Complete list of fungal specimens from Benin, West Africa and locality data

Cercosporoid fungi (Mycosphaerellaceae, Mycosphaerellales, Ascomycota) are one of the largest and most diverse groups of hyphomycetes causing a wide range of diseases of economically important plants as well as of plants in the wild. Although more than 6000 species are known for this group, the documentation of this fungal group is far from complete. Especially in the tropics, the diversity of cercosporoid fungi is poorly known. The present study aims to identify and characterize cercosporoid fungi collected on host plants belonging to Fabaceae in Benin, West Africa. Information on their morphology, host species and DNA sequence data (18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, ITS and tef1) is provided. DNA sequence data were obtained by a simple and non-culture-based method for DNA isolation which has been applied for cercosporoid fungi for the first time in the context of the present study. Among the loci used for the phylogenetic analysis, tef1provided the best resolution together with the multigene datase...

尾孢类真菌（Cercosporoid fungi）隶属于球腔菌科（Mycosphaerellaceae）、球腔菌目（Mycosphaerellales）、子囊菌门（Ascomycota），是丝孢菌（Hyphomycetes）中规模最大、多样性最丰富的类群之一，可导致具有经济重要性的植物及野生植物发生多种病害。尽管该类群已知物种超过6000种，但其文献记载远未完善。尤其在热带地区，尾孢类真菌的多样性仍知之甚少。本研究旨在对西非贝宁地区豆科（Fabaceae）寄主植物上采集到的尾孢类真菌进行鉴定与表征，并提供其形态特征、寄主物种及DNA序列数据（包括18S rDNA、28S rDNA、ITS及tef1）。本研究首次将一种基于非培养的简单DNA分离方法应用于尾孢类真菌，以获取其DNA序列数据。在用于系统发育分析的基因位点中，tef1与多基因数据集共同提供了最佳的分辨率……