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Two new species of Conidiobolus were isolated from Anhui Province, China. A polyphasic taxonomic approach comprising morphological characteristics and molecular data (the nuclear large subunit of ribosomal DNA and the translation elongation factor 1 alpha gene sequences) was applied to determine their novel taxonomic status in the genus Conidiobolus. The new species C. mirabilis is a sister group to C. thromoides, but morphologically differs by smaller primary conidia and a unique formation of zygospores among two to four adjacent hyphal segments. The other new species C. pachyzygosporus characterized with thick-walled zygospores is phylogenetically closely related to C. antarcticus, C. couchii, and C. osmodes.
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We thank Dr. Rabern Simmons (University of Michigan) for improving the manuscript.
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This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 30770008 and 31670019) and the Key Science Research Project of Anhui Province (No. TD200708).
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Nie, Y., Qin, L., Yu, DS. et al. Two new species of Conidiobolus occurring in Anhui, China. Mycol Progress 17, 1203–1211 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-018-1436-z
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