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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Acknowledgements We thank Dr Olivier Maurin, John and Sandra Bur-
rows,fortheirhelpinidentifyingthehostplantscollectedinsouthernAfrica.
Drs Josepa Gené and Margarita Hernández Restrepo are thanked for
providingpicturesofvariouscollectionsites.DrAlbertoM.Stchigelisgrate-
ful to the Dirección Nacional del Antártico for the logistic support to study
theAntarcticfungi.FinancialsupportforM.T.Tellería,M.DueñasandM.P.
MartínwasprovidedbyEndesaandSanIgnaciodeHuinayfoundations,
aswellasConsejoSuperiordeInvestigacionesCientíficas,CSIC,projects
No.2011HUI10and2013CL0012.FinancialsupportforR.Cheewangkoon
wasprovidedbytheThailandResearchFundMRG5580163.Wethankthe
technicalstaff,A.vanIperen(cultures),M.Vermaas(photographicplates),
andM.Starink-Willemse(DNAisolation,amplificationandsequencing)for
theirinvaluableassistance.
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P.W.Crous
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,M.J.Wingfield
2
,J.Guarro
3
,R.Cheewangkoon
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,M.vanderBank
5
,
W.J.Swart
6
,A.M.Stchigel
3
,J.F.Cano-Lira
3
,J.Roux
2
,H.Madrid
1
,U.Damm
1
,A.R.Wood
7
,
L.A.Shuttleworth
2
,C.S.Hodges
8
,M.Munster
8
,M.deJesúsYáñez-Morales
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,L.Zúñiga-
Estrada
10
,E.M.Cruywagen
2
,G.S.deHoog
1
,C.Silvera
3
,J.Najafzadeh
11
,E.M.Davison
12
,
P.J.N.Davison
13
,M.D.Barrett
14
,R.L.Barrett
14
,D.S.Manamgoda
15,16
,A.M.Minnis
17
,
N.M.Kleczewski
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,S.L.Flory
19
,L.A.Castlebury
15
,K.Clay
20
,K.D.Hyde
16
,
S.N.D.Maússe-Sitoe
2
, Shuaifei Chen
2
,C.Lechat
21
,M.Hairaud
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,L.Lesage-Meessen
23
,
J.Pawłowska
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,M.Wilk
25
,A.Śliwińska-Wyrzychowska
26
,M.Mętrak
27
,M.Wrzosek
28
,
D.Pavlic-Zupanc
29
,H.M.Maleme
2,30
,B.Slippers
2,31
,W.P.MacCormack
32
,D.I.Archuby
33
,
N.J.Grünwald
34
,M.T.Tellería
35
,M.Dueñas
35
,M.P.Martín
35
,S.Marincowitz
2
,
Z.W.deBeer
30
,C.A.Perez
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,J.Gené
3
,Y.Marin-Felix
3
,J.Z.Groenewald
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Key words
ITSDNAbarcodes
LSU
novel fungal species
systematics
Abstract Novel species of microfungi described in the present study include the following from South Africa:
Camarosporium aloes, Phaeococcomyces aloes and Phoma aloes from Aloe, C. psoraleae, Diaporthe psoraleae
and D. psoraleae-pinnatae from Psoralea, Colletotrichum euphorbiae from Euphorbia, Coniothyrium prosopidis and
Peyronellaea prosopidis from Prosopis, Diaporthe cassines from Cassine, D. diospyricola from Diospyros, Diaporthe
maytenicola from Maytenus, Harknessia proteae from Protea, Neofusicoccum ursorum and N. cryptoaustrale from
Eucalyptus, Ochrocladosporium adansoniae from Adansonia, Pilidium pseudoconcavum from Greyia radlkoferi,
Stagonospora pseudopaludosa from Phragmites and Toxicocladosporium ficiniae from Ficinia.Severalspecieswere
alsodescribedfromThailand,namely:Chaetopsina pini and C. pinicola from Pinus spp.,Myrmecridium thailandicum
from reed litter, Passalora pseudotithoniae from Tithonia, Pallidocercospora ventilago from Ventilago, Pyricularia
