Department of Biosciences, P.O. Box 65, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
Mycologia. 2011 May-Jun;103(3):610-5. doi: 10.3852/10-194. Epub 2011 Apr 6.
The new species Chaenothecopsis khayensis (Ascomycota, Mycocaliciaceae) is described from Ghana, western Africa, on the resin of Khaya anthotheca and K. ivorensis. The species is distinctive in forming asci without crosiers and in possessing ascospores that are faintly longitudinally striate. Analysis of large subunit rDNA gene sequences positioned this species within a clade corresponding to the Mycocaliciales and identified its closest relative as Sphinctrina leucopoda. Chaenothecopsis khayensis occurs commonly on resin exuding from trees damaged by the larvae of the mahogany shoot borer (Hypsipyla sp.), and we discuss the possible ecological relationship between the fungus and these moths.
新物种 Khayensis 腔孢菌（子囊菌门，腔菌科）描述来自加纳，西非，在树脂 Khaya anthotheca 和 K. ivorensis。该物种的特点是形成没有十字形柄的子囊和具有轻微纵向条纹的子囊孢子。大亚基 rDNA 基因序列分析将该物种定位在与腔菌目相对应的分支内，并确定其最接近的亲缘种为 Sphinctrina leucopoda。Khayensis 腔孢菌通常出现在因幼虫而渗出树脂的树上（Hypsipyla sp.），我们讨论了真菌和这些蛾之间可能存在的生态关系。
