identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
B12E61060E6F596B9DE61284E6212ACE.text	B12E61060E6F596B9DE61284E6212ACE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Malbranchea cavernicola G. Q. Zhang, J. Kumla, & N. Suwannar. 2026	<div><p>Malbranchea cavernicola G. Q. Zhang, J. Kumla, &amp; N. Suwannar. sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 4</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>cavernicola, referring to the cavernicolous habitat where the soil sample containing the new fungus was collected.</p><p>Holotype. Thailand • Mae Hong Son Province, Pang Mapha District, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=98.17889&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.565832" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 98.17889/lat 19.565832)">Phi Man Long Long Rak Cave</a>, 19°33'57"N, 98°10'44"E, elevation 701 m, 7 April 2024, isolated from soil, Jaturong Kumla &amp; Nakarin Suwannarach, CMUB 40078 (preserved in a metabolically inactive state as dried specimen), living culture (ex-type) SB 7 = SDBR-CMU 738, GenBank numbers: PX 868695 (ITS), PX 884884 (LSU), PX 896329 (BenA), and PX 896333 (RPB 2) .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Mycelium immersed and superficial, composed of hyaline, septate, branched, smooth-walled, 2.0–3.0 µm wide hyphae. Racquet hyphae present. Anamorph with well-developed fertile hyphae, arising laterally from vegetative hyphae, branched and forming randomly intercalary and terminally arthroconidia, 1.0–4.0 µm wide. Arthroconidia enteroarthric, aseptate, hyaline, smooth- and thin-walled, subcylindrical to cylindrical or Y-shaped, sometimes barrel-shaped, 3.5–30.0 × 1.0–3.5 µm (x ̄ = 14.5 × 2.2 µm; n = 40), secession rhexolytic. Chlamydospores and teleomorph not observed.</p><p>Culture characteristics</p><p>(4 weeks at 25 ° C). Colonies on PDA reaching 66–67 mm in diameter, circular, concentrically zonate, slightly elevated, margins entire; sporulation moderate; colony dense, cottony, white to yellowish-white (1 A 2) at the centre, pastel yellow (1 A 4) towards margins; reverse greenish-yellow (1 A 6) at margins; exudates absent; soluble pigments absent. On PCA, reaching 30–50 mm in diameter, circular, margins irregular; aerial mycelia extremely sparse, sporulation moderate; colony greyish-orange (5 B 4) at centre and orange-white (5 A 2) towards margins; reverse white at margins; exudates absent; soluble pigments absent. On OA, reaching 68–70 mm in diameter, circular, smooth with indistinct radial furrows, margins entire; sporulation moderate; colony flattened, granulose, white (4 A 1) at centre, yellowishwhite towardsmargins; exudates absent; soluble pigments absent. On PYEA, reaching 63–70 mm in diameter, circular, concentrically zonate, margins entire; sporulation moderate at the centre; colony flattened, slightly fimbriate, granulose, white (1 A 1), reverse orange-white (5 A 2); exudates absent; soluble pigments absent.</p><p>Additional strain examined.</p><p>Thailand • Mae Hong Son Province, Pang Mapha District, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=98.17889&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.565832" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 98.17889/lat 19.565832)">Phi Man Long Long Rak Cave</a>, 19°33'57"N, 98°10'44"E, elevation 701 m, 7 April 2024, isolated from soil, Jaturong Kumla &amp; Nakarin Suwannarach, living culture RM 007 = SDBR-CMU 739, GenBank numbers: PX 868696 (ITS), PX 884885 (LSU), PX 896330 (BenA) and PX 896334 (RPB 2) .</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>Cave soil and known only from northern Thailand.