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Phylogenetics and taxonomy of Telimenaceae (Phyllachorales) from Central America

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Since the circumscription of the genera Phyllachora and Telimena has been emended, several neotropical non-graminicolous species of Phyllachora have been transferred to Telimena, and several species of Telimena have been newly described. In order to better understand the species diversity and taxonomy of neotropical tar spot fungi, symptomatic leaves of non-graminicolous hosts of Trichilia sp. (Meliaceae) and Acalypha spp. (Euphorbiaceae) were collected in Costa Rica and Panama. Telimena trichiliae is newly described from Panama and Phyllachora acalyphae, Ph. Pichinchae, and Ph. balansae are newly combined into Telimena. Detailed morphological descriptions and illustrations are provided. New synonyms and records of Telimena are also presented, together with new morphological, host plant, and molecular data. We also present a revision and a dichotomous key for neotropical tar spot fungi on the host family Meliaceae.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Orlando Cáceres, Julieta Carranza, Tina Antje Hofmann, and Carlos Rojas for their help during the fieldwork and Ralph Mangelsdorff for valuable advice on nomenclature. We address special thanks to Ralph Mangelsdorff, Carlos Morales, and Rafael Rincón for their help with the identification of host plants. We also thank MINAE (SINAC and CONAGEBIO) in Costa Rica and the Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente (ANAM) in Panama for collecting and export permits. The assistance of the curators of the US National Fungus Collections (BPI), Cornell Plant Pathology Herbarium (CUP), Herbarium Hamburgense (HBG), and Universidad Nacional de La Plata (LPS) is gratefully acknowledged for the loan of type material. Access to the collections of the Botanische Staatssammlung München (M) is also appreciated. We thank anonymous reviewers for improving the manuscript.

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This work was partially funded by DAAD, Vicerrectoría de Investigación (UCR), project number 111-B8-284 and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) with the project Plant Parasitic Microfungi of Panama (ppMP).

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. MM and MP organized the infrastructure and permits. All the authors contributed with the specimens. MM and TTJ contributed detailed morphological analyses, photos, and scientific drawings. MM conducted molecular and phylogenetic analyses, compiled figures and tables, and submitted sequences to GenBank. The first draft of the manuscript was written by MM and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Mardones, M., Trampe-Jaschik, T. & Piepenbring, M. Phylogenetics and taxonomy of Telimenaceae (Phyllachorales) from Central America. Mycol Progress 19, 1587–1599 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-020-01649-6

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