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Article

Characterization of Members of the Fusarium incarnatum–equiseti Species Complex from Natural and Cultivated Grasses Intended for Grazing Cattle in Argentina

by
María Julia Nichea
1,†,
Eugenia Cendoya
1,†,
Vanessa Gimena Zachetti
1,
Luisina Delma Demonte
2,
María Rosa Repetti
2,
Sofia Alejandra Palacios
1 and
María Laura Ramirez
1,*
1
Instituto de Investigación en Micología y Micotoxicología (IMICO), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto (CONICET-UNRC), Ruta 36 Km 601, Río Cuarto 5800, Córdoba, Argentina
2
Programa de Investigación y Análisis de Residuos y Contaminantes Químicos (PRINARC), Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
J. Fungi 2026, 12(1), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof12010026 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 8 December 2025 / Revised: 20 December 2025 / Accepted: 26 December 2025 / Published: 29 December 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Morphology, Phylogeny and Pathogenicity of Fusarium)
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Abstract

The detection of zeranol in grazing cattle could be explained by the metabolization of the mycotoxin, zearalenone (ZEA), which was proven to be naturally contaminating the grasses harboring the Fusarium species. Previous studies have suggested that members of the Fusarium incarnatum–equiseti species complex (FIESC) could be responsible for this contamination. Therefore, the objective of this study is to determine the species composition of FIESC isolates isolated from natural and cultivated pastures previously intended for livestock feed in Argentina and to analyze their ability to produce ZEA. Twenty-five Fusarium isolates were characterized by a phylogenetic analysis of the translation elongation factor 1α, and their ZEA production was quantified by cultivation in rice and subsequent analysis by UPLC-MS/MS. The phylogenetic analysis revealed a high genetic diversity identifying five isolates as species already described in the FIESC and six linages which could represent putative new phylogenetic species. In addition, 76% of the isolates were able to produce ZEA, even in high quantities. In conclusion, grasses used for grazing cattle in Argentina harbor a high diversity of FIESC species, many of which are potentially new and capable of producing ZEA, confirming their role as a likely source of this mycotoxin contamination in pastures and improving our understanding of mycological risk in livestock production systems.

