New additions to Sympoventuriaceae (Venturiales, Dothideomycetes): three new species from China
Ming-Yi Zhang, Heng Pan, Yu-Lian Ren, Yun-Jie Wu, Zhi-Qing Fang, Bing‑Da Sun, Gang Tao, Zhi-Yuan Zhang · 2026
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Description
Ming-Yi Zhang and colleagues describe three new fungi from Chinese city soils, an overlooked hunting ground. Urban soil fungi keep soil healthy and cycle nutrients, yet taxonomy there lags far behind forests. Their 2026 survey cultures eight isolates of the family Sympoventuriaceae.
Five genetic markers plus detailed morphology separated the finds from known relatives. The new species are Scolecobasidium campestre, Verruconis obovatus, and Veronaeopsis sinensis, each illustrated and compared with its nearest kin. Two belong to genera whose status has been unsettled, so the data also steady the family's family tree. City dirt, they show, still hides unnamed species.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ming-Yi Zhang, Heng Pan, Yu-Lian Ren, Yun-Jie Wu, Zhi-Qing Fang, Bing‑Da Sun, Gang Tao, Zhi-Yuan Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |