Four New Endophytic Species Isolated from Three Species in Guizhou, China.

J Fungi (Basel)

School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guiyang 550003, China.

Published: November 2023

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  • Endophytic fungi from medicinal ferns are valuable sources for drug development and bioactive compounds.
  • Seven fungal strains representing four new species were discovered from healthy tissues of three fern species during a survey in Guizhou.
  • The new species were thoroughly described with images and were analyzed using various genetic sequence data, along with documentation of three new host plants for these fungi.

Article Abstract

Endophytic fungi isolated from medicinal ferns serve as significant natural resources for drug precursors or bioactive metabolites. During our survey on the diversity of endophytic fungi from species (a genus of medicinal ferns) in Guizhou, was observed as a dominant fungal group. In this study, seven strains, representing four new species, were obtained from the healthy plant tissues of three species-. , . and . . The four new species, namely , . , . and . , were described in detail with color photographs and subjected to phylogenetic analyses using combined LSU, ITS, TEF1-α, and TUB2 sequence data. This study also documented three new hosts for species.

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