1. Introduction

Livestock activity is one of the main pillars of the Argentine economy, concentrated mainly in the Pampeana region, followed by the Northeast, Patagonia, the Northwest, and Cuyo. These regions have temperate-to-subtropical climates with rain regimes that allow for the development of grasslands, pastures, and greens that represent the nutritional support of livestock. Extensive beef production in Argentina is mostly based on grazing native and cultivated pastures. Native pastures rely on natural, non-cultivated plant species, offering cost savings, high biodiversity, and soil health benefits, but generally with lower yields and nutrient quality. By contrast, cultivated pastures use introduced species for high productivity and improved feed quality but demand ongoing investment, can reduce biodiversity, and have a limited lifespan [1].
Despite the obvious nutritional value of pastures, they can also pose health risks to grazing animals under certain circumstances, such as kikuyu poisoning in cattle [2,3,4] or when the growth of mycotoxigenic fungi leads to mycotoxin build-up in pastures [5,6,7].
Of particular concern to the Argentinean livestock industry is that the mycotoxin, zearalenone (ZEA), is chemically similar to the growth-promoting α-zearalanol (zeranol), which is banned in Argentina and in the European Union (EU). For the past 20 years, zeranol has been detected in bovine urine during routine analysis of beef cattle farms (enrolled as EU exporters) as part of a national residue control plan by the National Service for Health and Food Quality (SENASA), the central governing authority in Argentina. The cattle were raised on those cattle farms through natural grass grazing, without any external inputs. There is evidence of the presence of zeranol in the urine of deer, goats, sheep, cattle, and horses that only received grass-based feeding [8,9,10]. In Australia and New Zealand, the detection of zeranol in cattle could come from the ZEA metabolism, which is a mycotoxin synthesized by fungi belonging to the genus Fusarium and is found naturally in pastures intended for bovine feeding [11,12]. Kennedy et al. [13] and Smith and Morris [14] demonstrated that zeranol (α-ZAL) can be formed from Fusarium metabolites in vivo in bovine rumen. There is, then, a natural source of zeranol in the pastures, so the finding of zeranol in an animal’s urine alone is not sufficient proof that the producer has abused this substance. In 2011 and 2014, we sampled natural grasses belonging to the family Poaceae from two cattle farms in the Chaco Wetlands, where zeranol had been detected in bovine urine. We found that 90% of the samples were contaminated with ZEA at concentrations ranging from 0.7 to 2120 μg/kg d.m. (mean = 84.5 μg/kg). In addition to α-zearlanol and β-zearalenol (derived from ZEA), other metabolites produced by Fusarium, such as toxins T-2 and HT-2, beauvericin (BEA), equisetin, aurofusarin (AUF), neosolaniol (NEO), and diacetoxyscirpenol (DAS), were also detected. The mycological study showed that all samples had Fusarium contamination (60–100%), with the most frequently found species being a novel one within the Fusarium sambucinum species complex (FSASC), F. chaquense. This species is characterized by producing T-2 toxin, T-2 triol, T-2 tetraol, toxin HT-2, DAS, NEO, AUF, and BEA, but not ZEA [15]. The second most frequent isolated species belongs to the Fusarium incarnatum–equiseti species complex (FIESC), and we hypothesized that members of this complex could be responsible for the ZEA present in the grasses.
In recently published systematic reviews on the worldwide occurrence levels of mycotoxins in pastures (cultivated and natural), the data presented indicate that mycotoxins produced by the genus Fusarium were the most frequent ones, being reported in all articles evaluated. ZEA was the most prevalent mycotoxin, followed by trichothecenes [16,17].
We have also carried out other studies in natural and cultivated grasses intended for grazing cattle, searching for Fusarium endophytes [18]. These surveys have revealed that the most commonly isolated species were included in the FIESC. However, some strains in the complex could not be satisfactorily identified to the species level using morphological markers. In order to identify them, molecular biological techniques were used through phylogenetic analysis. Thus, those species are known as “phylospecies”.
Multilocus phylogenetic analyses revealed that the FIESC had more than 40 phylogenetically distinct species which had been divided into the Equiseti clade and the Incarnatum clade [19,20]. They are distributed throughout tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions. Several studies have revealed that members of the FIESC are capable of producing mycotoxins. These fungi can synthesize a range of toxic secondary metabolites, such as nivalenol (NIV) and its acetylated derivative (4-acetyl- nivalenol; 4-ANIV), deoxynivalenol (DON) and its acetylated derivatives (15-acetyldeoxynivalenol and 3-acetyldeoxynivalenol, 15-ADON and 3-ADON), DAS, NEO, ZEA, BEA, and other emerging toxins [21]. Therefore, the aims of this work were to understand the species composition of the endophyte FIESC isolates previously obtained from natural and cultivated grasses used for cattle production in Argentina and to analyze the capability of these isolates to produce ZEA.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Origin of Isolates Examined

Twenty-five Fusarium isolates were recovered from the culture collection of the Laboratory of Mycology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto (RC). The isolates were previously isolated as endophytes from the aerial part of natural and cultivated asymptomatic grasses (Poaceae) devoted to cattle grazing obtained from beef cattle farms in Argentina. In the particular case of natural grasses, the selection criteria used was to sample the most palatable ones (Table 1). All of these isolates were putatively assigned to the FIESC based on their similarity to the colony color and micromorphological characteristics described by Leslie and Summerell [22] for F. equiseti and F. semitectum, which represent the diagnostic morphotypes for members of this species complex.

