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5 -2 µm. Culture characteristics -Colonies erumpent, spreading, with moderate aerial mycelium and smooth, even margin, reaching 5 mm diam after 2 wk at 25 °C. On MEA surface and reverse ochreous; on PDA surface and reverse dirty white; on OA surface dirty white. Notes -Parastenospora is reminiscent of Condylospora and Stenospora. However, Stenospora is mycoparasitic, and has slightly thickened scars and hila  (Braun et al. 2013) , while Condylospora is aquatic, having unique L-or N-shaped conidia  (Yen et al. 2012). The latter genera are thus morphologically and phylogenetically distinct from Parastenospora. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had distant similarity over mainly the 5. 8S nrRNA gene to Neocamarospo rium solicola (strain IBRC M 30257, GenBank KX817217.
1; Identities = 347/393 (88 %), ten gaps (2 %)), Didymocyrtis cladoniicola (strain 19E070, GenBank MZ206178. 1; Identities = 373/431 (87 %), 11 gaps (2 %)),and Ascochyta manawao rae (strain 1213, GenBank MZ400577. 1; Identities = 373/432 (86 %), 11 gaps (2 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Pseudopyrenochaeta lycopersici (strain CBS 306. 65, Gen-Bank NG_057799. 1; Identities = 847/860 (98 %), no gaps), Subplenodomus galicola (voucher MFLU 15-1368, GenBank NG_070410. 1; Identities = 843/863 (98 %), no gaps) and Subplenodomus urticae  (voucher MFLU 17-1694, GenBank NG_073768. 1; Identities = 843/863 (98 %) , no gaps). Distant hits were obtained using the rpb2 sequence, with highest similarity to Podonectria kuwanaspis (strain SICAUCC 21-0007, GenBank MW462123. 1; Identities = 617/735 (84 %), no gaps), Neocucurbitaria aetnensis (strain C261, GenBank MF795811.
1; Identities = 609/736 (83 %), no gaps) and Neocucurbitaria cinereae (strain KU9, GenBank MF795813. 1; Identities = 607/736 (82 %), no gaps). Distant hits were obtained using the tub2 sequence, with highest similarity to Parafenestella pseudo salicis (strain C301, GenBank MK357620. 1; Identities = 253/291 (87 %), one gap (0 %)), Parafenestella vindobonensis (strain C302, GenBank MK357632. 1; Identities = 258 /300 (86 %), 11 gaps (3 %)) and Neocucurbitaria keratinophila (strain CNM-CM 6401, GenBank LT992261. 1; Identities = 255 /295 (86 %), one gap (0 %)). Crous, sp. nov. Supplementary material FP1390 Phylogenetic tree.
Parastenospora pini Notes -Eriospora is a genus of saprobic coelomycetes for which there was no known sexual morph  (Sutton 1980). The type species, E. leucostoma, was treated by  Crous et al. (2020c) , with cultures from Typha sp. (the type host genus), and Juncus effusus. Eriospora juncicola has a sexual morph, which distinguishes it from the asexual E. leucostoma. The two species have morphologically similar asexual morphs, but are phylogenetically distinct. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Eriospora leucostoma (strain CPC 35594, GenBank MT223795. 1; Identities = 589 /651 (90 %), 15 gaps (2 %)), Neofitzroyomyces nerii (strain CBS 145088, GenBank NR_161144. 1; Identities = 580/656 (88 %), 38 gaps (5 %)) and Fitzroyomyces cyperacearum (strain MFLU 19-2725, GenBank MW293953.
1; Identities = 391/441 (89 %), 14 gaps (3 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Eriospora leuco stoma (strain CPC 35594, GenBank MT223890. 1; Identities = 778/780 (99 %), no gaps), Neofitzroyomyces nerii (strain CBS 145088, GenBank NG_068278. 1; Identities = 778 / 786 (99 %), no gaps) and Phacidiella alsophilae (strain CPC 37041, GenBank MT373344. 1; Identities = 728 /769 (95 %), five gaps (0 %)).
pironii, which produces kutilakesa-like sporodochia on PDA, and an acremoniumlike asexual morph on corn meal agar. Nectriella adonidis was isolated from orange sporodochia, but sporulated only on SNA, producing an acremonium-like morph, and no sporodochia, making it difficult to compare to other known species. This is the first Nectriella species described from Adonis vernalis, which occurs in the dry meadows and steppes of Eurasia. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to 'Ijuhya sp. ' (strain daef39, GenBank MH550509. 1; Identities = 555/555 (100 %), no gaps), Nectriella pironii (strain CBS 264. 80, GenBank MH861261. 1; Identities = 548/555 (99 %), no gaps) and Parvothecium terrestre (strain CBS 198.