</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Phylogenetically, M. cavernicola formed a sister clade to M. chlamydospora strains RV 24809 (ex-type) and AC 0702 IV, with strong support (100 % MLBP, 1.0 BIPP) (Fig. 1). Sequence comparisons showed that the ITS sequence shared 92.98 % and 94.20 % similarity with M. chlamydospora strains RV 24809 and AC 0702 IV, respectively, while the BenA sequence shared 92.6 % similarity to M. chlamydospora strain AC 0702 IV. Moreover, PHI analyses revealed no evidence of significant recombination between M. cavernicola and M. chlamydospora (Fig. 3 A). Morphologically, M. cavernicola exhibits an anamorph consistent with the generic description of Malbranchea (Rodríguez-Andrade et al. 2021). However, it presents racquet hyphae, lacks chlamydospores and produces longer arthroconidia (3.5–30.0 × 1.0–3.5 μm), which differ from those of M. chlamydospora (2.0–10.0 × 2.5–3.5 μm) (Rodríguez-Andrade et al. 2021). Based on combined morphological and phylogenetic evidence, M. cavernicola (SDBR-CMU 738 and SDBR-CMU 739) is introduced as a new species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B12E61060E6F596B9DE61284E6212ACE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Zhang, Gui-Qing;Suwannarach, Nakarin;Disayathanoowat, Terd;Shoocongdej, Rasmi;Domethong, Varis;Dai, Dong-Qin;Liu, Rui-Meng;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Kumla, Jaturong	Zhang, Gui-Qing, Suwannarach, Nakarin, Disayathanoowat, Terd, Shoocongdej, Rasmi, Domethong, Varis, Dai, Dong-Qin, Liu, Rui-Meng, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Kumla, Jaturong (2026): Two new soil-inhabiting fungi, Malbranchea cavernicola (Onygenales, Malbrancheaceae) and Talaromyces pangmaphaensis (Eurotiales, Trichocomaceae), from a cave in northern Thailand. MycoKeys 131: 211-234, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.131.188256
B28F4C1483755E1C915D6FACE82C26DC.text	B28F4C1483755E1C915D6FACE82C26DC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Malbranchea gymnoascoides Rodr. - Andr., Stchigel & Cano	<div><p>Malbranchea gymnoascoides Rodr. - Andr., Stchigel &amp; Cano, IMA Fungus 12: 13 (2021)</p><p>Fig. 5</p><p>Description.</p><p>Vegetative hyphae septate, hyaline, smooth- and thin-walled, mostly straight, rarely branched, 2.0–3.0 μm wide. Racquet hyphae present. Anamorph consisting in undifferentiated fertile hyphae which form randomly intercalary and terminally arthroconidia, 1.5–3.5 μm. Arthroconidia enteroarthric, aseptate, hyaline, smooth- and thin-walled, mostly barrel-shaped, sometimes cylindrical, 3.5–15.0 × 1.5–2.5 μm (x ̄ = 7.5 × 2.0 µm; n = 45), detached by rhexolysis. Chlamydospores and teleomorph not observed in this study.</p><p>Culture characteristics</p><p>(4 weeks at 25 ° C). Colonies on PDA reaching 35–60 mm in diameter, circular, velvety to floccose, furrowed, radially sulcate extending from the centre to the edge were visible on the colony surface, margins entire; sporulation sparse; colony orange white (6 A 2) at centre, becoming light orange (6 A 4) towards margins, reverse orange (6 A 8) with light orange (6 A 4) ring at margins; exudates absent; pigments absent or pinkish to reddish. On PCA, reaching 40–45 mm in diameter, circular, velvety to floccose, margins irregular with fimbriate; sporulation sparse; colony greyish-orange (6 B 4) at centre and with orange (6 A 7) concentric circles, reverse deep orange (6 A 8), with light orange (6 A 5) at the margins; exudates absent; pigments absent. On OA, reaching 70–78 mm in diameter, circular, dense, cottony, velvety, furrowed, radial growth pattern, radially sulcate extending from the centre to the edge were visible on the colony surface, margins entire; sporulation sparse; the central part was raised with a dense orange grey (6 B 2) to deep orange (6 A 8) to orange (6 A 7) from centre to margins, reverse orange (6 B 6) to reddish-orange (7 B 8) from centre to margins; exudates absent; pigments absent. On PYEA, reaching 35–40 mm in diameter, circular, filiform, margins irregular; aerial mycelia extremely sparse, sporulation sparse; smooth with indistinct radial furrows and orange (6 A 6) to orange-white (6 A 2) at the margins; reverse medium orange (6 A 6) to orange-white (6 A 2) at margins; exudates absent; pigments absent.