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96, GenBank JQ766364. 1; Identities = 312/364 (86 %), three gaps (0 %)) and Cyphellophora europaea (strain CBS 656. 82, GenBank JQ766367. 1; Identities = 311/364 (85 %), three gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the tef1 sequence had highest similarity to Cyphellophora europaea (strain CBS 101466, GenBank XM_008714006. 1; Identities = 758/812 (93 %), four gaps (0 %)), Phialophora attae (strain CBS 131958, GenBank XM_018148973. 1; Identities = 730/798 (91 %), no gaps) and Cladophialophora immunda (strain CBS 83496, GenBank XM_016388514. 1; Identities = 705/792 (89 %), two gaps (0 %)). Mycelium composed of branched, septate, smooth, hyaline or subhyaline 1-2 µm wide hyphae, single or often aggregated in tightly packed hyphal cords, hyaline when young, reddish brown to blackish brown with age, up to 75 µm wide, rarely forming hyphal coils and often with swollen, intercalary or terminal, thinwalled, uni-or bicellular chlamydospore-like cells, 4-7 µm wide.
1" E5°27'21. 0", 211 m a. s. l. , isolated from surface-sterilised, asymptomatic roots of a wild plant, 4 May 2013, coll. A. K. Buch & X. Xia, isol. K. Glynou, culture P2333 (holotype and culture ex-type permanently preserved in a metabolically inactive state CBS 148863, ITS and LSU sequences GenBank KT269568 and OM527237, MycoBank MB 843306). Additional material examined. fraNce, Vienne, Celle-Lévescault, endophytic in roots of M. perfoliatum, N46°24'29. 9" E0°12'54. 5", 115 m a. s. l. , isolated from surface-sterilised, asymptomatic roots of a wild plant, 5 May 2013, coll. K. Glynou & J. G. Maciá-Vicente, isol. K. Glynou, culture P2433, ITS GenBank KT269664. -germaNy, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Mergentheim, endophytic in roots of Microthlaspi erraticum (Brassicaceae), N49°27'09. 7" E9°49'09.
6", 273 m a. s. l. , isolated from surface-sterilised, asymptomatic roots of a wild plant, 6 June 2013, coll. K. Glynou & J. G. Maciá-Vicente, isol. K. Glynou, culture P2928, ITS sequence GenBank KT270125. Notes -The recently introduced helotialean family Porodip lodiaceae currently includes coelomycetous and chalara-like asexual morphs inhabiting living leaves or saprobic on dead plant material belonging to different hosts  (Crous et al. 2016 , 2018 , 2019 , Wijayawardene et al. 2016 , 2021). However, none of its members has been reported so far as a plant endophyte. The novel genus Endoradiciella is introduced to accommodate a sterile root endophyte which strains did not sporulate in any culture medium used even after an extended incubation period of over 2 mo. Similar to previously described taxa  (Crous et al.
2021a) , Endoradiciella communis was isolated during an extensive sampling for root endophytic fungi across Europe  (Glynou et al. 2016). Blast searches of the fungus ITS sequences reveal a considerable number of isolates available in GenBank annotated as Helotiaceae sp. or Helotiales sp. that are identical or almost identical to Endoradiciella. They share a similar root endophytic lifestyle whereas phylogenetic analyses suggest they might be conspecific with E. communis. Most of them have been isolated from several locations all over Europe, including roots of Vitis vinifera subsp. sylvestris (Vitaceae) in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia  (Radic et al. 2021) , Cephalanthera rubra (Orchidaceae) in France  (Bell et al. 2020)  and Fragaria vesca (Rosaceae) in the UK  (Yokoya et al. 2017).
Moreover, the distribution of Endoradiciella is apparently not limited to Europe but also includes western North America and China. Available ITS sequences also suggest several conspecific isolates recovered from roots of Pinus flexilis (Pinaceae) seedlings in the US state of California  (Shemesh et al. 2020 ) and Populus spp. (Salicaceae) in Oregon, Washington, and the Canadian province of British Columbia  (Bonito et al. 2016). A further isolate named Helotiales sp. FT2G58 (GenBank KT291427. 1) was obtained as an endophyte of Dysphania ambrosioides (Amaran thaceae), a hyperaccumulator of heavy metals in contaminated soils of China  (Li et al. 2016 ). Phylogenetically, these isolates of disparate geographical origins clustered with our strains in a strongly supported monophyletic group (100 % BS but lacking significant BPP) and they all formed a well-distinct lineage within the family Porodiplodiaceae.
