Biodiversity of Lecanosticta pine-needle blight pathogens suggests a Mesoamerican Centre of origin

IMA Fungus

Table 5 Specimens for which the morphology was examined for the description of Lecanosticta jani, L. pharomachri, L. tecunumanii and L. variabilis

Species	CMW number^a	Status of specimen	Herbarium specimen^b	Ex-type isolates^c
Lecanosticta jani	CMW 38950^d	Paratype	PREM 62186	CBS 144446
	CMW 38958^d	Holotype	PREM 62185	CBS 144456
	CMW 48831^e	Paratype	PREM 62187	CBS 144447
	CMW 51058^d	Additional material examined
	CMW 51059^d	Additional material examined
	CMW 51143^e	Additional material examined
	CMW47109^e	Additional material examined
Lecanosticta pharomachri	CMW 37136	Holotype	PREM 62188	CBS 144448
	CMW 38947	Paratype	PREM 62189	CBS 144695
	CMW 38974	Paratype	PREM 62190	CBS 144449
	CMW 38976	Additional material examined
	CMW 51053	Additional material examined
	CMW 51054	Additional material examined
Lecanosticta tecunumanii	CMW 46805	Holotype	PREM 62191	CBS 144450
	CMW 46812	Paratype	PREM 62193	CBS 144452
	CMW 49403	Paratype	PREM 62192	CBS 144451
Lecanosticta variabilis	CMW 42205	Holotype	PREM 62196	CBS 144453, IMI 281561
	CMW 37125	Paratype	PREM 62194	CBS 144454
	CMW 36809	Paratype	PREM 62195	CBS 144455
	CMW 45425	Additional material examined	CBS H-21112	CBS 133789
	CMW 37129	Additional material examined

^aCMW Culture collection of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, South Africa; ^bThe herbarium deposits are dried cultures that serve as holotype and paratype specimens. PREM = The dried herbarium collection of the South African National Collection of Fungi, Mycology Unit, Biosystematics Division, Plant protection Institute, Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa; ^cThe ex-type cultures are living cultures linked to the holotype and paratype specimens. CBS = The culture collection of the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands; IMI = The UK National Fungus Collection maintained by CABI Bioscience, Egham, UK; ^d Lecanosticta jani cultures with the Type 2 morphology; ^e Lecanosticta jani cultures with the Type 1 morphology

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