bothriochloae from Bothriochloa and Sphaerulina rhododendricola from Rhododendron. Novelties from Spain include
Cladophialophora multiseptata, Knufia tsunedae and Pleuroascus rectipilus from soil and Cyphellophora catalaunica
fromriversediments.SpeciesfromtheUSAincludeBipolaris drechsleri from Microstegium, Calonectria blephiliae
from Blephilia, Kellermania macrospora(epitype)andK. pseudoyuccigena from Yucca. Threenewspeciesare
described from Mexico, namely Neophaeosphaeria agaves and K. agaves from Agave and Phytophthora ipomoeae
from Ipomoea. Other African species include Calonectria mossambicensis from Eucalyptus(Mozambique),Harzia
cameroonensisfromanunknowncreeper(Cameroon),Mastigosporella anisophylleae from Anisophyllea (Zam-
bia)andTeratosphaeria terminaliae from Terminalia (Zimbabwe).SpeciesfromEuropeincludeAuxarthron longi-
sporum fromforestsoil(Portugal),Discosia pseudoartocreas from Tilia(Austria),Paraconiothyrium polonense and
P. lycopodinum from Lycopodium (Poland)andStachybotrys oleronensis from Iris (France).TwospeciesofChryso-
sporium are described from Antarctica, namely C. magnasporum and C. oceanitesii.Finally,Licea xanthospora
is described from Australia, Hypochnicium huinayensis from Chile and Custingophora blanchettei fromUruguay.
Novel genera of Ascomycetes include Neomycosphaerella from Pseudopentameris macrantha(SouthAfrica),and
Paramycosphaerella from Brachystegiasp.(Zimbabwe).NovelhyphomycetegeneraincludePseudocatenomycopsis
from Rothmannia (Zambia),Neopseudocercospora from Terminalia(Zambia)andNeodeightoniella from Phrag-
mites (SouthAfrica),whileDimorphiopsis
from Brachystegia (Zambia)representsanovelcoelomycetousgenus.
Furthermore, Alanphillipsia is introduced as a new genus in the Botryosphaeriaceae with four species, A. aloes,
A. aloeigena and A. aloetica from Aloe spp.andA. euphorbiae from Euphorbia sp.(SouthAfrica).Anewcombina-
tion is also proposed for Brachysporium torulosum(Deightoniellablacktipofbanana)asCorynespora torulosa.
MorphologicalandculturecharacteristicsalongwithITSDNAbarcodesareprovidedforalltaxa.
Article info Received:1September2013;Accepted:1October2013;Published:26November2013.
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CenterforForestMycologyResearch,NorthernResearchStation,US-
DA-ForestService,OneGiffordPinchotDr.,Madison,WI53726,USA.
18
DepartmentofPlantandSoilSciences,TheUniversityofDelaware,145
TownsendHall,Newark,DE19719,USA.
19
AgronomyDepartment,UniversityofFlorida,Gainesville,FL32611,USA.
20
DepartmentofBiology,IndianaUniversity,Bloomington,Indiana47405,
USA.
21
Ascofrance,64routedeChizé,79360VilliersenBois,France.
22
ImpassedesMarronniers,79360PoivendredeMarigny,France.
23
INRAAix-MarseilleUniversité,UMR-BCF,CP925,13288Marseillecedex
09,France.
24
DepartmentofSystematicsandPlantGeography,UniversityofWarsaw,
Al.Ujazdowskie4,00-478Warsaw,Poland.
25
College of Inter-Faculty IndividualStudies in Mathematics and Natural
Sciences,UniversityofWarsaw,Warsaw,Poland.
26
DepartmentofBotanyandPlantEcology,InstituteofChemistry,Environ-
mentalProtection and Biotechnology,Jan Długosz University,Al.Armii
Krajowej13/15,42-201Częstochowa,Poland.
27
DepartmentofPlantEcologyandEnvironmentalProtection,TheUniver-
sityofWarsaw,Al.Ujazdowskie4,00-478Warsaw,Poland.
28
DepartmentofSystematicsandPlantGeography,UniversityofWarsaw,
Al.Ujazdowskie4,00-478Warsaw,Poland.
29
Biosystematics Programme-Mycology Unit, Plant Protection Research
Institute, Agricultural Research Councile (ARC-PPRI), Pretoria, South
Africa.
30
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Natural and
AgriculturalSciences,UniversityofPretoria,Pretoria,0002,SouthAfrica.
31
Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences,
UniversityofPretoria,Pretoria,0002,SouthAfrica.
32
DepartamentodeMicrobiologíaAmbientalyEcofisiología,InstitutoAntar-
ticoArgentino,BuenosAires,Argentina.
33
Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas,Aves, InstitutoAntartico Argen-
tino,BuenosAires,Argentina.
34
USDAAgriculturalResearchService,HorticulturalCropsResearchLabo-
ratory,3420NWOrchardAve.,CorvallisOR97330,USA.
35
RealJardínBotánicoRJB-CSIC,PlazadeMurillo2,28014Madrid,Spain.
36
Fitopatología, EEMAC, Departamento de ProtecciónVegetal, Facultad
deAgronomía,UniversidaddelaRepública,Ruta3km363,Paysandú,
Uruguay.
ASCOMYCOTA
Dothideomycetes
Botryosphaeriales, Botryosphaeriaceae
Alanphillipsia aloeigena
Alanphillipsia aloes
Alanphillipsia aloetica
Alanphillipsia euphorbiae
Neofusicoccum cryptoaustrale
Neofusicoccum ursorum
Botryosphaeriales, Planistromellaceae
Kellermania agaves
Kellermania pseudoyuccigena
Capnodiales, Cladosporiaceae
Toxicocladosporiumciniae
Capnodiales, Mycosphaerellaceae
Neodeightoniella phragmiticola
Neomycosphaerella pseudopentameridis
Neopseudocercospora terminaliae
Pallidocercospora ventilago
Paramycosphaerella brachystegia
Passalora pseudotithoniae
Sphaerulina rhododendricola
Capnodiales, Teratosphaeriaceae
Teratosphaeria terminaliae
Pleosporomycetidae, Pleosporales, Coryne-
sporascaceae
Corynespora torulosa
Pleosporomycetidae, Pleosporales, incertae
sedis
Ochrocladosporium adansoniae
Pleosporales, Massarineae, Massarinaceae
Stagonospora pseudopaludosa
Pleosporomycetidae, Pleosporales, Lophio-
stomataceae
Dimorphiopsis brachystegiae
Pleosporomycetidae, Pleosporales, Pleospori-
neae, Didymellaceae
Coniothyrium prosopidis
Peyronellaea prosopidis
Phoma aloes
HIGHER ORDER CLASSIFICATION OF TAXONOMIC NOVELTIES
Hypocreomycetidae, Hypocreales, Nectria
ceae
Calonectria blephiliae
Calonectria mossambicensis
Chaetopsina pini
Chaetopsina pinicola
Hypocreomycetidae, Microascales, Gon-
dwanamycetaceae
Custingophora blanchettei
Incertae sedis
Myrmecridium thailandicum
Sordariomycetidae, Diaporthales, Dia-
porthaceae
Diaporthe cassines
Diaporthe diospyricola
Diaporthe maytenicola
Diaporthe psoraleae
Diaporthe psoraleae-pinnatae
Sordariomycetidae, Diaporthales, Cryphonec-
triaceae
Mastigosporella anisophylleae
Sordariomycetidae, Diaporthales, Harknessia-
ceae
Harknessia proteae
Sordariomycetidae, Magnaporthales, Magna-
porthaceae
Pyricularia bothriochloae
Xylariomycetidae, Xylariales, Amphisphae-
riaceae
Discosia pseudoartocreas
BASIDIOMYCOTA
Agaricomycetes, Polyporales, Meruliaceae
Hypochnicium huinayensis
CHROMISTA
Oomycota, Oomycetes, Pythiales, Pythiaceae
Phytophthora ipomoeae
MYXOMYCOTA
Myxomycetes, Liceales, Liceaceae
Licea xanthospora
1
CBS-KNAWFungalBiodiversityCentre,Uppsalalaan8,3584CTUtrecht,
TheNetherlands;correspondingauthore-mail:p.crous@cbs.knaw.nl.