2.2. DNA Extraction, Amplification and Sequencing

Total genomic DNA was extracted using the cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB; Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) method, as described by Leslie and Summerell [22]. In brief, all the isolates were grown in 50 mL of complete medium (CM) and incubated in an orbital shaker (150 rpm) for 3 d at 25 °C. The resulting mycelia were harvested by filtration through non-gauze milk filters (KenAG, Ashland, OH, USA). Excess water was removed by blotting the mycelia between clean paper towels, and the dried mycelia were stored frozen at −20 °C until ground and extracted with CTAB. The quality of the genomic DNA was determined by electrophoresis and quantified using a spectrophotometer (model ND-1000; NanoDrop Technologies, Wilmington, DE, USA).
Partial amplification of the translation elongation factor 1-α (TEF1) gene was carried out with PCR primers EF1 and EF2 using the amplification conditions described by O’Donnell et al. [23]. The PCR products were purified and sequenced by Macrogen, Inc. (Seoul, Republic of Korea), using the same primers used for the PCR amplification. Sequences were edited using the BioEdit Sequence Alignment Editor 7.1.3.0 [24]. Initial identifications of all Fusarium isolates relied on BLAST (https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, accessed on 30 July 2025) search comparisons against the Fusarium MLST database (https://fusarium.mycobank.org, accessed on 5 August 2025). These results were then used to produce a reference dataset for the FIESC, using previously deposited sequences obtained from the NCBI nucleotide database. All sequences generated in this study were deposited in GenBank, with the accession numbers provided in Table 1.

2.3. Sequence Analysis and Phylogenetic Analysis

Multiple sequence alignment of the TEF1 gene was performed using the Web-based program MAFFT (https://mafft.cbrc.jp/alignment/server/, accessed on 5 August 2025) [25]. TEF1 sequences from the reference FFSC strains and other Fusarium species obtained from GenBank were included in the analysis (Table 2). Based on this alignment, phylogenetic analyses were performed to selected strains by maximum likelihood (ML), using PhyML 3.1 [26], and Bayesian inference (BI), using MrBayes 3.2.6 [27]. For ML and BI analyses, the best substitution model was determined using jModelTest 2.1.10 [28] and scored following the Akaike information criterion (AIC). The TrN + G model was used. For the ML analysis, the robustness of the best tree was evaluated by 1000 bootstrap replications. For the BI analysis, two runs with four chains each were run for 10 million generations with a sampling frequency of every 100 generations. Trees after the initial 25% of trees for each run were discarded as burn-in. Fusarium longipes NRRL 20695 was used as outgroup.

2.4. Zearalenone Production

All the isolates were cultured in Erlenmeyer flasks (250 mL) containing 25 g of long grain rice. Ten ml of distilled water was added before autoclaving for 30 min at 121 °C in order to reach 40% humidity. The procedure was repeated twice. Each flask was inoculated with a 3-mm diameter agar disk taken from the margin of a colony grown on synthetic nutrient agar (SNA) at 25 °C for 7 days [22]. Flasks were shaken by hand once a day for 1 week. These cultures were incubated for 28 days at 25 °C in dark. Non-inoculated flasks with rice were used as a negative control. At the end of the incubation period, the contents of the flask were dried at 50 °C for 24 h, ground to a fine powder, and then stored at −20 °C until analyzed for mycotoxins.

2.5. Zearalenone Analysis

QuEChERS extraction procedure was followed according to Lacina et al. [29] with the modifications made by Dzuman et al. [30]. The methodology was applied as follows: a 3 g portion of the homogenized sample was weighed in a polypropylene centrifugation tube and acidified Milli-Q water (10 mL, 0.2% formic acid) was added and left to soak the matrix for 30 min. Then, acetonitrile was added (10 mL), and the sample was extracted for 30 min using a laboratory shaker (New Brunswick Scientific, Edison, NJ, USA). Next, 4 g of magnesium sulfate and 1 g of sodium chloride were added and the tube was shaken for 1 min, followed by centrifugation (5 min, 10,000 rpm; Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, MA, USA). The organic upper layer (2 mL) was removed and shaken with 0.1 g of Bondesil-C18 and 0.3 g of magnesium sulfate for 2 min, followed by centrifugation (5 min, 10,000 rpm). Finally, 1 mL of purified extract was removed into a vial prior to injection on an LC–MS system.
The detection and quantitation of ZEA was performed using an ACQUITY UPLCTM system (Waters Corporation, Milford, MA, USA) coupled with a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (MS/MS) equipped with a Z-spray electrospray ionization source (ESI). Chromatographic separation was achieved on a BEH C18 reversed-phase column (1.7 μm, 2.1 × 100 mm) maintained at 40 °C, utilizing a gradient elution with mobile phases comprising ultrapure water with 5 mM NH4F and 0.1% formic acid (A) and methanol with similar additives (B). The flow rate was set to 0.4 mL/min, and the injection volume was 10 μL. The MS/MS detection was carried out in positive mode, monitoring transitions m/z 319.1 → 187.0 (quantifier) and 319.1 → 185.0 (qualifier), with collision energies optimized accordingly. Quantification was performed using matrix-matched calibration curves over a concentration range from 1 to 300 ng/mL, following validation parameters including recovery, repeatability, linearity (R2 > 0.99) (Figure S1), and limits of detection and quantification at signal-to-noise ratios of 3 and 10, respectively. The method demonstrated the limits of detection and quantification of 3.0 ng/g and 15 ng/g, respectively, and showed high precision, with mean recoveries ranging from 85% to 98%. The entire procedure ensures the accurate, sensitive, and reproducible determination of ZEA in the analyzed samples.