89, GenBank NR_145081. 1; Identities = 516/557 (93 %), 12 gaps (2 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are 'Sarcopodium circinatum' (strain CBS 376. 81, GenBank HQ232167. 1; Identities = 788/788 (100 %), no gaps), Nectriella pironii (strain CBS 264. 80, GenBank MH873030. 1; Identities = 780 /788 (99 %), one gap (0 %)) and Pseudoachroiostachys krabiense (strain MFLUCC 16-0325, GenBank NG_068839. 1; Identities = 774/788 (98 %), three gaps (0 %)). Fusarium tonkinense CBS 115. 40 NR_170733. 1   Nectriella atrorubra CBS 123502 NR_175125. 1   'Myrothecium' sp. 41 KP174686. 1   Nectriella pironii CBS 171. 75 MH860907. 1   Nectriella pironii CBS 264. 80 MH861261. 1   Nectriella adonidis sp. nov. CPC 41516 -Fungal Planet 1392 'Ijuhya' sp. daef38 MH550508. 1   'Ijuhya' sp. daef39 MH550509. 1   Nectriella nolinae CBS 110134 MH862853.
On MEA, PDA and OA surface and reverse iron-grey. Notes -Nothodevriesia narthecii represents a sexual morph in the Teratosphaeriaceae occurring on dead leaves of Narthe cium ossifragum. Although related, it is morphologically and phylogenetically distinct from Devriesia, which includes hyphomycetous species that are soil-borne, as well as saprobic taxa found in dead plant material  (Seifert et al. 2004 , Crous & Groenewald 2011 , Chang et al. 2022). Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Phaeothecoidea melaleuca (strain CPC 17223, GenBank HQ599594. 1; Identities = 444/501 (89 %), 11 gaps (2 %)), Teratosphaeria jonkershoekensis (strain CBS 122897, GenBank EU707864. 1; Identities = 443/503 (88 %), 14 gaps (2 %)) and Neocatenulostroma microsporum (strain HFJN1, GenBank MH349092.
1; Identities = 433/485 (89 %), 13 gaps (2 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Devriesia thermodurans (strain CBS 115878, GenBank NG_059078. 1; Identities = 802/833 (96 %), no gaps), Teratosphaeria hortaea (strain CBS 124156, GenBank MH874881. 1; Identities = 798/ 834 (96 %), five gaps (0 %)) and Readeriella considenianae (strain CMW37676, GenBank JQ732948. 1; Identities = 798/834 (96 %), five gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the actA sequence had highest similarity to Neocatenulostroma germanicum (strain CAT104, GenBank KU612288. 1; Identities = 444/508 (87 %), 12 gaps (2 %)), Teratosphaeria dunnii (strain CBS 145548, GenBank MK876463. 1; Identities = 372/404 (92 %), no gaps) and Teratosphaeria gracilis (strain CBS 145090, GenBank MK047523. 1; Identities = 442/507 (87 %), nine gaps (1 %)).
Closest hits using the rpb2 sequence had highest similarity to Teratosphaeria corymbiicola (strain CBS 146047, GenBank MN556802. 1; Identities = 472/623 (76 %), ten gaps (1 %)), Teratosphaeria eucalypti (strain CPC 12552, GenBank KX348102. 1; Identities = 509/685 (74 %), 10 gaps (1 %)) and Teratosphaeria biformis (strain CBS 124578, GenBank KX348100. 1; Identities = 471/624 (75 %), 12 gaps (1 %)). No significant hits were obtained when the tef1 (first part) and tub2 sequences were used in blastn and megablast searches. Classification -Teratosphaeriaceae, Mycosphaerellales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes. Saprobic on leaf litter. Ascomata pseudothecial, amphigenous, immersed to erumpent, superficial, globose, ostiole inconspicuous; ascomata linked by immersed brown hyphal network; hyphae medium brown, smooth, constricted at septa; ascomatal wall consisting of 2-3 layers of medium brown textura angularis.
It is distinct in that vertical columns of T. aquatica are 2 -3-septate, while conidia of T. juncicola and T. thailandica are 3 -5-septate, but T. thailandica has longer appendages, being 73 -136 µm long, 5 -10-distoseptate  (Bao et al. 2021). It is also rather similar to T. aristata which has a slightly larger conidial body with 3 -6 columns and somewhat shorter appendages  (Ellis 1949). Tetra ploa species are saprobic mostly on monocotyledons (more than half of the species) and/or in freshwater habitats. Tetraploa juncicola is the 3rd Tetraploa species recorded from Europe. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Tetraploa yunnanensis (strain MFLUCC 19-0319, GenBank NR_171886. 1; Identities = 522/544 (96 %), six gaps (1 %)), Tetraploa sasicola (strain 5-1, GenBank KX440178.
1; Identities = 513/535 (96 %), four gaps (0 %)) and Tetraploa endophytica (strain P6086, GenBank KT270279. 1; Identities = 489/515 (95 %), nine gaps (1 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Tetraploa endophytica (strain CBS 147114, GenBank MW659165. 1; Identities = 678 /683 (99 %), one gap (0 %)), Tetraploa sasicola (voucher HHUF 27566, GenBank NG_042329. 1; Identities = 758/766 (99 %), no gaps) and Tetraploa yunnanensis (strain MFLUCC 18-0652, GenBank MN913697. 1; Identities = 767/776 (99 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the rpb2 sequence had highest similarity to Tetraploa yunnanensis (strain MFLUCC 19-0319, GenBank MT878451. 1; Identities = 677/737 (92 %), no gaps), Melanomma pulvispyrius (strain KH 77, GenBank LC203400. 1; Identities = 542 /740 (73 %), 12 gaps (1 %)) and Ernakulamia krabiensis (strain MFLUCC 18-0237, GenBank MK434872.
5) μm, av. 13 × 4 µm;  Crous et al. 2021c ). Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Neochalara spiraeae (strain CBS 148332, GenBank NR_175217. 1; Identities = 457/489 (93 %), 16 gaps (3 %)), Lambertella advenula (strain FC-1007, GenBank AB705236. 1; Identities = 336/380 (88 %), 25 gaps (6 %)) and Orbiliopsis callistea (voucher PDD 97932, GenBank HQ533049. 1; Identities = 403/461 (87 %), nine gaps (1 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Neochalara spiraeae (strain CPC 39565, Gen-Bank OK663754. 1; Identities = 806/817 (99 %), no gaps), Caly cina citrina (voucher G. M. 2014-12-14-4, GenBank KY462815. 1; Identities = 785/817 (96 %), no gaps) and Bisporella citrina (strain M253, GenBank EU940087.
Only the aureobasidium-like morph  (Barr 1972)  of Saccothecium was found, complicating its generic placement. However, given its phylogenetic similarity to other taxa in the genus, Saccothecium is appropriate. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Pringsheimia smilacis (strain CBS 873. 71, GenBank AJ244257. 1; Identities = 520/525 (99 %), four gaps (0 %; all due to variability in number of nucleotide repeats)), Saccothe cium rubi (strain MFLUCC 14-1171, GenBank NR_148096. 1; Identities = 519/531 (98 %), five gaps (0 %)) and Saccothecium sepincola (strain CBS 748. 71, GenBank MH860330. 1; Identities = 512/527 (97 %), six gaps (1 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Saccothecium rubi (strain MFLUCC 14-1171, GenBank NG_059644.
1; Identities = 756/765 (99 %), no gaps), Cryptocline arctostaphyli (strain 19GCAS004, Gen-Bank MW077311. 1; Identities = 755 /765 (99 %), no gaps) and Pseudosydowia indooroopillyensis (strain BRIP 28248, Gen-Bank MW443081. 1; Identities = 753 /765 (98 %), two gaps (0 %)). The LSU sequence of Pringsheimia smilacis (strain CBS 873. 71, GenBank FJ150970. 1) is only 94 % similar (Identities = 521/ 557 (94 %), four gaps (0 %)). No significant hits were obtained when the rpb2 and tef1 (second part) sequences were used in blastn and megablast searches. Pseudosydowia indooroopillyensis BRIP 28248 NR_173229. 1   Pseudosydowia louisecottisiae BRIP 28159 NR_173227. 1   Pseudosydowia eucalypti CPC 14028 GQ303296. 1   Pseudosydowia eucalyptorum CBS 145546 NR_165231. 1   Pseudosydowia backhousiae BRIP 28243 NR_173228.