</p><p>Strain examined.</p><p>Thailand • Mae Hong Son Province, Pang Mapha District, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=98.17889&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.565832" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 98.17889/lat 19.565832)">Phi Man Long Long Rak Cave</a>, 19°33'57"N, 98°10'44"E, elevation 701 m, 7 April 2024, isolated from soil, Jaturong Kumla &amp; Nakarin Suwannarach, living culture SC 1 = SDBR-CMU 870, GenBank numbers: PX 868697 (ITS), PX 884886 (LSU), PX 896331 (BenA) and PX 896335 (RPB 2); RM 001 = SDBR-CMU 871, GenBank numbers: PX 868698 (ITS), PX 884887 (LSU), PX 896332 (BenA) and PX 896336 (RPB 2) .</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>Human bronchial washing specimen in the USA (Rodríguez-Andrade et al. 2021); cave soil in northern Thailand (this study).</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Phylogenetically, strains SDBR-CMU 870 and SDBR-CMU 871 clustered with M. gymnoascoides CBS 146930 (ex-type) with strong support (100 % MLBS and 1.00 BIPP; Fig. 1), forming a sister taxon to M. ostraviensis (CBS 132919, ex-type; FMR 18693). Sequence comparisons showed that the ITS and LSU sequences shared 99.08 % and 99.89 % similarity, respectively, to M. gymnoascoides CBS 146930 (ex-type). However, BenA and RPB 2 sequence data for M. gymnoascoides CBS 146930 are unavailable; therefore, comparisons could not be performed. The ITS, BenA and RPB 2 sequences showed 98.44 %, 97.22 % and 96.40 % similarity, respectively, to M. ostraviensis CBS 132919 (ex-type). Morphologically, our strains are similar to M. gymnoascoides as described by Rodríguez-Andrade et al. (2021), exhibiting similar colony characteristics and arthroconidia of comparable shape, but with a broader size range (6.0–10.0 μm vs. 3.5–15.0 μm). However, chlamydospores and ascomata were not observed under the conditions of this study. In addition, M. gymnoascoides can be distinguished from M. ostraviensis by the absence of pyriform terminal conidia, chlamydospore-like cells and pinkish to red diffusible pigments on MEA and PDA (Hubka et al. 2013). Prior to this study, M. gymnoascoides had been recorded only in the USA (Rodríguez-Andrade et al. 2021). Therefore, strains SDBR-CMU 870 and SDBR-CMU 871 were identified as M. gymnoascoides, based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses, representing the first report of this species in Thailand.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B28F4C1483755E1C915D6FACE82C26DC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Zhang, Gui-Qing;Suwannarach, Nakarin;Disayathanoowat, Terd;Shoocongdej, Rasmi;Domethong, Varis;Dai, Dong-Qin;Liu, Rui-Meng;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Kumla, Jaturong	Zhang, Gui-Qing, Suwannarach, Nakarin, Disayathanoowat, Terd, Shoocongdej, Rasmi, Domethong, Varis, Dai, Dong-Qin, Liu, Rui-Meng, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Kumla, Jaturong (2026): Two new soil-inhabiting fungi, Malbranchea cavernicola (Onygenales, Malbrancheaceae) and Talaromyces pangmaphaensis (Eurotiales, Trichocomaceae), from a cave in northern Thailand. MycoKeys 131: 211-234, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.131.188256
