Diversity and phylogeny of basidiomycetous yeasts from plant leaves and soil: Proposal of two new orders, three new families, eight new genera and one hundred and seven new species Author Li, A. - H. State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China & China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center and State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China Author Yuan, F. - X. State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China & North Minzu University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, 750030, China Author Groenewald, M. Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, Utrecht, 3584 CT, The Netherlands Author Bensch, K. Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, Utrecht, 3584 CT, The Netherlands Author Yurkov, A. M. Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany Author Li, K. State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China Author Han, P. - J. State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China Author Guo, L. - D. State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China Author Aime, M. C. Purdue University, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, West Lafayette, IN, 47901, USA Author Sampaio, J. P. UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal & PYCC - Portuguese Yeast Culture Collection, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal Author Jindamorakot, S. National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand Author Turchetti, B. Department of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences & Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Perugia, 74 - I- 06121, Italy Author Inacio, J. School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, BN 2 4 GJ, UK Author Fungsin, B. TISTR Culture Collection, Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR), 35 M 3, Technopolis, Khlong Ha, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand Author Wang, Q. - M. State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China & College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei Province, 071002, China wangqm@im.ac.cn Author Bai, F. - Y. State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China baify@im.ac.cn text Studies In Mycology 2020 2020-01-28 96 17 140 journal article 10.1016/j.simyco.2020.01.002 PMC7082220 32206137 10497182 Pseudobensingtonia fusiformis Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai & A.H. Li sp. nov. MycoBank MB828803. Fig. 14F . Etymology : the specific epithet fusiformis refers to the fusiform vegetative cells of the type strain. Culture characteristics : In YM broth, after 7 d at 17 °C, cells are cylindrical, ellipsoidal and fusiform, 7.6– 13.3 × 2.2–3.6 μm and single, budding is polar ( Fig. 14F ), a sediment is present. On YM agar, after 1 mo at 17 °C, the streak culture is yellow, butyrous, wrinkled and dull. The margin is entire. In Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar, pseudohyphae are not formed. Sexual structures are not observed on YM, PDA, V8 and CM agar. Ballistoconidia are not produced. Physiological and biochemical characteristics : Glucose fermentation is absent. Glucose, L-sorbose, sucrose, cellobiose, trehalose, lactose, raffinose, inulin, D-xylose, L-arabinose (variable), D-ribose (weak), ethanol (variable), glycerol, erythritol, ribitol, D-mannitol, D-glucitol, D-gluconate and succinate are assimilated as sole carbon sources. Galactose, maltose, melibiose, melezitose, soluble starch, D-arabinose, Lrhamnose, D-glucosamine, N-Acetyl-D-glucosamine, methanol, galactitol, Methyl-α- D-glucoside, salicin, DL-lactate, citrate, myo-inositol and hexadecane are not assimilated. Ammonium sulfate, L-lysine, ethylamine hydrochloride and cadaverine dihydrochloride are assimilated as sole nitrogen sources. Potassium nitrate and sodium nitrite are not assimilated. Maximum growth temperature is 23 °C. Growth in vitamin-free medium is negative. Starch-like substances are not produced. Growth on 50 % (w/w) glucose-yeast extract agar is negative. Urease activity is positive. Diazonium Blue B reaction is positive. Physiologically, Ps. fusiformis differs from its closely related species Ps. ingoldii and Ps. musae in its inability to assimilate citrate and its ability to assimilate inulin ( Table S1.19 ). Typus : China , Bomi , Tibet , obtained from a leaf of an unidentified plant, Sep. 2014 , Q.-M. Wang ( holotype CGMCC 2.5823 T preserved in a metabolically inactive state, ex-type CBS 15647 = XZ152EA3).