2020, T. Rämä, TRä3203I, (Governor of Svalbard´s collection permission RiS-ID 11551) (holotype CBS H-25000, culture ex-type 149167 = CPC 43267, ITS, LSU, rpb1, rpb2, SSU and tef1 (second part) sequences GenBank ON603786. 1, ON603806. 1, ON605646. 1, ON605626. 1, ON603975. 1 and ON605634. 1, MycoBank MB 844266). Notes -There are currently three Verticillium species that are considered as marine fungi. These include V. dahliae, V. cellulosae and V. terrestre, according to the marinefungi. org website  (Jones et al. 2019 ). These species are encountered both in the terrestrial and the marine environments, whereas V. bjoernoeyanum described in this study has thus far only been found in the marine environment. Verticillium bjoernoeya num was isolated on an autoclaved agar medium consisting of freeze-dried diatom (Porosira glacialis) pellets (2 g/L), and Sigma Sea salts (40 g/L).
The isolation was done by streaking sand grains attached to a piece of driftwood (2 cm diam, 17 cm long) over the agar surface. The fungus was subcultured on corn meal agar and malt extract agar supplemented with Sigma Sea salts. The isolation site was a sandy beach of Kvalrossfjaera that is located on the Northern shore of Bear Island, alongside the weather station. The ITS sequence and sequences from three protein-coding genes showed that V. bjoernoeyanum falls in the genus but is phylogenetically distinct from other marine and terrestrial species of Verticillium. The morphological observations and culture characteristics provided by  Inderbitzin et al. (2011)  support this conclusion. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Verticillium tricorpus (strain CBS 237.
75, GenBank MH860910. 1; Identities = 523/543 (96 %), eight gaps (1 %)), V. alboatrum (strain CBS 127169, GenBank MH864456. 1; Identities = 521/546 (95 %), nine gaps (1 %)) and V. longispo rum (strain CBS 128316, GenBank MH864843. 1; Identities = 520/546 (95 %), nine gaps (1 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Verticillium zaregamsianum (strain CBS 130342, GenBank NG_069489. 1; Identities = 812/818 (99 %), two gaps (0 %)), V. klebahnii (strain CBS 130344, GenBank NG_069486. 1; Identities = 812/818 (99 %), two gaps (0 %)) and V. isaacii (strain CBS 130343, GenBank NG_069485. 1; Identities = 812/818 (99 %), two gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the rpb1 sequence had highest similarity to Verticil lium isaacii (strain NO-1, GenBank AB548758. 1; Identities = 525/591 (89 %), three gaps (0 %)), V.
tricorpus (strain CE98Vt1, GenBank AB545917. 1; Identities = 523/591 (88 %), three gaps (0 %)) and V. zaregamsianum (strain Shichi6, GenBank AB545914. 1; Identities = 522 /591 (88 %), three gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the rpb2 sequence had highest similarity to Verticillium alboatrum (strain CBS 130340, GenBank LR026233. 1; Identities = 385 /440 (88 %), no gaps), V. zare gamsianum (strain V204, GenBank KJ443183. 1; Identities = 385 /441 (87 %), two gaps (0 %)) and V. tricorpus (strain CBS 803. 97, GenBank LR026285. 1; Identities = 378/437 (86 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the SSU sequence are Verticil lium zare gamsianum (strain V202, GenBank KJ443093. 1; Identities = 1020/1021 (99 %), no gaps), V. nonalfalfae (strain CBS 382. 66, GenBank CP069146. 1; Identities = 1018/1021 (99 %), no gaps) and V.