3. Results

3.1. Phylogenetic Analyses

A phylogenetic analysis based on the TEF1 gene showed that the 25 isolates belonged to the FIESC (Figure 1). Part of the isolates (seven) were identified as the F. caatingaense (RC-V131), F. woodroofeae (RC-V13), F. weifangense (RC-V39), F. xylosmatis (RC-V128), F. neoscirpi (RC-V126 and RC-V32), and F. lacertarum (RC-EF66) phylospecies. Interestingly, we also found that most of the isolates could not be resolved within any phylospecies and form five monophyletic groups, provisionally called LN1 to LN5. The group LN1 (two isolates) clustered closer to the phylospecies F. multiceps, and LN2 (two isolates) shared a clade with the sister species F. caatingaense. The largest group, LN3 (six isolates), clustered closer to F. monophialidicum; LN4 (four isolates) was closely related to F. tanahbumbuense. While LN5 (three isolates) was closely related to F. hainanense; one isolate, RC-J1617, formed a singleton lineage (LN6) (Figure 1).

3.2. ZEA Production

In general, 76% (19/25) of the endophyte isolates belonging to the FIESC isolated from natural and cultivated grasses were able to produce ZEA. The highest level was shown by the F. weifangense isolate RC-V39 (990,000 µg/kg) (Figure S2). Other isolates that also produce large amounts of ZEA included F. caatingaense RC-V131 (5862 µg/kg), F. woodroofeae RC-V13 (849 µg/kg) (Figure S3), both F. neoscirpi RC-V32 and RC-V126, 652 µg/kg and 44 µg/kg, respectively (Figure S4), and F. xylosmatis RC-V128 (88 µg/kg). Most of the remaining isolates included in the novel lineages were able to produce low levels of ZEA (<LOQ > LOD), except for two isolates, RC-J1546 (LN4), which produced 330 µg/kg, and RC-J1617 (LN5), which produced 195 µg/kg (Figure 1).

