Three new species of the genus (Cuniculitremaceae, Tremellales) from the phylloplane in China.

, in the family Cuniculitremaceae of the order , is a globally distributed genus of blastoconidia-forming fungi. Currently, 23 species have been described and accepted as members of the genus. In this study, five yeast strains were isolated from plant leaf surfaces collected in the Fujian and Guizhou Provinces of China and identified through a combination of morphological and molecular methods.

sp. nov. and sp. nov., two yeast species in the / clade.

During studies on the yeast communities associated with rotting wood in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Rainforest in PR China, four novel yeast strains were found. Phylogenetic analysis based on the concatenated sequences of the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit rRNA gene and the ITS regions showed that these strains represented two novel species in the / clade. The novel species, represented by strains NYNU 17948 and NYNU 17981, formed a clade with and , with 1-1.

sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from rotting wood.

Three strains of a novel yeast species were isolated from rotting wood in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Rainforest, Yunnan Province, PR China. Sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit rRNA gene and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions showed that the novel species represents a member of the genus . It differed from its closest known species, CBS 10931, by 1.

Vanrija jinghongensis sp. nov., an asexual basidiomycetous yeast from rotting wood.

Three strains of a novel basidiomycetous yeast were isolated from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Rainforest, Yunnan Province, PR China. Sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit (LSU) rRNA gene and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions indicated that the novel species represents a member of the genus Vanrija. It differed from the most closely related known species, Vanrija albida CBS 2839, by 1.

Sugiyamaella xiaguanensis f.a., sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from rotting wood.

Three strains representing a novel yeast species, Sugiyamaella xiaguanensis f.a., sp.