus industry.

W. Wang

G.Q. Li

Q.L. Liu

S.F. Chen

Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi

Cryphonectriaceae on Myrtales in China: phylogeny, host range, and pathogenicity

中国桃金娘目上的霜霉科真菌：系统发育、寄主范围与致病性

Species in Diaporthe have broad host ranges and cosmopolitan geographic distributions, occurring as endophytes, saprobes and plantpathogens. Previous studies have indicated that many Diaporthe species are associated with Citrus . To further determine the diversity of Diaporthe species associated with citrus diseases in China, we conducted extensive surveys in major citrus-producing are as from 2017–2020. Diseased tissues we recollected from leaves, fruits, twigs, branches and trunks showing a range of symptoms including melanose, dieback, gummosis, wood decay and canker. Based on phylogenetic comparisons of DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer regions(ITS), calmodulin( cal ), histoneH3( his3 ), translation elongation factor1-alpha ( tef1 ) and beta-tubulin ( tub2 ), 393 isolates from 10 provinces were identified as belonging to 36 species of Diaporthe , including 32 known species, namely D. apiculata , D. biconispora , D. biguttulata , D. caryae , D. citri , D. citriasiana , D. compacta , D. discoidispora , D. endophytica , D. eres , D. fusicola , D. fulvicolor , D. guangxiensis , D. hongkongensis , D. hubeiensis , D. limonicola , D. litchii , D. novem , D. passifloricola , D. penetriteum , D. pescicola , D. pometiae , D. sackstonii , D. sennicola , D. sojae , D. spinosa , D. subclavata , D. tectonae , D. tibetensis , D. unshiuensis , D. velutina and D. xishuangbanica , and four new species, namely D. gammata , D. jishouensis , D. ruiliensis and D. sexualispora . Among the 32 known species, 14 are reported for the first time on Citrus , and two are newly reported from China. Among the 36 species, D. citri was the dominant species as exemplified by its high frequency of isolationand virulence. Pathogenicity tests indicated that most Diaporthe species obtained in this study were weakly aggressive or non-pathogenic to the tested citrus varieties. Only D. citri produced the longest lesion lengths on citrus shoots and induced melanose on citrus leaves. These results further demonstrated that a rich diversity of Diaporthe species occupy Citrus , but only a few species are harmful and D. citri is the main pathogen for Citrus in China. The present study provides a basis from which targeted monitoring, prevention and control measures can be developed.

X.E. Xiao

Y.D. Liu

F. Zheng

T. Xiong

Y.T. Zeng

X.L. Zheng

Q. Wu

J.P. Xu

P.W. Crous

C. Jiao

H.Y. Li

High species diversity in Diaporthe associated with citrus diseases in China

中国柑橘病害相关Diaporthe的高物种多样性

Thegenus Podaxis was first described from India by Linnaeus in 1771, but several revisions of the genus have left the taxonomy unclear. Forty-four Podaxis species names and nine intraspecific varieties are currently accepted, but most fungarium specimens are labelled Podaxis pistillaris . Recent molecular analyses based on barcoding genes suggest that the genus comprises severals pecies, but their status is largely unresolved. Here we obtained basidiospores and photographs from166 fungarium specimens from around the world and generated a phylogeny basedonr DNA internal transcribed spacer ITS1, 5.8S and ITS2(ITS), and aphylogenomic analysis of 3839 BUSCO genes from low-coverage genomes for a subset of the specimens. Combining phylogenetics, phylogenomics, morphology, ecology, and geographical distribution, spanning 250 years of collections, we propose that the genus includes at least 16 unambiguous species. Based on10 type specimens (holotype, paratype, andsyntype), four recorded species were confirmed, P. carcinomalis , P. deflersii , P. emerici , and P. farlowii . Comparing phylogenetic analysis with described species, including morphology, ecology, and distribution, we resurrected P. termitophilus and designated neotypes, epitypes, orlectotypes for five previously described species, P. aegyptiacus , P. africana , P. beringamensis , P. calyptratus and P. perraldieri . Lastly, based on phylogenies and morphology of type material, we synonymized three reported species, P. algericus , P. arabicus , and P. rugospora with P. pistillaris , and described five newspecies that we named P. desolatus , P. inyoensis , P. mareebaensis , P. namaquensis , and P. namibensis .

G.S. Li

C.A. Leal-Dutra

A. Cuesta-Maté

B.H. Conlon

N. Peereboom

C. Beemelmanns

D.K. Aanen

S. Rosendahl

Z.W. Debeer

M. Poulsen

Resolution of eleven reported and five novel Podaxis species based on ITS phylogeny, phylogenomics, morphology, ecology, and geographic distribution

基于ITS系统发育、系统基因组学、形态学、生态学和地理分布的11个已报道和5个新Podaxis物种的解析

T.P. Wei

Y.M. Wu

X. Zhang

H. Zhang

Y.L. Jiang

A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Cephalotrichum and Microascus provides novel insights into their systematics and evolutionary history

头孢霉属和微囊菌属的综合分子系统发育研究揭示了其系统分类和进化历史的新见解

A correct classification of fungi, including yeasts, is of prime importance to understand fungal biodiversity and to communicate about this diversity. Fungal genera are mainly defined based on phenotypic characteristics and the results of single or multigene-based phylogenetic analyses. However, because yeasts often have less phenotypic characters, their classification experienced a strong move towards DNA-based data, from short ribosomal sequences to multigene phylogenies and more recently to phylogenomics. Here, we explore the usefulness of various genomics-based parameters to circumscribe fungal genera more correctly taking the yeast domain as an example. Therefore, we compared the results of a phylogenomic analysis, average amino acid identity (AAI) values, the presence of conserved signature indels (CSIs), the percentage of conserved proteins (POCP) and the presence- absence patterns of orthologs (PAPO). These genome-based metrics were used to investigate their usefulness in demarcating 13 hitherto relatively well accepted genera in Saccharomycetaceae , namely Eremothecium , Grigorovia , Kazachstania , Kluyveromyces , Lachancea , Nakaseomyces , Naumovozyma , Saccharomyces , Tetrapisispora , Torulaspora , Vanderwaltozyma , Zygosaccharomyces and Zygotorulaspora. As a result, most of these genera are supported by the genomics-based metrics, but the genera Kazachstania , Nakaseomyces and Tetrapisispora were shown to be genetically highly diverse based on the above listed analyses. Considering the results obtained for the presently recognized genera, a range of 80–92% POCP values and a range of 60–70 % AAI values might be valuable thresholds to discriminate genera in Saccharomycetaceae. Furthermore, the genus-specific genes identified in the PAPO analysis and the CSIs were found to be useful as synapomorphies to characterize and define genera in Saccharomycetaceae . Our results indicate that the combined monophyly-based phylogenomic analysis together with genomic relatedness indices and synapomorphies provide promising approaches to delineating yeast genera and likely those of filamentous fungi as well. The genera Kazachstania , Nakaseomyces and Tetrapisispora are revised and we propose eight new genera and 41 new combinations.

F Liu

Z-D Hu

A Yurkov

X-H Chen

W-J Bao

Q Ma

W-N Zhao

S Pan

X-M Zhao

J-H Liu

Q-M Wang

T Boekhout

Saccharomycetaceae: delineation of fungal genera based on phylogenomic analyses, genomic relatedness indices and genomics-based synapomorphies

酵母科：基于系统基因组分析、基因组相关性指数和基于基因组的共衍征的菌属划分

M. Mu

Y.-J. Choi

J. Kruse

J.A. Crouch

S. Ploch

M. Thines

Single host plant species may harbour more than one species of Peronospora – a case study on Peronospora infecting Plantago

单一寄主植物可能寄生多种霜霉菌——以侵染车前草的霜霉菌为例

Oceanic islands have been recognized as natural laboratories in which to study a great variety of evolutionary processes. One such process is evolutionary radiations, the diversification of a single ancestor into a number of species that inhabit different environments and differ in the traits that allow them to exploit those environments. The factors that drive evolutionary radiations have been studied for decades in charismatic organisms such as birds or lizards, but are lacking in lichen-forming fungi, despite recent reports of some lineages showing diversification patterns congruent with radiation. Here we propose the

M. Blázquez

I. Pérez-Vargas

I. Garrido-Benavent

M. Villar-dePablo

Y. Turégano

C. Frías-López

A. Sánchez-Gracia

A. de los Ríos

F. Gasulla

S. Pérez-Ortega

Endless forms most frustrating: disentangling species boundaries in the Ramalina decipiens group (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota), with the description of six new species and a key to the group

无尽形态最令人沮丧：解开Ramalina decipiens组（Lecanoromycetes，子囊菌门）的物种界限，描述六个新物种及该组的鉴定指南

In this study, we undertook a re-evaluation of species classified in genera Exserticlava , Phaeostalagmus , Phialocephala , and several chalara- and stanjehughesia-like fungi, whose placement has been determined within Chaetosphaeriaceae . They exhibit morphotypes that are either not exclusive to Chaetosphaeriaceae and have evolved in distantly related groups or have not been conclusively established as monophyletic within the family. Our study is based on phylogenetic reconstruction of three DNA markers and comparative morphological studies involving 21 strains, including all available ex-type strains. The non-monophyletic nature of the genus Exserticlava was elucidated and consequently, its generic concept has been emended, leading to the introduction of a segregate genus Exserticlavopsis . Chalara-like fungi occurred in three unrelated lineages, including a strongly supported clade comprising Chalarosphaeria and Fusichalara , a distinct lineage representing the newly introduced genus Chalarina gen. nov., and Sporoschisma , which produces the chalara-like synasexual morph. The genus Stanjehughesia is documented as a monophyletic, strongly supported clade. The notable similarity with other stanjehughesia-like genera is discussed. The phialocephala-like morphotype is infrequent within Chaetosphaeriaceae and is confined to two unrelated clades, specifically represented by Chloridium sect. Pseudophialocephala and Spadicocephala gen. nov., the latter being established to accommodate Phialocephala fusca . A monophyletic clade comprising members of Phaeostalagmus and Sporendocladia has been identified based on new molecular data. Since the relationship between the type species P. cyclosporus and P. tenuissimus could not be fully resolved, the clade is defined as a natural group characterized by distinct morphological patterns in conidiophore branching and aggregation of conidia. This definition is provisional, pending broader and more comprehensive taxon sampling. In this study, we introduced three new genera, two new species, and proposed six combinations. These findings emphasize the ongoing need for research to further refine the classification and enhance our understanding of the evolutionary relationships within Chaetosphaeriaceae .

M. Réblová

J. Nekvindová

A.N. Miller

M. Hernández-Restrepo

Re-evaluation of Exserticlava and other genera in Chaetosphaeriaceae with chalara-, phaeostalagmus-, phialocephala- and stanjehughesia-like morphotypes

重新评估Chaetosphaeriaceae中具有chalara-、phaeostalagmus-、phialocephala-和stanjehughesia-样形态类型的Exserticlava及其他属

Abbreviation	persoonia
Journal Impact	9.64
Quartiles(Global)	MYCOLOGY(Q1)

ISSN	0031-5850, 1878-9080
h-index	82

Publication Information	Publisher: National Herbarium Nederland，Publishing cycle: Semiannual，Journal Type: journal，Open Access Journals: No
Basic data	Year of publication: 2002，Proportion of original research papers: 100.00%，Self Citation Rate:4.20%， Gold OA Rate: 100.00%
Average review cycle	网友分享经验：>12周，或约稿
Average recruitment ratio	网友分享经验：一般

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Cryphonectriaceae on Myrtales in China: phylogeny, host range, and pathogenicity

High species diversity in Diaporthe associated with citrus diseases in China

Resolution of eleven reported and five novel Podaxis species based on ITS phylogeny, phylogenomics, morphology, ecology, and geographic distribution

A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Cephalotrichum and Microascus provides novel insights into their systematics and evolutionary history

Saccharomycetaceae: delineation of fungal genera based on phylogenomic analyses, genomic relatedness indices and genomics-based synapomorphies

A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Cephalotrichum and Microascus provides novel insights into their systematics and evolutionary history

Single host plant species may harbour more than one species of Peronospora – a case study on Peronospora infecting Plantago

Endless forms most frustrating: disentangling species boundaries in the Ramalina decipiens group (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota), with the description of six new species and a key to the group

Saccharomycetaceae: delineation of fungal genera based on phylogenomic analyses, genomic relatedness indices and genomics-based synapomorphies

Re-evaluation of Exserticlava and other genera in Chaetosphaeriaceae with chalara-, phaeostalagmus-, phialocephala- and stanjehughesia-like morphotypes