2009, A. Pepori & M. Kolařík (holotype CNR48, dried culture on MEA, Fungal Collection Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (CNR), Florence, Italy; ITS, tub2, tef1 sequences GenBank KR229897, KP990579, KR135506, ex-type culture CBS 149063, MycoBank MB 843066). Geosmithia sp. 5 in  Pepori et al. (2015). Additional materials examined. bulgaria, Rodopy Mts, Bačkovo, from Ernoporus tiliae on Tilia sp. , 16 Sept. 2005, M. Kolařík, tub2, rpb2, tef1  sequences GenBank HG799812, HG799903, HG799849. czech rePublic, Libický Luh, Velký Osek, from a bark beetle gallery on Ulmus minor, 11 Oct. 2009, A. L. Pepori & M. Kolařík, cNr31, cNr 33, its, tub2, tef1   Notes -Geosmithia funiculosa was previously classified as a broad species G. pallida, where it was distinguished as an own group G. pallida RAPD-type V 'funiculosa' by RAPD fingerprinting  (Kolařík et al.
Typus. iNdia, Maharashtra, Pune, Bhamburda, Vetal Hill, saprophyte from soil, 1 Oct. 2020, A. C. Lagashetti & S. K. Singh (holotype NFCCI 5106, preserved as metabolically inactive culture, culture ex-type SF-8; ITS, LSU, SSU, tef1 and rpb2 sequences GenBank OL584171, OL584177, OL584174, OM032806 and OM032809, MycoBank MB 842441). Notes -Initially, members of the genus Keithomyces were placed in the genus Metarrhizium due to morphological similarity. A recent study on Clavicipitaceae especially Metarhizium using six genomic loci (ITS, SSU, LSU, tef, rpb1, rpb2), showed that the genus Keithomyces presently comprises of three species which includes K. aciculare, K. carneus and K. neogunnii  (Mongkolsamrit et al. 2020 ). Among them, K. aciculare and K. carneus were isolated from soil in temperate regions, whereas K.
neogunnii was isolated from Lepidoptera larvae. Morphologically, K. indicus is distinct from other species of Keithomy ces. Conidiophores of K. indicus are significantly longer as compared to conidiophores in K. aciculare and K. neogunnii, while it is shorter in K. carneus. Similarly, the phialides of K. indicus are longer as compared to all other species of Keithomyces. The conidia are echinulate or spinulose in K. indicus, similar to those in K. carneus, K. neogunnii and K. aciculare. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Keithomyces carneus (strain WCPX-FS04, GenBank KR296911. 1; Identities = 521/521 (100 %), no gaps), Keithomy ces carneus (strain GZDXIFR-XJ73-2, GenBank DQ836183. 1; Identities = 521/525 (99 %), three gaps (0 %)) and Metarhizium flavoviride (strain SC01B03, GenBank MW113262.
1; Identities = 523/524 (99 %), one gap (0 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Keithomyces carneus (strain CBS 126563, GenBank MT078856. 1; Identities = 889 /916 (97 %), no gaps), Metarhizium viride (strain VS10220, GenBank MH014982. 1; Identities = 888/916 (97 %), two gaps (0 %)), Metarhizium gra nulomatis (culture collection MUT:5385, GenBank KU314964. 1; Identities = 877/902 (97 %), one gap (0 %)), and Drechmeria gunnii (GenBank HM119590. 1; Identities = 889/916  (97 %)  e-mail: lagashettiajay@gmail. com, sksingh@aripune. org & pnsingh@aripune. org Colour illustrations. Vetal Hill, Bhamburda, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Conidiophore bearing conidia; phialide directly emerging from superficial hyphae bearing conidium; rough-walled, globose to subglobose, echinulate conidia; conidia at higher magnification.
