Fifteen new species of Penicillium

• Published in: Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi
• Main Authors: Visagie, C.M., Renaud, J.B., Burgess, K.M.N., Malloch, D.W., Clark, D., Ketch, L., Urb, M., Louis-Seize, G., Assabgui, R., Sumarah, M.W., Seifert, K.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: beta-tubulin; calmodulin; internal transcribed spacer rDNA region; Trichocomaceae; Canada; New Zealand; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/607849; https://doi.org/10.3767/003158516X691627

We introduce 15 new species of Penicillium isolated from a diverse range of locations, including Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Tanzania, USA and the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, from a variety of habitats, including leaf surfaces in tropical rain forests, soil eaten by chimpanzees, infrabuccal pockets of carpenter ants, intestinal contents of caterpillars and soil. The new species are classified in sections Aspergilloides (1), Canescentia (2), Charlesia (1), Exilicaulis (3), Lanata-Divaricata (7) and Stolkia (1). Each is characterised and described using classical morphology, LC-MS based extrolite analyses and multigene phylogenies based on ITS, BenA and CaM. Significant extrolites detected include andrastin, pulvilloric acid, penitrem A and citrinin amongst many others.