Lu Li, Karunarathna Samantha C, Rajeshkumar Kunhiraman C, Elgorban Abdallah M, Jayawardena Ruvishika S, Hongsanan Sinang, Suwannarach Nakarin, Kumla Jaturong, Xiong Yin-Ru, Hyde Kevin D, Han Mei-Yan, Zheng De-Ge, Li Qiang, Dai Dong-Qin, Tibpromma Saowaluck
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Yunnan Provincial Department of Education of the Deep-Time Evolution on Biodiversity from the Origin of the Pearl River, College of Biology and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, China.
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
IMA Fungus. 2025 Mar 10;16:e144874. doi: 10.3897/imafungus.16.144874. eCollection 2025.
Arabica coffee () is the most cultured and popular coffee bean in today's world. Yunnan Province is well known as China's largest arabica coffee cultivation region. Fungi represent an important group of microorganisms associated with coffee, profoundly influencing its yield and quality. In this study, twelve fungal collections growing on dead and decaying twigs of coffee were collected and isolated to systematically document microfungi associated with coffee plants in Yunnan Province. Ten novel species, each representing a unique family within , were identified and introduced, based on comprehensive morphological analyses and multigene phylogenetic studies. The ten new species belong to the families , , , , , , , , and with each family containing one new species. Macro- and micro-characteristics, descriptions and phylogenetic trees indicating the placement of the new taxa are provided. In addition, pairwise homoplasy index (PHI) test results and morphological comparisons between the new species and closely-related taxa are given. This study also establishes a comprehensive global inventory of saprobic fungi associated with coffee, which is intended to help researchers and professionals worldwide with practical information. This research enhances the understanding of coffee-associated fungal diversity in China and underscores the importance of introducing new saprobic fungal taxa related to coffee.
阿拉比卡咖啡（）是当今世界种植最广泛且最受欢迎的咖啡豆。云南省是中国著名的最大阿拉比卡咖啡种植区。真菌是与咖啡相关的一类重要微生物，对咖啡的产量和品质有深远影响。在本研究中，收集并分离了在咖啡枯枝和腐枝上生长的12份真菌样本，以系统记录云南省与咖啡植株相关的微真菌。基于全面的形态学分析和多基因系统发育研究，鉴定并介绍了10个新物种，每个新物种代表内的一个独特科。这10个新物种分别属于、、、、、、、和科，每个科包含一个新物种。提供了新分类单元的宏观和微观特征、描述以及表明其位置的系统发育树。此外，还给出了成对同塑性指数（PHI）测试结果以及新物种与近缘类群之间的形态比较。本研究还建立了与咖啡相关的腐生真菌的全面全球清单，旨在为全球的研究人员和专业人士提供实用信息。这项研究增进了对中国与咖啡相关真菌多样性的理解，并强调了引入与咖啡相关的新腐生真菌分类单元的重要性。