On MEA it showed the same growth rate as on PDA, but colonies were flat, with superficial mycelium radially distributed, cream coloured (4A2) at centre, brown (5E5) towards periphery, margin fimbriate; reverse colourless to brown (5E5); sporulation moderate. Cardinal temperature for growth -Minimum 5 °C, optimum 25 °C, maximum 30 °C. Notes -Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank database, the LSU sequence of L. gemmatum showed a similarity of 98 % (532 /542) with sequences of L. piriforme (CMW 52066, GenBank MH74031; KFL10618DA, GenBank MN901002), 97. 45 % (529/542) with L. crassivaginatum (CMW 134, Gen-Bank MN901003) and 97 % (528/542) with those of L. alni (CBS 144901-T, GenBank MN900997; CBS 144902, GenBank MN900994; CBS 144900, GenBank MN901000); the similarity with ITS sequences ranged from 94.
4 % (559 /587-590 /625) with L. piriforme (UAMH 10680-T, GenBank DQ885241, KFL10618DA, GenBank MN901002; CMW 52066, GenBank MN901001) to 91 % (465/511) with those of L. alni (CBS 144901-T, GenBank MN900997; CBS 144902, GenBank MN900994; CBS 144900, GenBank MN9010009) and L. crassi vaginatum (CMW 134, GenBank MN901003). Whereas the similarity using tub2 sequences was 99 % (374/375) with L. piriforme (CMW 52066, GenBank MH740984; KFL10618DA, GenBank MN901011) and 83 % or lower regarding sequences of the other Leptographium species mentioned above. Our phylogenetic reconstruction with the three gene markers places L. gem matum, together with L. alni, L. crassivaginatum and L. piri forme, in a fully-supported clade distant from other Lepto graphium clades representing different species complexes described in the genus  (De Beer & Wingfield 2013 , Yin et al.
09 -14. 30(-18. 55) µm in length and (6. 61-)8. 01-12. 42(-15. 18) µm in width (av. = 11. 23 × 10. 27 µm, S. D. 1. 98, 1. 71, n1 = 100, n2 = 100). Culture characteristics -Colonies reaching 25 mm diam after 2 wk on 50 % seawater corn meal agar (CMA; Sigma) at 21 °C. Cultures were dark to pale brown/grey, velvety, appressed, with low dense white aerial mycelium. Diffusion of a dark brown pigment was observed in the media. Typus. caNada, Nova Scotia, Cumberland County, Edgett's Beach, N45°27'23. 7" W64°51'10. 7", dried perithecia from culture obtained from direct plating of recently exposed buried intertidal wood onto 50 % seawater CMA, 19 June 2017, S. J. Adams, E. Adams & S. Winters (holotype DAOMC 251940, ex-type culture ACAD21000F; ITS, LSU and SSU nrDNA sequences GenBank MH465123, MH458750 and MH465136, MycoBank MB 836622).
org/phylo/treebase/phylows/study/TB2:S29426. Maximum likelihood tree of M. rothbergiorum and phylogenetically closely related species based on 2 264 aligned nucleotides (combined ITS, LSU, tef and tub2 sequences). GenBank accession numbers used in the analysis can be found in  Woudenberg et al. (2017)  and  Zhang et al. (2021). Analysis performed using RAxML v. 8. 2. 12 (Stamatakis 2014). Bootstrap support from 1 000 re-samplings; only bootstrap support values above 70 % are presented at the nodes and branches of > 95 % are thickened. Microascus pseudo longirostris was used as outgroup. The scale bar indicates the expected number of substitutions per site. Setosphaeria monoceras CBS154. 26 [AY016368/DQ238603/DQ337380] Zalerion maritima FCUL280207CP1 [JN886806/KT347203/KT347216] Lulwoana uniseptata [AY878991/AY879034/LC146746] Lulworthia cf.
murinus, M. restrictus and M. sparsimycelialis produce smooth to finely ornamented conidia  (Sandoval-Denis et al. 2016 , Woudenberg et al. 2017 , Zhang et al. 2021). A megablast search of the NCBIs nucleotide database using the ITS sequence revealed similarity with M. restrictus (GenBank KX923928; Identities = 444/459 (97 %), 3 gaps), M. verrucosus (GenBank KX923950; Identities = 450/470 (96 %), 5 gaps) and M. murinus (GenBank KX923908; Identities 411/431 (95 %), 7 gaps). Colour illustrations. Stylophora pistllata (photo credit Guilhem Banc-Prandi). Colonies on OA (14 d, 25 °C); conidia; annellides with conidia. Scale bars = 10 µm (light microscopical pictures), 1 µm (SEM picture). Etymology. Named after the host plant, Jacquinia keyensis from which the fungus is described. Classification -Mycosphaerellaceae, Mycosphaerellales, Dothideomycetes.
