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- A new genus of ascomycete fungus has been identified, specifically from the Brazilian Cerrado, which primarily infects plants in the Myrtaceae family.
- This classification is based on comprehensive multilocus phylogenetic analysis involving three nuclear ribosomal DNA and two protein-coding genes.
- The study also utilized morphological techniques like light and scanning electron microscopy, alongside ecological data, to support the new classification within the Phaeosphaeriaceae family.
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(type species: ), an ascomycete asexual morph infecting (Myrtaceae) from the Brazilian Cerrado, is described as a new genus in the Phaeosphaeriaceae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota), based on multilocus phylogeny (three nuclear ribosomal DNA and two protein-coding genes) in addition to morphological (light and scanning electron microscopy) and ecological data.
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