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45029L Eremothecium peggii sp. nov. -Fungal Planet 1248 45410L Consensus phylogram (50 % majority rule) of 846 978 trees resulting from a Bayesian analysis of the LSU sequence alignment (194 sequences including outgroup; 816 aligned positions; 310 unique site patterns; 56 465 000 generations with trees sampled every 100 generations) using MrBayes v. 3. 2. 7a (Ronquist et al. 2012). Bayesian posterior probabilities (PP) > 0. 84 are shown at the nodes and thickened lines represent nodes with PP = 1. 00. The scale bar represents the expected changes per site. Families and orders are indicated with coloured blocks to the right of the tree. Culture collection/voucher, GenBank accession (in superscript) and/or Fungal Planet numbers are indicated behind the species names. The tree was rooted to Ramularia endophylla (GenBank AY490776.
Bionectriaceae Stachybotryaceae Overview Sordariomycetes (Other orders) phylogeny Consensus phylogram (50 % majority rule) of 229 502 trees resulting from a Bayesian analysis of the LSU sequence alignment (79 sequences including outgroup; 813 aligned positions; 293 unique site patterns; 1 530 000 generations with trees sampled every 10 generations) using MrBayes v. 3. 2. 7a (Ronquist et  al. 2012). Bayesian posterior probabilities (PP) > 0. 84 are shown at the nodes and thickened lines represent nodes with PP = 1. 00. The scale bar represents the expected changes per site. Families and orders are indicated with coloured blocks to the right of the tree. Culture collection/voucher, GenBank accession (in superscript) and/or Fungal Planet numbers are indicated behind the species names. The tree was rooted to Ramularia endophylla (GenBank AY490776.
On MEA surface dirty white, reverse buff; on PDA surface and reverse olivaceous grey; on OA surface dirty white. Notes -Ophioceras has globose to elongated-globose asco mata, cylindrical, 8-spored asci, and filiform, narrowly fusoid to cylindrical, septate ascospores (Tsui et al. 2001, Crous  et al. 2021). Ophioceras freycinetiae is the first asexual morph linked to the genus. It is closely related to O. chiangdaoense and O. leptosporum, which are known only from their sexual morphs, thus precluding a morphological comparison. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Pestalotiopsis mangifolia (voucher INBio:612E, GenBank KU204609. 1; Identities = 519/546 (95 %), five gaps (0 %)), Ophioceras sp. (strain F2020, GenBank KU747855.
1; Identities = 465/490 (95 %), five gaps (1 %)) and Microcera larvarum (voucher INBio:658D, GenBank KU204629. 1; Identities = 475/504 (94 %), six gaps (1 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Ophioceras chiangdaoense (strain CMU 26633, GenBank NG_066356. 1; Identities = 827/843 (98 %), two gaps (0 %)), Ophioceras leptosporum (strain CBS 894. 70, GenBank NG_057959. 1; Identities = 825/846 (98 %), two gaps (0 %)) and Ophioceras commune (strain BCC3328, GenBank DQ341503. 1; Identities = 785/848 (93 %), six gaps (0 %)). No significant hits were obtained when the tef1 and tub2 sequences were used in blastn and megablast searches.
On MEA and PDA surface hazel, reverse fuscous black; on OA surface rosy buff. Typus. New ZealaNd, Auckland, Taunton Terrace, from leaf spots of Astelia chathamica (Asteliaceae), 14 Mar. 2019, C. Inglis (holotype CBS H-24415, culture ex-type CPC 38521 = T19_02324D = CBS 146780, ITS, LSU, tef1 (second part) and tub2 sequences GenBank MZ064417. 1, MZ064474. 1, MZ078248. 1 and MZ078261. 1, MycoBank MB 839494). Notes -Mollisia asteliae is related to M. panicicola, which was described as an asexual morph, Acidomelania panicicola (Walsh et al. 2014), later included in Mollisia by Tanney & Seifert  (2020). It is morphologically and phylogenetically distinct from species presently accepted in the genus (Tanney & Seifert  2020). Etymology. Name refers to the flexuous nature of its conidia. Classification -Tympanidaceae, Leotiales, Leotiomycetes.
Conidia single, hyaline, smooth, subcylindrical to acicular, 3-8-septate, guttulate, apex subobtuse, base truncate, conidia spirally twisted in middle with apical and basal part in different planes, 60 -100 × 1. 5 -2 µm, widest at basal septum, tapering to truncate hilum, 1 µm diam. Culture characteristics -Colonies erumpent, spreading, with sparse to moderate aerial mycelium and smooth, even margin, reaching 40 mm diam after 2 wk at 25 °C on MEA, but covering dish on PDA and OA. On MEA surface and reverse umber; on PDA surface and reverse chestnut; on OA surface umber with patches of buff. Typus. New ZealaNd, Auckland, Taunton Terrace, from leaf spots of Astelia chathamica (Asteliaceae), 14 Mar. 2019, C. Inglis (holotype CBS H-24416, culture ex-type CPC 38522 = T19_02324E = CBS 146786, ITS and LSU sequences GenBank MZ064409.
On MEA surface olivaceous grey, reverse isabelline; on PDA surface and reverse olivaceous grey; on OA surface olivaceous grey. Notes -Amorocoelophoma neoregeliae is related to A. cassiae, but distinct in that the latter has longer conidia (9 -11 × 2 -3 μm) (Jayasiri et al. 2019). Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Hermatomyces sp. 1-2018 (strain KZP352, Gen-Bank LS398262. 1; Identities = 671/776 (86 %), 32 gaps (4 %)), Acrocalymma vagum (strain 0101-2, GenBank MN540314. 1; Identities = 651/778 (84 %), 38 gaps (4 %)) and Alfoldia vorosii (strain CBS 145501, GenBank NR_171211. 1; Identities = 396/409 (97 %), four gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Amorocoelophoma cassiae (strain MFLUCC 17-2283, GenBank NG_066307.
1; Identities = 871/877 (99 %), one gap (0 %)), Alfoldia vorosii (strain CBS 145501, GenBank NG_068885. 1; Identities = 869/877 (99 %), no gaps) and Angustimassarina populi (strain MFLUCC 17-1069, GenBank MF409166. 1; Identities = 861/878 (98 %), two gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the rpb2 sequence had highest similarity to Opegrapha varia (voucher KAG981017-42, GenBank AY485628. 1; Identities = 833/921 (90 %), one gap (0 %)), Amorocoelophoma cassiae (strain MFLUCC 17-2283, GenBank MK434894. 1; Identities = 810/908 (89 %), three gaps (0 %)) and Angustimassarina rosarum (strain MFLUCC 17-2155, GenBank MT394678. 1; Identities = 725 /823 (88 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the tef1 sequence had highest similarity to Alfoldia vorosii (strain REF117, GenBank MK599321. 1; Identities = 874/907 (96 %), no gaps), Pseudohelminthosporium clematidis (strain MFLUCC 17-2086, GenBank MT394627.
On MEA, PDA and OA surface and reverse brown vinaceous. Notes -Species of Cadophora (dematiaceous hyphomycetes with monophialidic conidiophores with distinct flaskshaped, hyaline collarettes, and aseptate conidia) are commonly isolated from soil, but are also known as plant pathogens or saprobes (Bien & Damm 2020, Crous et al. 2020b). Cadophora neoregeliae is distinguished from other species known in the genus by its globose conidia, 2. 5 -4 µm diam, and the production of chlamydospores in culture. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Cadophora fastigiata (strain CBS 869. 69, GenBank MH859469. 1; Identities = 554/569 (97 %), no gaps), Phialophora dancoi (strain IFM 50357, GenBank AB190869. 1; Identities = 551/566 (97 %), no gaps) and Cadophora malorum (strain NW-FVA5175, GenBank MT561395.
1; Identities = 563/579 (97 %), one gap (0 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Mollisia cinerella (strain CBS 312. 61, GenBank MH869631. 1; Identities = 860/864 (99 %), no gaps), Cadophora bubakii (as Phialophora bubakii; strain CBS 198. 30, GenBank MH866559. 1; Identities = 860/864 (99 %), no gaps) and Cadophora melinii (strain CBS 120273, GenBank MH874636. 1; Identities = 859 /864 (99 %), no gaps). Notes -Species of Septoriella are mostly saprobic or weakly aggressive pathogens of grasses, and thus the occurrence of S. callistemonis (on Callistemon) is surprizing. It is related to several known species (Crous et al. 2019b, Marin-Felix et  al. 2019a) from which it can be distinguished based on conidial dimensions and septation. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Phaeosphaeria typharum (strain CBS 305.
71, GenBank KY090643. 1; Identities = 582/593 (98 %), two gaps (0 %)), Septoriella allojunci (strain MFLUCC 15-0701, GenBank KU058718. 1; Identities = 577/590 (98 %), two gaps (0 %)) and Phaeosphaeria eustoma (strain CBS 337. 86, GenBank AJ496629. 1; Identities = 568/581 (98 %), two gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Septoriella oudemansii (strain CBS 138012, GenBank MH878140. 1; Identities = 801/803 (99 %), no gaps), Phaeosphaeria fuckelii (strain CBS 388. 86, GenBank MH873665. 1; Identities = 801/ 803 (99 %), no gaps) and Loratospora luzulae (strain MFLUCC 14-0826, GenBank NG_069310. 1; Identities = 800/803 (99 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the rpb2 sequence had highest similarity to Septoriella tridentina (strain MFLUCC 15-0474, GenBank KX891170. 1; Identities = 835 /893 (94 %), one gap (0 %)), Phaeosphaeria ammophilae (strain CBS 114595, GenBank GU371724.
1; Identities = 814 /876 (93 %), one gap (0 %)) and Dactylidina dactylidis (strain MFLUCC 14-0966, GenBank MG829253. 1; Identities = 834 / 908 (92 %), one gap (0 %)). Closest hits using the tef1 sequence had highest similarity to Septoriella pseudophragmitis (strain CBS 145417, GenBank MK559452. 1; Identities = 381/418 (91 %), 22 gaps (5 %)), Septoriella hollandica (strain CBS 145374, GenBank MK540160. 1; Identities = 371/422 (88 %), 19 gaps (4 %)) and Septoriella germanica (strain CBS 145372, GenBank MK540159. 1; Identities = 363 /415 (87 %), 20 gaps (4 %)). Closest hits using the tub2 sequence had highest similarity to Septoriella pseudophragmitis (strain CBS 145417, GenBank MK559451. 1; Identities = 309 /324 (95 %), one gap (0 %)), Septoriella hollandica (strain CBS 145374, GenBank MK540175.
1; Identities = 300 /319 (94 %), one gap (0 %)) and Alternaria eryngii (strain EGS 41-005, GenBank JQ672007. 1; Identities = 295 /328 (90 %), five gaps (1 %)). Classification -Phaeosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes. Conidiomata pycnidial, solitary, immersed in agar, globose, brown to dark brown, pycnidial with central ostiole, 250-350 µm diam; wall of 6 -8 layers of brown textura angularis. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells lining the inner cavity, hyaline, smooth, doliiform to globose, holoblastic, 4 -8 × 5 -7 µm. Conidia solitary, subcylindrical, variously curved, apex obtuse, base truncate, guttulate, medium brown, smooth, (1-)3(-4)-septate, (20-)25 -30(-36) × (2 -)2. 5 -3 µm. Culture characteristics -Colonies flat, spreading, with moderate aerial mycelium and lobate, even margin, reaching 45 mm diam after 2 wk at 25 °C.
Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Phaeosphaeria sinensis (strain MFLUCC 18-1552, GenBank NR_163350. 1; Identities = 462/482 (96 %), one gap (0 %)), Phaeosphaeria oryzae (strain 9Y-G19a, GenBank MT131346. 1; Identities = 496/518 (96 %), six gaps (1 %)) and Hendersonia sabaleos (strain CBS 889. 68, GenBank MH859244. 1; Identities = 518 /541 (96 %), four gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Phaeosphaeria sinensis (strain MFLUCC 18-1552, GenBank NG_070076. 1; Identities = 840/844 (99 %), no gaps), Phaeosphaeria oryzae (strain CBS 110110, GenBank NG_069025. 1; Identities = 840 / 844 (99 %), no gaps) and Phaeosphaeria musae (strain CBS 120026, GenBank DQ885894. 1; Identities = 840/844 (99 %), no gaps).
Closest hits using the rpb2 sequence had highest similarity to Parastagonospora nodorum (strain UTHSC DI16-240, GenBank LT797006. 1; Identities = 831/ 902 (92 %), no gaps), Didymocyrtis cladoniicola (strain UTHSC DI16-313, GenBank LT797037. 1; Identities = 808 /931 (87 %), six gaps (0 %)) and Phaeosphaeria oryzae (strain MFLUCC 11-0170, GenBank KM434306. 1; Identities = 627/ 679 (92 %), no gaps). No significant hits were obtained when the tef1 sequence was used in blastn and megablast searches. Closest hits using the tub2 sequence had highest similarity to Neosulcatispora strelitziae (strain CPC 25657, GenBank KX228380. 1; Identities = 434/476 (91 %), 14 gaps (2 %)), Phaeosphaeria podocarpi (strain CBS 138903, GenBank KP004508. 1; Identities = 429/481 (89 %), 18 gaps (3 %)) and Paraphoma vinacea (strain UMPV001, GenBank KU176892.
Supplementary material FP1188 Consensus phylogram (50 % majority rule) obtained from the maximum likelihood analysis with IQ-TREE v. 1. 6. 12 (Nguyen et al. 2015,  Kalyaanamoorthy et al. 2017, Hoang et al. 2018) of the Phaeosphaeriaceae multigene (ITS / LSU) nucleotide alignment derived from that of Tennakoon et  al. (2020). Bootstrap support values (> 69 % shown; only values > 94 % are significant) from 5 000 ultrafast bootstrap replicates are shown at the nodes. GenBank accession (superscript; only those not listed in Tennakoon et al. 2020 are shown) and/or culture collection/voucher numbers are indicated for all species. The tree was rooted to Leptosphaeria doliolum (culture CBS 505. 75) and the species described here is highlighted with a coloured block and bold face. Alignment statistics: 58 strains including the outgroup; 1 479 characters including alignment gaps analysed: 556 distinct patterns, 319 parsimony-informative, 92 singleton sites, 1 068 constant sites.
5 µm; hila slightly darkened, not thickened, 1-1. 5 µm diam. Culture characteristics -Colonies flat, spreading, with moderate aerial mycelium and smooth, lobate margin, reaching 13 mm diam after 2 wk at 25 °C. On MEA, PDA and OA surface olivaceous grey, reverse iron-grey. Notes -Cladophialophora is characterised by aseptate, ellipsoidal to fusoid conidia arising through blastic, acropetal conidiogenesis, and arranged in branched chains (Badali et  al. 2008). The conidial scars are thickened and darkened, but not refractive. Cladophialophora behniae is related to C. scillae (CBS 116461, on Scilla peruviana, New Zealand, conidia (5 -)10 -20(-35) × 1. 5 -3 μm, 0 -1(-3)-septate; Crous et al. 2007d) but can be distinguished from the latter species based on conidium morphology. Based on a blastn search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Cladophialophora scillae (strain CBS 116461, Gen-Bank EU035412.
1; Identities = 471/476 (99 %), no gaps), Cladophialophora hostae (strain CPC 10737, GenBank EU035407. 1; Identities = 462/477 (97 %), one gap (0 %)) and 'Exophiala' eucalyptorum (strain CBS 121638, GenBank MH863133. 1; Identities = 422/499 (85 %), 28 gaps (5 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Cladophialophora scillae (strain CBS 116461, GenBank EU035412. 1; Identities = 881/ 881 (100 %), no gaps), Cladophialophora hostae (strain CPC 10737, GenBank EU035407. 1; Identities = 876 / 881 (99 %), no gaps) and Exophiala pisciphila (strain AFTOL-ID 669, Gen-Bank DQ823101. 1; Identities = 823 /887 (93 %), seven gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the rpb1 sequence had highest similarity to Cladophialophora scillae (strain CBS 116461, GenBank KJ636045. 1; Identities = 620/632 (98 %), no gaps), and Capronia semiimmersa (strain MUCL 39979, GenBank JN989449.
1; Identities = 200/252 (79 %), eight gaps (3 %)). No significant hits were obtained when the tef1 sequence was used in blastn and megablast searches. Distant hits obtained using the tub2 sequence had highest similarity to Cyphellophora olivacea (strain CBS 123. 74, GenBank KC455231. 1; Identities = 345/446 (77 %), 25 gaps (5 %)), Phialophora americana (strain UAMH 10874, GenBank EU514706. 1; Identities = 343/443 (77 %), 26 gaps (5 %)) and Exophiala polymorpha (as Exophiala sp. SD-2014; strain UTHSC DI14-255, GenBank LN794351. 1; Identities = 266/330 (81 %), 21 gaps (6 %)). Notes -Colletotrichum cliviigenum is accommodated in the C. boninense species complex (Damm et al. 2012b). Several species are known from Clivia, namely C. cliviae (conidia 23-28 × 5-7 μm, the Netherlands), C. cliviicola (conidia (11-)15.
5-20. 5(-26. 5) × (4-)5. 5-6. 5(-7) μm, China), and C. himantophylli (conidia 14-24 × 4-4. 5 μm, Czech Republic) (Damm et al. 2019). Colletotrichum cliviigenum can be distinguished from those species in having larger conidia. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Colletotrichum boninense (strain ICMP 17904, GenBank NR_165949. 1; Identities = 588/593 (99 %), no gap), Colletotrichum oncidii (strain CBS 130242, GenBank MH865629. 1; Identities = 588/593 (99 %), one gap (0 %)) and Colletotrichum cymbidiicola (strain JL-3, GenBank KX058529. 1; Identities = 585 /590 (99 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Colletotrichum karsti (strain CBS 130641, GenBank MH877253. Notes -Aquilomyces metrosideri is related to the sterile endophyte A.
Germinating conidia dark brown, verrucose, 1-septate (constricted at septum) with polar germination, 13 -17 × 6 -7 µm. Culture characteristics -Colonies erumpent, spreading, surface folded, with moderate aerial mycelium and smooth, lobate margin, reaching 8 mm diam after 2 wk at 25 °C. On MEA surface saffron, margin umber, reverse umber; on PDA surface and reverse pale luteous; on OA surface iron-grey with buff margins. Typus. South africa, Mpumalanga, Mbombela, Lowveld Botanical Garden, on leaf litter of Euphorbia ingens (Euphorbiaceae), Nov. 2018, P. W. Crous, HPC 3140 (holotype CBS H-24495, culture ex-type CPC 38954 = CBS 146983, ITS, LSU, cmdA and rpb2 sequences GenBank MZ064419. 1,  MZ064476. 1, MZ078163. 1 and MZ078197. 1, MycoBank MB 839507). Notes -Lombard et al. (2016) distinguished several genera in Stachybotryaceae.
Paracymostachys can be distinguished from Cymostachys by having smooth, primarily unbranched conidiophores, and fusoid, rarely subcylindrical conidia. Paracymostachys euphorbiae is distinct from Cymostachys species in not having fabiform to globose conidia. Furthermore, it is distinct from S. limonispora (conidia (6-)6. 5-7. 5(-9) × 3-4 μm) in lacking limoniform conidia, and from S. phaeophialis (conidia ellipsoidal to fusoid) in having larger conidia ((6-)6. 5-7. 5(-9) × 3-4 μm; Lombard et al. 2016). Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Stachybotrys dolichophialis (strain DAOM 227011, GenBank KU846734. Crous, sp. nov. Supplementary material FP1194 Consensus phylogram (50 % majority rule) obtained from the maximum likelihood analysis with IQ-TREE v.
1. 6. 12 (Nguyen et al. 2015,  Kalyaanamoorthy et al. 2017, Hoang et al. 2018) of the Stachybotrys and related genera multigene (LSU / rpb2) nucleotide alignment derived from the datasets of Lombard et al. (2016) and Samarakoon et al. (2021). GenBank accession numbers for the sequences used can also be obtained from Lombard et al. (2016) and Samarakoon et al. (2021), except for cultures where GenBank accession numbers are indicated in superscript text and which were obtained from other studies. Bootstrap support values (> 69 % shown; only values > 94 % are significant) from 5 000 ultrafast bootstrap replicates are shown at the nodes. Culture collection numbers are indicated for all species. The tree was rooted to Calonectria ilicicola (culture CBS 190. 50) and the species described here are highlighted with coloured blocks and bold face.
flavovirens. Cladosporium flabelliforme is distinct in having conidial chains characteristically spread in a fan-like manner, secondary ramoconidia 11-27 × (2 -)2. 5 -3(-3. 5) µm, 0(-1)-septate, small terminal conidia, obovoid or ellipsoid, 4. 5-8 × 1. 5-2. 5 μm (Bensch et al. 2010). Cladosporium flavovirens is distinct from other species in that it has secondary ramoconidia 9 -30 × 3. 5 -4 μm, 0 -2-septate, and small terminal conidia, obovoidal to short ellipsoidal, 5 -7 × 2. 5 -3 μm (Sandoval-Denis et al. 2016). Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Cladosporium delicatulum (strain CL_FF_10_con, GenBank MT548673. 1; Identities = 535/535 (100 %), no gaps), Cladosporium perangustum (strain CL2, GenBank MT466522.