3 mm diam after 2 wk at 25 °C. On yeast mannitol agar (YMA) circular, raised with entire margin, velvety, olivaceous grey in centre, grey in outer ring, reverse greyish black, slow growing, 10 mm diam after 2 wk at 25 °C. Notes -Neoherpotrichiella represents a new genus accommodated in the Herpotrichiellaceae, being morphologically similar to Exophiala and the synasexual morph of Thysanorea  (Hernández-Restrepo et al. 2020 ). However, it is phylogenetically distinct from both genera. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had the highest similarity to Veronaea japonica (strain D28, GenBank KX302057; Identities = 535/579 (93 %), 19/579 gaps (3 %)), Exophiala brunnea (CBS 587. 66, GenBank MH858890; Identities = 530/ 577 (92 %), 17/577 gaps (2 %)) Veronaea aquatica (strain JAUCC2549, GenBank MW046892; Identities = 531/580 (92 %), 20/580 gaps (3 %)); the closest hits using the LSU sequence had the highest similarity to Annellophorella ellisii (strain CBS 738.
70, GenBank MH871721; Identities = 817/833 (98 %), 2/833 gaps (0. 2 %)), Exophiala sp. (strain LY-2021a, GenBank MZ779229; Identities = 817/833 (98 %), 2/833 gaps (0. 2 %)) and Rhinocladiella coryli (strain CPC 26654, Gen-Bank NG_059697; Identities = 815/831 (98 %), 4/831 gaps (0. 5 %)); the closest hits using the tub2 sequence had the highest similarity to Veronaea botryose (strain DI15-135, GenBank MN477327; Identities = 343/430 (80 %), 23/430 gaps (5 %)); Exophiala cancerae (strain CBS 117491, GenBank JN112446; Identities = 269/332 (81 %), 11/332 gaps (3 %)) and Exophiala psychrophila (strain CBS 191. 87, GenBank JN112497; Identities = 272/334 (81 %), 13/334 gaps (3 %)); the closest hits using the tef1-α sequence had the highest similarity to Exo phiala embothrii (strain CBS 146558, GenBank MW055980; Identities = 101/124 (81 %), 10/124 gaps (8 %)), Exophiala sp.
(strain CBS 122268, GenBank JN128794; Identities = 101/124 (81 %), 10/124 gaps (8 %)), Exophiala salmonis (strain CBS 120274, GenBank JN128802; Identities = 99/122 (81 %), 8/122 gaps (6 %)). Spetik, Eichmeier, Mahamedi & Berraf-Tebbal, sp. nov. Fungal Planet 1421 -12 July 2022  Penicillium neoherquei  Labuda, Kubátová, J. Nebesářová, Oberlies & Raja, sp. nov. Etymology. Latin, neoherquei refers to its resemblance with P. herquei.
Distribution -Currently known only from the type location in north-western Spain. Phylogeny -The analysis of 28S rDNA suggests that the specimens analysed belong to the genus Physalacria (FP1422 Suppl. Mat. ). The ITS and 28S rDNA sequences produced do not match any other in public nucleotide databases. The ITS rDNA is only 91 % similar to multiple sequences of Cy lindrobasidium and a few Physalacria, but with a very low coverage (< 45 %); LSU is 97. 26 % close to Ph. corticola (GenBank DQ284913) and other species of Physalacria; finally, LSU is 99. 13 % similar to Cylindrobasidium laeve (GenBank AF518576), and only 98. 79 % close to some other sequences of Physalacria and Mycotribulus. A low coverage (< 40 %) can be seen also when the ITS rDNA sequences of P. lacrymispora (GenBank NR_154322, KT201648) are BLASTed.
Both clades are by now interpreted as deviant lineages of genus Physalacria. Typus. sPaiN, Galicia, Pontevedra, Parque Nacional de las Islas Atlánticas de Galicia, Illa de Cortegada, N42°36'56. 27" W8°47'6. 30", 20 m a. s. l. , several apothecia found together on a dead twig of Castanea sativa (Fagaceae), 28 July 2021, S. De la PeñaLastra (holotype AMI-SPL676, ITS and LSU sequences GenBank OM964475 and OM964480, MycoBank MB 843221). Additional materials examined. See Supplementary material page. Notes -Physalacria auricularioides is characterised by its discoid-peltate and cupulate basidiomata with an auriculiform hymenium surface and negative geotropism. Only Ph. sub peltata resembles it in some way, but it is not cupulate (only discoid to lenticular), its stipe is slenderer (up to 1 mm long × 0.