4. Discussion

This is the first study to elucidate the phylogeny and the potential of ZEA production for 25 endophyte isolates belonging to the FIESC obtained from natural and cultivated grasses intended for grazing cattle in Argentina. The phylogeny suggested the occurrence of five known species in the FIESC (F. caatingaense, F. woodroofeae, F. weifangense, F. xylosmatis, F. neoscirpi, and F. lacertarum) and six lineages (one singleton, the rest with several isolates) representing putatively novel phylogenetic species. Finding several Fusarium species that may represent new taxa requires further confirmation using multilocus phylogenetic analyses combined with morphology. The genetic diversity found in our survey of the FIESC isolates from natural and cultivated grasses was high and confirmed the previous reports on the FIESC that showed high biological variability existing within this species complex isolated from multiple hosts. Members of the FIESC have been frequently associated with native and wild grasses [31,32,33,34,35,36,37] and commonly isolated from wheat, maize, rice, soybean, barley, and oat [38,39,40,41,42]. FIESC species can produce a dozen mycotoxins, mainly trichothecenes and ZEA [21,38,43].
It was noticeable that each novel lineage contained isolates obtained in the same geographical area. For example, LN3 has six members, all isolated from cultivated grass, Megathyrsus maximus (syn. Panicum maximum), from Santiago del Estero province. Additionally, the results showed that natural grasses (isolates from Córdoba and Chaco provinces) exhibit a greater diversity compared to the cultivated grass M. maximus.
In the case of the isolates from natural grasses in the Chaco province, all of them were clustered in five novel lineages (one singleton). These isolates were obtained in a previous study that we conducted in the east of Chaco Province in Argentina, in a wetland ecosystem formed by the Paraná and Paraguay river floodplain that is one of the three most biodiverse biomes in the country. As part of this study, we sampled asymptomatic Poaceae plants (n = 175) representative of 12 grass genera. All the grasses were naturally contaminated with Fusarium mycotoxins, including, mainly, ZEA and the type A trichothecenes, such as T-2 and HT-2 [12]. All the metabolites noted above are reported to be produced by various Fusarium species [21]. The mycological analysis revealed that 60–100% of the sampled plants were contaminated with Fusarium, the most prevalent one being a novel species, F. chaquense, that belongs to FSAMSC. This species was responsible for type A trichothecene grass contamination, since all the isolates were able to produce in vitro this kind of mycotoxin, and we were also able to demonstrate the presence of the biosynthetic genes [15]. The second most frequently isolated species belonged to the FIESC, which is part of the present study. We have demonstrated that 67% of these isolates (8/12) were capable of in vitro ZEA production, and we believe that they are responsible for grass contamination with this mycotoxin.
It is noteworthy that three of the known species found, such as F. weifangense, F. xylosmatis, and F. woodroofeae, have recently been described, and almost all the recorded strains are from China [20,42,44]. In particular, F. weifangense was first isolated from symptomatic tissues of Triticum aestivum [40], has recently been reported from necrotic spots of Prunus salicina [20], and causes fruit rot diseases in the Indian jujube in Thailand [45], always as a pathogen, never as a grass endophyte. Fusarium xylosmatis, which has also been recently described from necrotic spots of Xylosma congesta in China, is closely related to F. weifangense [20]. Neither of these three species has been reported as ZEA producers before. During the present study, all the isolates belonging to these species were able to produce high levels of ZEA, with F. weifangense RC-V39 being the highest producer (990,000 µg/kg).
Megathyrsus maximus is a Poaceae plant originally from Africa and is widely used as forage grass in Brazil and Argentina. There is only one previous report on endophytic Fusarium on M. maximum seeds collected in several geographic locations in Brazil. The two species found were included in the FIESC: F. hainanense and F. duofalcatisporum [34]. In the present study, we did not obtain these species; most of the Fusarium endophytes isolated from M. maximus clustered in the LN3, and one was identified as F. lacertarum. This species has previously been associated with Fusarium head blight on sorghum in the USA [46] and causing wilt in Vigna unguiculata in Brazil [47], and has also been reported in this country as a pathogen in Nopalea cochenillifera [48]. However, mycotoxin characterization in F. lacertarum has not been performed. Our strain (RC-EF66) was able to produce ZEA at very low concentrations.
We observed one isolate (RC-V13) that clustered with the known FIESC phylospecies, F. caatingaense, formally described in 2019 in Brazil, associated with Dactylopius opuntiae (Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae) [49], and also reported in cultivated rice [50]. F. caatingaense strains from rice and insects have been reported as producers of BEA, FUS, AcDON, DON, T-2, DAS, NIV, and ZEA [39,50]. In the present study, the F. caatingaense strain was also capable of producing ZEA at a high level.
Two isolates clustered with F. neoscirpi (RC-V32 and RC-V126), and both isolates were capable of ZEA production. This species was formally described by Xia et al. [51] as a unique single strain from soil.

5. Conclusions

The results of the present study enhance our understanding of FIESC presence as an endophyte in natural and cultivated grasses used for grazing cattle and also the ZEA production by the different species found. It is noticeable in the presence of six putative novel lineages. This survey shows that naturally occurring and cultivated grasses not only harbor a high diversity of known species within the FIESC, which are pathogens of rice, wheat, and other hosts, but novel Fusarium species, which have the capability to produce mycotoxins.

Supplementary Materials

The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/jof12010026/s1, Figure S1: Matrix-matched calibration (red) and standard solution calibration (blue) curves for zearalenone (ZEA); Figure S2: Fusarium weifangense RC-V32. Quantifier transition (top) and qualifier transition (botton). q/Q = 1.46; Figure S3: Fusarium woodroofeae RC-V13. Quantifier transition (top) and qualifier transition (botton). q/Q = 1.36; Figure S4: Fusarium neoscirpi RC-V32 (a) and RC-V126 (b) Quantifier transition (top) and qualifier transition (botton). q/Q = 1.77.