D83D809ECE315423967E936177399F71.text	D83D809ECE315423967E936177399F71.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Talaromyces pangmaphaensis G. Q. Zhang, J. Kumla, & N. Suwannar. 2026	<div><p>Talaromyces pangmaphaensis G. Q. Zhang, J. Kumla, &amp; N. Suwannar. sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 6</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>pangmaphaensis, referring to Pang Ma Pha District, where soil containing the new fungus was collected.</p><p>Holotype. Thailand • Mae Hong Son Province, Pang Mapha District, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=98.17889&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.565832" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 98.17889/lat 19.565832)">Phi Man Long Long Rak Cave</a>, isolated from soil, 19°33'57"N, 98°10'44"E, elevation 701 m, 7 April 2024, Jaturong Kumla &amp; Nakarin Suwannarach, CMUB 40079 (preserved in a metabolically inactive state as dried specimen), living culture (ex-type) SO 65 = SDBR-CMU 740, GenBank numbers: PX 870625 (BenA), PX 870627 (CaM), PX 870623 (RPB 2), and PX 861517 (ITS) .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Sclerotia and ascomata not observed. Conidiophores biverticillate, stipes smooth-walled, non-vesiculate, 80.0–230.0 × 2.5–5.0 µm (x ̄ = 125.0 × 3.5 µm; n = 30). Metulae adpressed, 3–6 per stipe, 8.0–16.0 × 2.5–4.0 µm (x ̄ = 13.0 × 3.5 µm; n = 30); phialides acerose or ampulliform, sometimes tapering into very thin neck, 2–3 per metula, 9.0–15.5 × 1.5–3.5 µm (x ̄ = 11.5 × 2.5 µm; n = 30). Conidia in long, usually formed in chains at the tips of phialides, smooth, ellipsoidal to broadly ellipsoidal, with distinct connectives on both sides, 2.5–3.5 × 1.5–2.0 µm (x ̄ = 3.0 × 1.8 µm; n = 50).</p><p>Culture characteristics</p><p>(7 days at 25 ° C). Colonies on CYA reaching 32–35 mm in diameter, circular, slightly sunken in centre, concentrically zonate, smooth to slightly sulcate, margins entire; sporulation dense, conidia en masse greenish-grey (25 D 2) to greyish-orange (6 B 3); mycelia pastel yellow (1 A 4–6, 2 A 4); colony texture sometimes velvety, floccose; exudates present as small, clear drops at the centre; soluble pigments absent; reverse concentric rings of brownish-greyish-red (8 C 5) to brownish-red (8 C 7), deep orange (6 A 8 – B 8) at margins. On MEA, reaching 25–26 mm in diameter, subcircular to circular, margins irregular with fimbriate; sporulation moderate to strong, conidia en masse light yellow (3 A 4) to pale yellow (3 A 3); mycelia greyish-yellow (3 B 4) to dull yellow (3 B 3); colony texture floccose; exudates absent; soluble pigments absent; reverse dull yellow. On YESA, reaching 30–32 mm in diameter, subcircular to circular, concentrically zonate, smooth, margins entire; sporulation dense, conidia en masse greyish-green (25 D 4 – E 4–5); mycelia yellowish-grey (3 B 2) to dull yellow (3 B 3); colony texture floccose; exudates present as clear droplets; soluble pigments present, in greyish-yellow (4 B 6) shades; reverse concentric rings of brownish-orange (7 C 8) to reddish-orange (7 B 6–8), pale orange (6 A 3) at margins. On OA, reaching 30–32 mm in diameter, circular, slightly sunken in centre, concentrically zonate, smooth to slightly sulcate, margins entire; sporulation dense, conidia en masse dark green (25 F 5); mycelia pastel yellow (1 A 4–6, 2 A 4); colony texture floccose; exudates absent; soluble pigments absent; reverse concentric rings of brownish-orange (5 C 6–8) to light brown (6 D 8), then reddish-orange (7 B 6–8), brownish-orange at margins. On PDA, reaching 35 mm in diameter, circular, concentrically zonate, smooth to slightly sulcate, margins entire; sporulation dense, conidia en masse greyish-brown (7 D 3), pale red (7 A 3) to pastel red (7 A 4–5); mycelia light orange (5 A 5); texture floccose; exudates present as small, clear drops at the centre; soluble pigments absent; reverse concentric rings of greyish-red (8 C 5) to brownish-red (8 C 8), brownish-yellow (5 C 7) at margins.</p><p>Additional strain examined.</p><p>Thailand • Mae Hong Son Province, Pang Mapha District, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=98.17889&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.565832" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 98.17889/lat 19.565832)">Phi Man Long Long Rak Cave</a>, 19°33'57"N, 98°10'44"E, elevation 701 m, 7 April 2024, isolated from soil, Jaturong Kumla &amp; Nakarin Suwannarach, living culture SO 66 = SDBR-CMU 741, GenBank number: PX 870626 (BenA), PX 870628 (CaM), PX 870624 (RPB 2), and PX 861518 (ITS) .</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>Cave soil and known only from northern Thailand.</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Phylogenetically, T. pangmaphaensis belonged to Talaromyces sect. Trachyspermi, ser. Miniolutei (Fig. 2) and formed a distinct monophyletic clade with strong support (100 % MLBS and 1.00 BIPP). It formed a sister clade to Talaromyces sp. CBS 147336 (undescribed species) and T. minnesotensis (CBS 142381, ex-type; DTO 055 - D 3). PHI test results revealed no significant recombination amongst these taxa (Fig. 3 B). Pairwise comparisons of BenA, CaM and RPB 2 sequences revealed that the new species differs from Talaromyces sp. CBS 147336 by 3.4 % (15 / 441 bp, including gaps), 3.1 % (13 / 424 bp, including gaps) and 0.5 % (6 / 1121 bp, including gaps), respectively and from T. minnesotensis by 3.2 % (14 / 432 bp, including gaps) in BenA, 9.2 % (39 / 424 bp, including gaps) in CaM and 0.8 % (9 / 1121 bp, including gaps) in RPB 2.</p><p>The morphological differences between T. pangmaphaensis and T. minnesotensis are provided in Table 3. Although Talaromyces pangmaphaensis exhibits micromorphological similarities to T. minnesotensis, the two species are readily distinguished by differences in conidial size (typically shorter in T. pangmaphaensis) and colony morphology. Talaromyces pangmaphaensis differs from T. minnesotensis by its significantly faster growth on CYA, YESA and OA, the clearly different conidia mass colour on CYA and MEA and having 2–3 phialides per metula (Table 3). In addition, T. pangmaphaensis produces clear exudates and greyish-yellow soluble pigments on YESA, whereas T. minnesotensis produces golden-red exudates and red pigments on YESA and red to deep red pigments on MEA (Pyrri et al. 2021). Talaromyces pangmaphaensis also differs from Talaromyces sp. CBS 147336 by its significantly faster growth on CYA, MEA, YESA and OA; notably, Talaromyces sp. CBS 147336 grows more slowly than T. minnesotensis (Pyrri et al. 2021) . However, detailed micromorphological characteristics of Talaromyces sp. CBS 147336 remain undescribed; therefore, we cannot perform a direct morphological comparison with T. pangmaphaensis . Talaromyces sp. CBS 147336 was isolated from a lemon solution in Germany, whereas T. minnesotensis was isolated from a human ear in the USA. Consequently, T. pangmaphaensis, represented by strains SDBR-CMU 740 and SDBR-CMU 741, is introduced as a novel species belonging to Talaromyces sect. Trachyspermi, ser. Miniolutei, based on both morphological and phylogenetic evidence.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D83D809ECE315423967E936177399F71	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Zhang, Gui-Qing;Suwannarach, Nakarin;Disayathanoowat, Terd;Shoocongdej, Rasmi;Domethong, Varis;Dai, Dong-Qin;Liu, Rui-Meng;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Kumla, Jaturong	Zhang, Gui-Qing, Suwannarach, Nakarin, Disayathanoowat, Terd, Shoocongdej, Rasmi, Domethong, Varis, Dai, Dong-Qin, Liu, Rui-Meng, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Kumla, Jaturong (2026): Two new soil-inhabiting fungi, Malbranchea cavernicola (Onygenales, Malbrancheaceae) and Talaromyces pangmaphaensis (Eurotiales, Trichocomaceae), from a cave in northern Thailand. MycoKeys 131: 211-234, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.131.188256