5-127. 5 × 2. 5-5. 0 µm, thin-walled, with dispersed granulations or locally heteromorphous-banded, non-reaction in sulfovanillin. Pileocystidia near the pileus centre similar. Stipitipellis a cutis, composed of hyphae 2. 0 -5. 0 µm wide, thin-walled, septate. Caulocystidia and clamp connec tions absent. Habitat & Distribution -Currently known only from the type locality, in association with Dipterocarpus spp. (Dipterocarpa ceae). Notes -Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the ITS sequence of the type collection has the closest GenBank BLAST match (99. 5 %) with a sequence identified as unidentified Russula from Laos (GenBank MT252583) and similar sequences identified as R. variata  (97. 8 %). The nrLSU sequence of the type collection has the closest GenBank BLAST match (98.
2 %) with a sequence identified as Russula lotus from China (GenBank MG214695). The phylogenetic analyses showed R. banwatchanensis formed a highly supported sister group to the other species of subg. Heterophyllidia subsection Cyanoxanthinae. Russula ban watchanensis morphologically resembles other species in Cyanoxanthinae in the size of its pileus, colour of lamellae, the shape and size of basidia and basidiospores. Macromorphologically, apart from the difference in cap colour, the lamellae of R. banwatchanensis often fork from the centre of pileus to the margin as seen in R. lotus, R. phloginea and R. subpallidirosea, but forked lamellae are rare in R. dinghuensis and are absent in R. lilacina and R. purpureoviridis. Micromorphologically, the warts of basidiospores of R. banwatchanensis are similar to other species in Cyanoxanthinae.
Terminal cells of hyphae near the pileus centre, often clavate and longer 22. 5 -32. 5 × 3. 8 -7. 0 µm. Pileus trama interwoven with sphaerocysts. Pileocystidia near the pileus margin mainly 1-celled, clavate-pedicelate, often with strongly constricted and attenuated basal part, thin-walled, 52. 5 -87. 5 × 5. 0 -8. 3 µm, non-reaction in sulfovanillin. Pileocystidia near the pileus centre similar. Stipitipellis a cutis, composed of hyphae 2-4. 5 µm in width, thinwalled, septate. Caulocystidia 38. 5-42. 5 × 5-6. 5 (-7. 2) µm, cylindrical, not abundant. Clamp connections absent. Habitat & Distribution -Currently known only from the type locality, in association with Pinus merkusii (Pinaceae). Notes -Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the ITS sequence of the type collection has the closest GenBank BLAST match (94.
5 %) with a sequence identified as unidentified Russula from Malaysia (GenBank GQ268649) and similar sequences identified as R. cyanoxantha (93. 7 %) and R. variata (93. 5 %). The nrLSU sequence of the type collection has the closest GenBank BLAST match (97 %) with a sequence identified as Russula lotus from China (GenBank MG214695). Russula purpureoviridis is proposed here as new to science based on morphological features and the phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequence data of ITS and LSU rDNA, and RPB2 gene, that consistently confirm that these two new taxa are placed into Russula subg. Heterophyllidia subsection Cyanoxanthinae. The phylogenetic analyses showed R. purpureoviridis and R. lilacina formed a highly supported sister group to the other species in subsection Cyanoxanthinae. The morphology of R.
2015, J. S. Vitelli (holotype BRIP 63688, preserved as metabolically inactive culture, culture ex-type BRIP 63688; ITS and LSU sequences GenBank MW682816 and MW682815, MycoBank MB 842477). Notes -Phylogenetic analysis of the ITS region placed K. sporoboli in a well-supported monophyletic clade with sister K. phragmiticola, a saprobe of Phragmites sp. (Poaceae), first described from Dorset, UK  (Wanasinghe et al. 2018 ). The asexual morph was described from isolates of woody P. com munis in Cardiff Bay, Wales  (Devadatha et al. 2020). A BLASTn search of NCBIs GenBank shows that the closest hits using the ITS sequence were K. yonaguniensis (GenBank NR_155212; identities 477/527 (91 %); 11 gaps (2 %)), K. cara ganae (GenBank NR_164447; identities 475/525 (90 %); 11 gaps (2 %)) and K. bambusicola (GenBank NR_165917; identities 474/530 (89 %); 15 gaps (2 %)).