Author Contributions

M.J.N. and E.C. performed the whole experiment. V.G.Z., M.R.R. and L.D.D. performed the analysis of the metabolites. S.A.P., M.J.N. and E.C. performed the phylogenetic analysis. M.L.R. conceived and designed the experiments. M.L.R., M.J.N., S.A.P. and E.C. analyzed the data and wrote the paper. M.L.R. revised the manuscript. M.L.R. provided project administration and funding acquisition. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This work was supported by grants from Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (MINCyT) through PICT-2019-2949-Prestamo BID and by Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas: PIP 11220200100021CO and PUE 22920200100004.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

All sequences generated in this study were deposited in GenBank, with the accession numbers provided in Table 1. The original contributions presented in this study are included in the article and Supplementary Materials. Further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1. Bayesian phylogenetic tree inferred from partial TEF1 sequences showing the phylogenetic relatedness of Fusarium species isolated from Poaceae plants with other species of the Fusarium incarnatum–equiseti species complex. Bayesian posterior probability scores ≥ 0.95, followed by ML bootstrap values ≥ 0.70 are shown at the internodes. F. longipes NRRL 20695 was used as the outgroup. Zearalenone production (µg/kg) of Fusarium isolates is indicated next to each isolate. ND not detected (<LOD), (<LOQ: 15 ng/g). The origin of the isolates is indicated in color.
Figure 1. Bayesian phylogenetic tree inferred from partial TEF1 sequences showing the phylogenetic relatedness of Fusarium species isolated from Poaceae plants with other species of the Fusarium incarnatum–equiseti species complex. Bayesian posterior probability scores ≥ 0.95, followed by ML bootstrap values ≥ 0.70 are shown at the internodes. F. longipes NRRL 20695 was used as the outgroup. Zearalenone production (µg/kg) of Fusarium isolates is indicated next to each isolate. ND not detected (<LOD), (<LOQ: 15 ng/g). The origin of the isolates is indicated in color.
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Table 1. Fusarium incarnatum–equiseti species complex isolates obtained from grasses used in the current study.
Table 1. Fusarium incarnatum–equiseti species complex isolates obtained from grasses used in the current study.
Strain CodeYearHostGeographic OriginGPS CoordinatesGenBank Accession Number
TEF1
RC-J3812011PoaceaeChaco27°31′36.8″ S, 59°05′03.8″ WPX363448
RC-J4642011PoaceaeChaco27°31′25.6″ S, 59°05′00.5″ WPX363449
RC-J7622011PoaceaeChaco27°33′54.4″ S, 60°24′44.6″ WPX363452
RC-J6192011PoaceaeChaco27°33′28.2″ S, 60°25′05.3″ WPX363450
RC-J6202011PoaceaeChaco27°33′28.2″ S, 60°25′05.3″ WPX363451
RC-J7642011PoaceaeChaco27°33′54.4″ S, 60°24′44.6″ WPX363453
RC-J15862014Spartina sp.Chaco27°30′49.5″ S, 59°05′06.1″ WPX363454
RC-J15452014Chloris sp.Chaco27°30′49.5″ S, 59°05′06.1″ WPX363458
RC-J15462014Chloris sp.Chaco27°30′49.5″ S, 59°05′06.1″ WPX363459
RC-J16852014Eragrostis sp.Chaco27°31′07.0″ S, 59°05′00.9″ WPX363457
RC-J16142014Panicum sp.Chaco27°30′49.5″ S, 59°05′06.1″ WPX363455
