Hiran A. Ariyawansa

TL;DR: Morphological characters and molecular data show that H. avicenniae belongs in the Pleosporales, outside any of the known families, and thus a new family is introduced to accommodate it and Halojulellaceae fam.

TL;DR: Recommendations for introducing species into appropriate ranks such as genera, families and orders, as well as the rationale to maintain species in one genus or segregate one genus into several genera are proposed.

TL;DR: A phylogenetic analysis based on combined LSU, SSU and ITS sequence data showed that M. galatellae forms a distinct lineage in Phaeosphaeriaceae.

TL;DR: The family Elsinoaceae is revisited by examining generic types and analysis of molecular sequence data available in GenBank to resolve their placement in families or orders of Dothidoemycetes.

TL;DR: It is found that groups of Animalia classified as phyla, classes, orders and families, diverged earlier as compared to those of the kingdoms Fungi and Plantae, which suggests that animal taxonomists have been more liberal when splitting ranks at the phylum, class and order levels, while at the family level the ranking across kingdoms is comparable.