dahliae (strain ATCC 16535, GenBank AY489705. 1; Identities = 1018 /1021 (99 %), no gaps). Closest hits using the tef1 (second part) sequence had highest similarity to Verticillium nonalfalfae (strain CBS 321. 91, Gen-Bank LR026579. 1; Identities = 356 /374 (95 %), no gaps), V. alfalfae (strain CBS 127169, GenBank LR026546. 1; Identities = 356 /374 (95 %), no gaps) and V. alboatrum (strain CBS 102464, GenBank LR026541. 1; Identities = 355 /375 (95 %), two gaps (0 %)). Colour illustrations. Kvalrossfjaera on the northern shore of Bear Island, the type location of V. bjoernoeyanum. Sporulating colony on SNA; conidiophores and conidiogenous cells giving rise to conidia; conidia. Scale bars = 10 µm. Teppo Rämä & Lars Ganzert, Marbio, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø -The Arctic University of Norway; e-mail: teppo.
0 -5. 3 -6. 5 × 2. 0 -2. 5 -3. 0 µm, Q = 2. 1-2. 5, sometimes biguttulate. Ecology & Distribution -Associated with Alnus alnobetula, A. glutinosa and A. incana in alder fens and along lake shores and streams lined with alders. In Northern Europe with A. glu tinosa and A. incana in hemiboreal and boreal areas of Norway and Sweden. It is also recorded under A. alnobetula in the French Alps  (Moreau et al. 2011; HQ714779)  and ITS sequence data from environmental samples from Germany (Schwarzwald; GenBank MK285737) and Slovenia (UNITE UDB009830), suggest a wider distribution also comprising montane habitats in Central Europe. Notes -Alpova larskersii is closely related to A. corsicus, a species that appears to be endemic to Corsica (France)  (Moreau et al. 2011). In contrast to A. corsicus, A.
4-2. 4(-2. 6) cm (n = 28); basidia hyaline, long, cylindrical, thin-walled, club-shaped with 4 sterigmata with each basidiospore, (15. 6-)18. 2-28. 6(-31. 2) × (5. 2-)7. 8-11. 7(-13) µm (n = 25); basidiospores hyaline, smooth, thin-walled sub-spherical to broadly ellipsoidal, (7. 8 -)9. 1-11. 7(-13) × (5. 2 -)6. 5 -9. 1(-10. 4) µm (n = 50); cheilocystidia are hyaline, short broadly clavate. Taste edible in immature stage and not edible in mature state. Habit & Habitat -Ectomycorrhizal on hosts Acacia auriculi formis, Acacia mangium and Anacardium occidentale. Basidiomata growing solitary on moist soil near the forest of Konaje. Notes -Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence of UOM2021-10 had highest similarity to Amanita marmorata (voucher RET 685-9, GenBank MG252696; Identities = 587/611 (96 %), six gaps (0 %)), Amanita eucalypti (voucher PERTH 8809828, GenBank KU057396; Identities = 579/610 (95 %), five gaps (0 %)) and the type of Amanita gardneri (voucher PERTH 08776121, GenBank NR_169902; Identities = 569/615 (93 %), ten gaps (1 %)).
Microscopically, Calonarius ligusticus shows high variability in spore shape (citri form, amygdaliform to subamygdaliform, Q = 1. 49 -2. 36) and size (10. 5 -14. 5 × 5. 0 -7. 5 µm) and a pileipellis as an ixocutis, with brown subcapitate terminal elements. In the nrITS phylogenetic analysis, Calonarius ligusticus is in a wellsupported /Calochroi clade (maximim-likelihood bootstrap, MLB = 98 %), and it is a sister species of Calonarius laberiae (MLB = 100 %), with which it shares 97 % bp. Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the best hit using the LSU sequence is Calonarius sodagnitus (voucher AFTOL-ID 811, GenBank; Identities = 909/915 (99 %), no gaps). Morphologically, C. laberiae differs mainly from C. ligus ticus by yellow to yellow-ochraceous pileus, greyish white lamellae, white to ochraceous stipe, smaller basidiospores (9.