RC-J16172014Panicum sp.Chaco27°30′49.5″ S, 59°05′06.1″ WPX363456
RC-EF452022Megathyrsus maximusSantiago del Estero27°08′02.07″ S, 61°51′34.94″ WPX363441
RC-EF902022Megathyrsus maximusSantiago del Estero27°08′02.07″ S, 61°51′34.94″ WPX363445
RC-EF1192022Megathyrsus maximusSantiago del Estero27°08′02.07″ S 61°51′34.94″ WPX363447
RC-EF482022Megathyrsus maximusSantiago del Estero27°08′02.07″ S, 61°51′34.94″ WPX363442
RC-EF672022Megathyrsus maximusSantiago del Estero27°08′02.07″ S, 61°51′34.94″ WPX363444
RC-EF1062022Megathyrsus maximusSantiago del Estero27°08′02.07″ S, 61°51′34.94″ WPX363446
RC-EF662022Megathyrsus maximusSantiago del Estero27°08′02.07″ S, 61°51′34.94″ WPX363443
RC-V132016Aristida laevisCórdoba32°44.661′ S, 64°47.251′ WPX363463
RC-V322016Paspalum quadrifariumCórdoba32°44.805′ S, 64°46.440′ WPX363464
RC-V392016Paspalum notatumCórdoba32°44.803′ S, 64°46.440′ WPX363462
RC-V1262016Melinis repensCórdoba32°44.806′ S, 64°46.697′ WPX363460
RC-V1282016Panicum sp.Córdoba32°44.727′ S, 64°46.706′ WPX363465
RC-V1312016Aristida laevisCórdoba32°44.661′ S, 64°47.251′ WPX363461
Table 2. Source information for TEF1 reference sequences used in the phylogenetic analyses.
Table 2. Source information for TEF1 reference sequences used in the phylogenetic analyses.
Fusarium SpeciesStrain NumberGenBank Accession Number
TEF1
F. aberransCBS 131385MN170445.1
F. arcuatisporumNRRL 32997GQ505624
F. brevicaudatumNRRL 43694GQ505665
F. bubalinumCBS 161.25MN170448
F. caatingaenseNRRL 34003MN170449.1
F. cateniformeCBS 150.25MN170451
F. caulicolaGUCC 191051.2OR043884.1
F. citriCBS 621.87MN170452.1
F. clavumNRRL 34032GQ505635
F. coffeatumCBS 635.76MN120755.1
F. compactumNRRL 36318GQ505646
F. concolorNRRL 13459GQ505674.1
F. croceumNRRL 3020GQ505586
F. cumulatumCBS 151773OR671087.1
F. duofalcatisporumNRRL 36401GQ505651
F. equisetiNRRL 26419GQ505599.1
F. extenuatumLLC1501OP487158.1
F. fasciculatumCBS 131382MN170473.1
F. ficiSAUCC3249C-3PQ309133.1
F. flagelliformeNRRL 26921GQ505600
F. goeppertmayeriaeCBS 151775OR670981.1
F. gracilipesNRRL 43635GQ505662.1
F. guilinenseNRRL 13335GQ505590
F. hainanenseNRRL 28714MN170510.1
F. humuliLC4490MK289614.1
F. incarnatumNRRL 32866GQ505615
F. ipomoeaeCBS 135762MN170478.1
F. irregulareLC7188MK289629.1
F. jinanenseLC15878OQ125131.1
F. lacertarumNRRL 36123GQ505643
F. longicaudatumCBS 123.73MN170481
F. longifundumNRRL 36372GQ505649
F. longipesNRRL 20695GQ915509
F. luffaeCBS 131097MN170482.1
F. makinsoniaeBRIP 64547OQ626867
F. mariecurieaeCMW 58673OR671063.1
F. monophialidicumNRRL 54973MN170483
F. mucidumCBS 102395MN170485.1
F. multicepsNRRL 43639GQ505666.1
F. nanumNRRL 22244MN170486.1
F. neoscirpiNRRL 26922GQ505601
F. nothincarnatumLC18436OQ125147
F. pernambucanumCBS 791.70MN170491.1
F. persicinumCBS 479.83MN170495.1
F. puerenseKUNCC 3505PV464279.1
F. radicigenumGUCC 197371.1OR043907.1
F. rhinolophicolaKUMCC 21-0449OR026001.1
F. scirpiNRRL 36478GQ505654
F. serpentinumCBS 119880MN170499
F. sulawesienseCBS 163.57MN170501.1
F. sylviaearleBRIP 72816OR269444
F. tanahbumbuenseCBS 131009MN170506.1
F. tangerinumLLC3501OP487189.1
F. toxicumCBS 406.86MN170508
F. weifangenseLC18333OQ125107.1
F. wereldwijsianumNL19-059003MZ921852.1
F. xylosmatisSAUCC2416-2PQ309132.1
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