Hausner, Georg, James Reid, Gyða G. Eyjólfsdóttir, Mahmood Iranpour & Peter C. Loewen. Basidiopycnides albertensis gen. et sp. nov., a new anamorphic fungus with phylogenetic affinities in the Atractiellales (Basidiomycota). Mycotaxon 103: 279–297. 2008.

ABSTRACT: A new anamorphic genus, Basidiopycnides, and its type species, Basidiopycnides albertensis, are described. Strains of Basidiopycnides albertensis produce what superficially appeared to be a Graphium-like conidial state with percurrently proliferating annellophores. Detailed morphological and molecular data analysis showed these isolates represent a new taxon that belongs to the Atractiellales (Basidiomycota).

KEYWORDS: bark beetles, DAPI staining, molecular phylogeny