Beauveria majiangensis W.H. Chen, M. Liu, Z.X. Huang, G.M. Yang, Y.F. Han, J.D. Liang & Z.Q. Liang, 2018

Beauveria majiangensis W.H. Chen, M. Liu, Z.X. Huang, G.M. Yang, Y.F. Han, J.D. Liang & Z.Q. Liang View in CoL sp. nov. ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 )

MycoBank No.: MB823150

Type:— CHINA. Guizhou Province: Qiandongnan Prefecture, Majiang (N 26º42’47”, E 107º43’37”), on a grub (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) in blueberry farm, 14 December 2015, Man Liu, holotype GZAC GZU1214 , ex-type culture GZAC GZU12141 GoogleMaps .

Colony growth and appearance similar on full-strength Sabouraud’s dextrose and potato dextrose agars, 30.5 mm in diam., after 14 d at 25 °C, non-odorous, aerial mycelium white, dense, velutinous, powdery while sporulating; white to yellowish white. Reverse light aurantium in older potions. Vegetative hyphae septate, branched, hyaline, smoothwalled, 1.6–2.2 μm wide. Conidiogenous cells solitary or occurring in lateral clusters, base cylindrical or sometimes subspherical, 3.8–12.9 (–16.2) × 1.2–1.5 (–2.3) μm, apex with an indeterminate, denticulate rachis less than 1μm wide. Conidia 2.4–3.8 × 1.6–2.3 μm, Q = 1.6–2.6 (Lm = 2.1, Wm =1.4, Qm =1.6), ellipsoidal, hyaline, aseptate, walls smooth and thin.

Etymology: — majiangensis named after the place, Majiang from which the fungus was collected.

Additional specimens examined:— CHINA. Guizhou Province: Qiandongnan Prefecture, Majiang (N 26º42′47″, E 107º43′37″), on a grub ( Coleoptera : Scarabaeoidea) from a blueberry farm, 14 December 2015, Man Liu ( GZAC GZU12142 ). Sequences from this strain were deposited in GenBank under accession numbers: MG052641 = TEF, MG052645 = RPB1, MG052638 = Bloc, and MG052643 = ITS GoogleMaps .

Known distribution:— Guizhou Province, China.