2
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of
Pretoria,PrivateBagX20,Pretoria,0028,SouthAfrica.
3
MycologyUnit,UniversityRoviraiVirgiliandIISPV,C/SantLlorenç21,
43201Reus,Spain.
4
DepartmentofPlantPathology,FacultyofAgriculture,ChiangMaiUni-
versity,ChiangMai50200,Thailand.
5
DepartmentofBotanyandPlantBiotechnology,UniversityofJohannes-
burg,P.O.Box524,AucklandPark,2006,SouthAfrica.
6
DepartmentofPlantSciences,UniversityoftheFreeState,P.O.Box339,
Bloemfontein9300,SouthAfrica.
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ARC–PlantProtectionResearchInstitute,P.BagX5017,Stellenbosch
7599,SouthAfrica.
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PlantDiseaseandInsectClinic,NorthCarolinaStateUniversity,Campus
Box7211,Raleigh,NorthCarolina27695,919-515-3619,USA.
9
ColegiodePostgraduados,CampusMontecillo,Km.36.5Carr.Mexico-
Texcoco,Montecillo,Mpio.deTexcoco,Edo.deMexico56230,Mexico.
10
CampoExperimentalLasHuastecas-INIFAP,Km55CarreteraTampico-
Mante,C.P.89610,Mexico.
11
Department of Parasitology and Mycology, and Cancer Molecular Pathol-
ogy Research Center, Ghaem Hospital, School of Medicine, Mashhad
UniversityofMedicalSciences,Mashhad,Iran.
12
DepartmentofEnvironmentandAgriculture,CurtinUniversity,GPOBox
U1987, Perth 6845, WesternAustralia; WesternAustralian Herbarium,
Department of Parks and Wildlife, Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery
Centre,WesternAustralia6983.
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148,BatemanRd.,Mt.Pleasant6153,WesternAustralia.
14
BotanicGardensandParksAuthority,KingsParkandBotanicGarden,
WestPerth,WesternAustralia6005;SchoolofPlantBiology,TheUni-
versity of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009; Western
Australian Herbarium, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Locked Bag
104,BentleyDeliveryCentre,WesternAustralia6983.
15
SystematicMycology&MicrobiologyLaboratory,USDA-ARS,10300Bal-
timoreAve.,Beltsville,MD20705,USA.
16
InstituteofExcellenceinFungalResearch,MaeFahLuangUniversity,
ChiangRai57100,Thailand.
Pleosporomycetidae, Pleosporales, Pleospori-
neae, Phaeosphaeriaceae
Camarosporium aloes
Camarosporium psoraleae
Neophaeosphaeria agaves
Paraconiothyrium lycopodinum
Paraconiothyrium polonense
Pleosporomycetidae, Pleosporales, Pleospori-
neae, Pleosporaceae
Bipolaris drechsleri
Eurotiomycetes
Chaetothyriomycetidae, Chaetothyriales,
Chaetothyriaceae
Knuatsunedae
Herpotrichiellaceae
Cladophialophora multiseptata
Phaeococcomyces aloes
Cyphellophoraceae
Cyphellophora catalaunica
Eurotiomycetidae, Onygenales, Onygenaceae
Auxarthron longisporum
Chrysosporium magnasporum
Chrysosporium oceanitesii
Leotiomycetes
Helotiales
Pilidium pseudoconcavum
Pseudeurotiaceae
Pleuroascus rectipilus
Sordariomycetes
Hypocreomycetidae, Coronophorales, Scorte-
chiniaceae
Pseudocatenomycopsis rothmanniae
Hypocreomycetidae, Glomerellales, Glome-
rellaceae
Colletotrichum euphorbiae
Hypocreomycetidae, Hypocreales, incertae
sedis
Harzia cameroonensis
Stachybotrys oleronensis
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Toxicocladosporium ciniae Crous&A.R.Wood,sp. nov.
Etymology. Named after the host genus from which it was collected,
Ficinia.