3-1. 2 mm) stipe sometimes abruptly pinched at base, different cheilocystidia and well-developed pleurocystidia  (Petersen & Hughes 2021) ; C. californica has a pinkish buff to cinnamon pileus, buff coloured lamellae, slightly narrower, thick-walled cheilocystidia which are sometimes pale yellow and smaller, never diverticulate caulocystidia, 18 -30 × 3. 6 -9 μm  (Desjardin 1987). Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence had highest similarity to Uncultured Gymnopus (FONf09, GenBank HM488468, Identities = 528/545 (97 %), seven gaps (1 %)) and Collybiopsis filamentipes type (TENN F-065861, GenBank NR_174048; Identities = 619/644 (96 %), 12 gaps (1 %)). Closest hits using the EF1a sequence are Chaetocalathus cf. columellifer (MCA2538, GenBank AY916688, Identities = 350/394 (89 %), 13 gaps (3 %)) and Marasmius sp.
(MCA1708, GenBank AY916722, Identities = 341/385 (89 %), seven gaps (1 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Uncultured soil fungus (NCD_LSU_otu2179, GenBank KF567149, Identities = 611/619 (99 %), no gaps) and Collybiopsis filamentipes (TFB13962, GenBank MN897832, Identities = 609/619 (98 %), no gaps). Etymology. From the Greek word δρῦς (= oak) and salor, referring to the species' putative association with oaks and close resemblance to C. salor. Classification -Cortinariaceae, Agaricales, Agaricomy cetes. Pileus 20-105 mm diam, subglobose at first, then campanulate to convex or plano-convex, broadly umbonate, with an inrolled, sometimes dented or contracted margin; coating viscous, smooth or finely felted-fibrillated under the magnifying glass, dull to bright sky-blue, lilac, lavender or mauve when fresh, paler ochre-yellow, livid ivory to ochraceous in the centre, not reacting to 5 % KOH but strongly gold yellow with Tl 4.
2021). However, there are several reports of Cyphellophora taxa determined only to genus level that occur as endophytes in different plant hosts  (Liu et al. 2017 , Li et al. 2018 , Abdelrazek et al. 2020) , suggesting that the endophytic lifestyle is probably widespread among its members and further novelties still await formal description. Cyphellophora endo radicis was isolated during an extensive sampling for root endophytic fungi across Europe  (Glynou et al. 2016). It was recovered as a sterile endophyte and none of the five isolates studied sporulated in any of the culture media used, even after an extended incubation period of over 3 mo. Phylogenetically, they clustered in a fully supported monophyletic group (100 % BS, 1 BPP) with several other root endophytic Cyphellophora strains, represented in GenBank mainly by their ITS sequences.
They are Cyphellophora sp. Cyph2 (GenBank MN450628), isolated from roots of Cephalanthera rubra (Orchidaceae) in France  (Bell et al. 2020) , and Cyphellophora sp. TU18 (Gen-Bank MN537681) and MD68 (GenBank MN537651), both root endophyte isolates obtained from the grass Stipa krylovii (Poa ceae) in Mongolia  (Knapp et al. 2019). Phylogenetic analyses suggest that they may be conspecific with C. endoradicis and the latter two isolates expand its distribution from Europe to north-central Asia. Moreover, strains of C. endoradicis were phylogenetically close but distinct from C. chlamydospora, another sterile species isolated from soil in Spain and characterised by the production of abundant chlamydospores in culture  (Madrid et al. 2016). Based on a megablast search of NCBIs GenBank nucleotide database, the closest hits using the ITS sequence of Cyphello phora endoradicis (CBS 148862) are Cyphellophora sp.
(isolate Cyph2, GenBank MN450628. 1; Identities = 577/580 (99 %), no gaps), Cyphellophora sp. (isolate TU18, GenBank MN537681. 1; Identities = 479/483 (99 %), no gaps) and Cyphellophora sp. (isolate MD68, GenBank MN537651. 1; Identities = 474/484 (98 %), three gaps (0 %)). Closest hits using the LSU sequence are Cyphellophora europaea (strain CBS 101466, GenBank KC455259. 1; Identities = 913/920 (99 %), no gaps), Cyphello phora europaea (strain CBS 129. 96, GenBank NG_067264. 1; Identities = 975/983 (99 %), no gaps) and Cyphellophora olivacea (strain CBS 123. 74, GenBank NG_067280. 1; Identities = 970/983 (99 %), no gaps). The closest hits using the tub2 sequence are Cyphellophora phyllostachydis (strain HLHNZWYZZ08, GenBank KP122929. 1; Identities = 321/369 (87 %), three gaps (0 %)), Cyphellophora europaea (strain CBS 129.