1; Identities = 535/535 (100 %), no gaps) and Cladosporium cladosporioides (strain CBS 127759, GenBank MH864765. 1; Identities = 535 /535 (100 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Cladosporium asperulatum (strain CBS 126340, GenBank NG_069955. 1; Identities = 877/877 (100 %), no gaps), Cladosporium australiense (strain CBS 125984, GenBank NG_069941. 1; Identities = 877/877 (100 %), no gaps) and Cladosporium cladosporioides (strain CBS 127339, GenBank MH875964. 1; Identities = 877/877 (100 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the actA sequence had highest similarity to Cladosporium ramotenellum (strain CBS 145592, GenBank MT223748. 1; Identities = 420/437 (96 %), no gaps), Cladosporium myrtacearum (strain CPC 16319, GenBank KT600605. 1; Identities = 405/431 (94 %), four gaps (0 %)) and Cladosporium rugulovarians (strain CPC 18444, GenBank KT600656.
1; Identities = 486/521 (93 %), three gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the tef1 sequence had highest similarity to Cladosporium funiculosum (strain CPC 22298, GenBank MF473409. Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa; e-mail: don. cowan@up. ac. za Gillian Maggs-Kölling, Gobabeb-Namib Research Institute, Walvis Bay, Namibia; e-mail: gillian@gobabeb. org Supplementary material FP1195 Consensus phylogram (50 % majority rule) obtained from the maximum likelihood analysis with IQ-TREE v. 1. 6. 12 (Nguyen et al. 2015,  Kalyaanamoorthy et al. 2017, Hoang et al. 2018) of the Cladosporium multigene (actA / tef1) nucleotide alignment. Bootstrap support values (> 69 % shown; only values > 94 % are significant) from 5 000 ultrafast bootstrap replicates are shown at the nodes. Culture collection and GenBank accession (in superscript) numbers are indicated for all species and numbers in bold represent those cultures with a type status.
2014, Crous et al. 2019c). Teratosphaericola pseudafricana was originally described as Mycosphaerella pseudoafricana (Crous et al. 2006), and this is the first asexual morph linked to the genus. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Teratosphaericola pseudafricana (strain CBS 114782, GenBank NR_154468. 1; Identities = 466/492 (95 %), five gaps (1 %)), Penidiella columbiana (strain CBS 486. 80, GenBank MH861288. 1; Identities = 502/547 (92 %), 16 gaps (2 %)) and Xenophacidiella pseudocatenata (strain CBS 128776, GenBank NR_137066. 1; Identities = 497/546 (91 %), 13 gaps (2 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Teratosphaericola pseudafricana (as Teratosphaeria pseudafricana; strain PM16, GenBank JN232442.
1; Identities = 838/841 (99 %), no gaps), Penidiella columbiana (strain CBS 486. 80, GenBank NG_057774. 1; Identities = 827/841 (98 %), no gaps) and Pseudoteratosphaeria ohnowa (strain CBS 112896, GenBank EU019305. 2; Identities = 824/843 (98 %), two gaps (0 %)). No significant hits were obtained when the actA sequence was used in blastn and megablast searches. Closest hits using the cmdA sequence had highest similarity to Teratosphaericola pseudafricana (strain CBS 111168, GenBank KF902782. Toxicocladosporium pterocarpi Crous, sp. nov. Etymology. Name refers to the host genus Pterocarpus from which it was isolated. Classification -Cladosporiaceae, Cladosporiales, Dothideomyecetes. Mycelium consisting of pale brown to brown, smooth to warty, septate, branched, 2-3 µm diam hyphae. Conidiophores macronematous, erect, flexuous, branched, brown, thick-walled, subcylindrical, smooth to finely verruculose with large guttules, 60 -130 × 3 -4 µm.