The first report of Daldinia eschscholtzii as an endophyte from leaves of Musa sp. (Musaceae) in Thailand

Abstract

There has been increasing research interest in the isolation of fungal endophytes from different hosts or tissue types of the same host from many tropical regions. However, there have been few studies conducted on musaceous endophytes in Thailand. In this study, we provide the first report of Daldinia eschscholtzii (Hypoxylaceae) as an endophyte isolated from symptomless fresh leaves of Musa sp. (Musaceae) in northern Thailand. In addition, this is the first record of Daldinia from Musaceae and the second report of D. eschscholtzii from monocotyledons. Fungi isolates are illustrated, described and subjected to LSU-ITS-RPB2-BTUB concatenated phylogenies using maximum likelihood and Bayesian analysis with an updated tree of Hypoxylaceae.