CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands;; Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria 0028, South Africa.
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria 0028, South Africa.
Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, South Africa.
Université de La Réunion, UMR PVBMT, Peuplements Végétaux et Bioagresseurs en Milieu Tropical, 15 avenue René Cassin, CS 93002, 97 744 Saint-Denis Messag. Cedex 9, La Réunion, France.
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane 4001, Queensland, Australia.
Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Área de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, and ALVALAB, C/ La Rochela n° 47, E-39012, Santander, Spain.
AgriBio Centre for AgriBiosciences, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, 5 Ring Road, LaTrobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia.
Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Área de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
Microbial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Ganeshkhind, Pune - 411 007 (Maharashtra), India.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada.
Departamento Nacional de Protección Vegetal, Estación Experimental Santa Catalina, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Panamericana Sur Km. 1 vía Tambillo, Cantón Mejía, Provincia de Pichincha, Quito, Ecuador.
University of Minnesota, 495 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.
Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, P.O. Box 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
Crop Production Graduate Program, Santa Catarina State University, 88.520-000, Lages/SC, Brazil.
Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
University of Sydney, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment and Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Australia.
Colegio de Postgraduados, Km 36.5 Carr. Mexico-Texcoco, Montecillo, Mpio. de Texcoco, Edo. de Mexico 56230, Mexico.
Department of Genetics, FABI, University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria 0028, South Africa.
Iparraguirre 4-4° D, E-48510, Trapagaran, Bizkaia, Spain.
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072, Queensland, Australia and Plant Biosecurity CRC, LPO Box 5012, Bruce 2617, ACT, Australia.
University of Sydney, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Australia.
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Benátská 2, 1201 Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, 12619 Giza, Egypt.
Laboratory of Fungal Genetics and Metabolism, Institute of Microbiology of the AS CR, v.v.i, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
5251 rue Riviera, apt 102, Pierrefonds, QC, H8Z 3H7, Canada.
CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands;
Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari, Via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA.
Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales de Sestao/Sestaoko Natur Zientzien Elkartea, PO Box 41, E-48910 Sestao, Bizkaia, Spain.
Proterra Research Center, Proterra Agriculture Company, 95200-000, Vacaria/RS, Brazil.
Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada.
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Centre for Wet Tropics Agriculture, South Johnstone, Queensland, Australia.
Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Depto. de Parasitología Agrícola, Km 38.5 Carr. Mexico-Texcoco, Chapingo, Edo. de Mexico 56230, Mexico.
Novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from Australia: Neoseptorioides eucalypti gen. & sp. nov. from Eucalyptus radiata leaves, Phytophthora gondwanensis from soil, Diaporthe tulliensis from rotted stem ends of Theobroma cacao fruit, Diaporthe vawdreyi from fruit rot of Psidium guajava, Magnaporthiopsis agrostidis from rotted roots of Agrostis stolonifera and Semifissispora natalis from Eucalyptus leaf litter. Furthermore, Neopestalotiopsis egyptiaca is described from Mangifera indica leaves (Egypt), Roussoella mexicana from Coffea arabica leaves (Mexico), Calonectria monticola from soil (Thailand), Hygrocybe jackmanii from littoral sand dunes (Canada), Lindgomyces madisonensis from submerged decorticated wood (USA), Neofabraea brasiliensis from Malus domestica (Brazil), Geastrum diosiae from litter (Argentina), Ganoderma wiiroense on angiosperms (Ghana), Arthrinium gutiae from the gut of a grasshopper (India), Pyrenochaeta telephoni from the screen of a mobile phone (India) and Xenoleptographium phialoconidium gen. & sp. nov. on exposed xylem tissues of Gmelina arborea (Indonesia). Several novelties are introduced from Spain, namely Psathyrella complutensis on loamy soil, Chlorophyllum lusitanicum on nitrified grasslands (incl. Chlorophyllum arizonicum comb. nov.), Aspergillus citocrescens from cave sediment and Lotinia verna gen. & sp. nov. from muddy soil. Novel foliicolous taxa from South Africa include Phyllosticta carissicola from Carissa macrocarpa, Pseudopyricularia hagahagae from Cyperaceae and Zeloasperisporium searsiae from Searsia chirindensis. Furthermore, Neophaeococcomyces is introduced as a novel genus, with two new combinations, N. aloes and N. catenatus. Several foliicolous novelties are recorded from La Réunion, France, namely Ochroconis pandanicola from Pandanus utilis, Neosulcatispora agaves gen. & sp. nov. from Agave vera-cruz, Pilidium eucalyptorum from Eucalyptus robusta, Strelitziana syzygii from Syzygium jambos (incl. Strelitzianaceae fam. nov.) and Pseudobeltrania ocoteae from Ocotea obtusata (Beltraniaceae emend.). Morphological and culture characteristics along with ITS DNA barcodes are provided for all taxa.
Keywords: ITS DNA barcodes; LSU; novel fungal species; systematics