Leaf spots absent,sporulatingondeadtissue.OnSNA:My-
celium consisting of branched, septate, smooth, pale brown,
2–3 µm diam hyphae. Conidiophores solitary, arising from
superficialmycelium,erect,brown,unbranchedorbranched
above,subcylindrical,straighttoexuous,10–40×3–5µm,
1–15-septate,apicalseptumbecomingdarkbrownandthick-
ened. Conidiogenous cells integrated, polyblastic, terminal
andlateral,smooth,brown,5–15×2.5–4µm;scarstruncate,
thickenedanddarkened,1.5–2µmwide.Primary ramoconi dia
mediumbrown,smoothtofinelyverruculose,aseptate,sub-
cylindrical,15–35×3–4µm.Secondary ramoconidia giving
rise to branched chains of conidia, subcylindrical, polyblastic,
brown, smooth to finely verruculose, 0–1-septate, 12–20 ×
2.5–3µm;scarsdarkened,thickened,1.5–2µmdiam. Inter-
calary conidia subcylindrical to fusoid-ellipsoidal, brown,
smoothtofinelyverruculose,(9–)10–11×(2.5–)3µm.Small
terminal conidia fusoid-ellipsoidal, brown, smooth to finely
verruculose,(7–)8–9×(2.5–)3µm;hilathickenedanddark-
ened,1–1.5µmdiam.
Culture characteristics — Colonies after 2 wk reaching 30
mm diam, erumpent, folded, with even, smooth margins, and
moderateaerial mycelium.OnMEAsurfacepaleolivaceous-
grey in centre, and olivaceous-grey in outer region, iron-grey
underneath.OnOAolivaceous-greyincentre,withpaleoliva-
ceous-grey aerial mycelium, surrounded by a prominent scarlet
to red zone in agar; on PDA centre pale olivaceous-grey, outer
region isabelline, with pale brown pigment diffusing into agar;
reversebrown-vinaceous.
Typus. South AfricA, Western Cape Province, Bracken Nature Reserve,
on leaves of Ficinia indica(Cyperaceae),18Aug. 2012, A. Wood(holo-
type CBS H-21413, culture ex-type CPC 21283, 21282 = CBS 136406,
ITSsequenceGenBankKF777190,LSUsequenceGenBankKF777241,
MycoBankMB805812).
Notes—Thegenus Toxicocladosporium was established
by Crous et al. (2007a) to accommodate cladosporium-like
taxa with subdenticulate conidiogenous loci, and somewhat
thickened,conspicuouslydarkened-refractiveloci. Sincethe
genus was established, several additional taxa have been add-
ed(Crousetal.2009b,2010a,b,2012a,c,Crous&Groene-
wald2011,Benschetal.2012).
BasedonamegablastsearchofNCBIsGenBanknucleotide
database,theclosesthitsusingtheLSUsequenceareToxico-
cladosporium strelitziae (GenBankJX069858;Identities=877/
885(99%),nogaps),T. irritans (GenBankEU040243;Identi-
ties=877/885(99%),nogaps)andT. posoqueriae (GenBank
KC005803; Identities = 875/885 (99%), no gaps). Closest
hitsusingtheITSsequencehadhighestsimilaritytoT. velox-
um (GenBankFJ790288;Identities=595/612(97%),Gaps=
4/612(0%)),T. pseudoveloxum (GenBankJF499849;Identi-
ties=630/649(97%),Gaps=2/649(0%))andT. banksiae
(GenBankHQ599598;Identities=659/679(97%),Gaps=3/
679(0%)).
PedroW.Crous&JohannesZ.Groenewald,CBS-KNAWFungalBiodiversityCentre,P.O.Box85167,3508ADUtrecht,TheNetherlands;
e-mail:p.crous@cbs.knaw.nl&e.groenewald@cbs.knaw.nl
AlanR.Wood,ARC–PlantProtectionResearchInstitute,P.BagX5017,Stellenbosch7599,SouthAfrica;e-mail:wooda@arc.agric.za
Colour illustrations.BrackenNatureReserve;conidiophoresandconidia
inculture.Scalebars=10µm.
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Kellermania macrospora
& Kellermania pseudoyuccigena