Pantelleriomycetes Tedersoo

Tedersoo, Leho, Hosseyni Moghadam, Mahdieh S., Panksep, Kristel, Prins, Victoria, Anslan, Sten, Mikryukov, Vladimir, Bahram, Mohammad, Abarenkov, Kessy, Kõljalg, Urmas, Esmaeilzadeh-Salestani, Keyvan, Pawłowska, Julia, Wurzbacher, Christian, Ding, Yi, Alkahtani, Saad Hussin & Nilsson, R. Henrik, 2025, Thirty novel fungal lineages: formal description based on environmental samples and DNA, MycoKeys 124, pp. 1-121 : 1-121

Pantelleriomycetes Tedersoo class. nov.

Type order.

Pantelleriales Tedersoo .

Diagnosis.

Distinguishable from other Aphelidiomycota based on diagnostic nucleotide signature in LSU 5 ’ end (positions 42–51 in type species and S. cerevisiae tatcattaag; no mismatch allowed). Forms a monophyletic, least inclusive clade in Aphelidiomycota, covering sequences EUK 1203048 , EUK 1205018 , EUK 1200019 , EUK 1137930 , EUK 1120815 , EUK 1103262 , GU 568135, EUK 1200059 , EUK 1138870 , EUK 1138872 , EUK 1120814 , EUK 1102231 , and EUK 1201826 (Fig. 1 ).

Notes.

Recognized based on eDNA sequences only. Encoded as clade GS 55 in EUKARYOME v 1.9. Currently harbors Pantelleriales (ord. nov.) and potentially order-level groups represented by sequences EUK 1203048 (forest soil in Italy), EUK 1205018 (forest soil in Italy), GU 568135 (experimental soil in China), EUK 1200059 (forest soil in Estonia), EUK 1102231 (lake water in Sweden), EUK 1120815 (cropland soil in Estonia), EUK 1201826 (forest soil in Italy), EUK 1138870 (forest soil in New Zealand), EUK 1138872 (forest soil in New Zealand), EUK 1120814 (urban soil in Estonia), EUK 1671420 (forest soil in NA, USA), EUK 1103262 (lake sediment in Sweden), and EUK 1700281 (desert soil in Oman). Comprises potentially 170–200 species. Detected in soil (98.9 % out of 633 records), freshwater (0.5 %), sediments (0.3 %), and plant leaves (0.3 %) in high arctic to wet tropical biomes across all continents, including Antarctica.

Figures

Figure 1. Maximum Likelihood SSU- 5.8 S-LSU phylogram indicating placement of novel lineages in the fungal kingdom as highlighted in a coloured shade and red font. Previously described taxonomic clades are collapsed. All branches of Sumavosporidiomycetes and Gelotisporidiomycetes are shortened two-fold. Poorly supported branches with bootstrap values below 95 % / 99 % are indicated in blue. The original tree with bootstrap values and uncollapsed branches is indicated in Suppl. material 1.