A BLASTn search of NCBIs GenBank shows that the closest hits using the LSU sequence were K. yonaguniensis (GenBank NG_059402; identities 823/ 828 (99 %); no gaps), K. caraganae (GenBank MK359439; identities 821/828 (99 %); no gaps) and Murilentithecium rosae (Gen-Bank MG829030; identities 821/828 (99 %); no gaps). Phylogenetic tree of selected Keissleriella species based on maximum likelihood analysis of a combined multilocus alignment (ITS and LSU). Analyses were performed on the Geneious Prime ® 2021. 0. 3 platform (Biomatters Ltd. ) using RAxML v. 8. Classification -Didymellaceae, Pleosporales, Dothideo mycetes. Ascomata 75 -200 µm diam, pseudothecial, abundant and clustered on potato dextrose agar (PDA), solitary and scattered on straw pieces on Sach's agar, immersed to erumpent, uniloculate, brown to dark brown, subglobose to cylindrical, pseudoparenchymatous, ostiolate; peridium composed of several layers of brown to dark cells of textura angularis.
Asci 80-100 × 55 -75 µm, 8-spored, bitunicate, broadly obovoid, short pedicellate, apically rounded. Ascospores 29 -34 × 10 -14 µm, ellipsoid to obovoid, hyaline, muriform, with 5 transverse septa, and 1-2 longitudinal septa, smooth-walled, surrounded by a mucilaginous sheath. Culture characteristics -Colonies on PDA reaching 60 mm diam after 10 d at 24 °C, velvety, cream to grey, with irregular dark scattered patches, darker at the centre; reverse dark brown to black, margin pale grey. Typus. australia, Queensland, Taunton, Tablelands Road, S24°27'0. 47" E151°48'2. 80", from leaves of Sporobolus natalensis (Poaceae), 8 Feb. 2017, J. S. Vitelli (holotype BRIP 65632, preserved as metabolically inactive culture, culture ex-type BRIP 65632; ITS, LSU and rpb2 sequences GenBank MW481667, MW481664 and MW626889, MycoBank MB 842478).
Notes -Leptosphaerulina queenslandica is morphologically similar to other species of Leptosphaerulina in having 8-spored, bitunicate asci and hyaline, muriform ascospores  (Tennakoon et al. 2019). The size of the ascospores of L. queenslandica overlaps with several species, including the type of the genus, L. australis  (McAlpine 1902) , which was isolated from leaves of Prunus armeniaca in Queensland. There are 63 Leptosphaer ulina epithets in MycoBank, but only16 have molecular data in GenBank (October 2020). Species of Leptosphaerulina include plant pathogens (e. g. , L. australis;  Mitkowski & Browning 2004)  and saprobes (e. g. , L. chartarum;  Roux 1986 ). Multilocus (ITS, LSU and rpb2) phylogenetic analysis placed L. queenslandica in a monophyletic clade with L. australis (the generic type).
Leptosphaerulina queenslandica is sister to L. chartarum, which was isolated from Galenia sp. (Aizoaceae)  (Hou et al. 2020). A BLASTn search of NCBIs GenBank shows that the closest hits using the ITS sequence were L. argentinensis (GenBank MH862490 T ), L. australis (GenBank MH857766 T ) and L. trifolii (GenBank MH857454 T ), all 100 % identical (522/522 nucleotides, no gaps). A BLASTn search of NCBIs GenBank shows that the closest hits using the LSU sequence were L. longiflori (Gen-Bank NG_070082 T ), Epicoccum pruni (GenBank NG_069437 T ) and Nothophoma anigozanthi (GenBank NG_069045 T ) all 99 % identical (998/1 008 nucleotides, two gaps (0 %)). A BLASTn search of NCBIs GenBank shows that the closest hits using the rpb2 sequence were L. saccharicola (GenBank KF670714 T ; Identities 815/885 (92 %), no gaps), Saccothecium sepincola (GenBank GU371745 T ; Identities 815/885 (92 %), no gaps) and L.