Abstract
This is a continuity of a series of taxonomic papers where materials are examined, described and novel combinations are proposed where necessary to improve our traditional species concepts and provide updates on their classification. In addition to extensive morphological descriptions and appropriate asexual and sexual connections, DNA sequence data are also analysed from concatenated datasets (rDNA, TEF-α, RBP2 and β-Tubulin) to infer phylogenetic relationships and substantiate systematic position of taxa within appropriate ranks. Wherever new species or combinations are being proposed, we apply an integrative approach (morphological and molecular data as well as ecological features wherever applicable). Notes on 125 fungal taxa are compiled in this paper, including eight new genera, 101 new species, two new combinations, one neotype, four reference specimens, new host or distribution records for eight species and one alternative morphs. The new genera introduced in this paper are
Alloarthopyrenia
,
Arundellina
,
Camarosporioides
,
Neomassaria
,
Neomassarina
,
Neotruncatella
,
Paracapsulospora
and
Pseudophaeosphaeria
. The new species are
Alfaria spartii
,
Alloarthopyrenia italica
,
Anthostomella ravenna
,
An
.
thailandica
,
Arthrinium paraphaeospermum
,
Arundellina typhae
,
Aspergillus koreanus
,
Asterina cynometrae
,
Bertiella ellipsoidea
,
Blastophorum aquaticum
,
Cainia globosa
,
Camarosporioides phragmitis
,
Ceramothyrium menglunense
,
Chaetosphaeronema achilleae
,
Chlamydotubeufia helicospora
,
Ciliochorella phanericola
,
Clavulinopsis aurantiaca
,
Colletotrichum insertae
,
Comoclathris italica
,
Coronophora myricoides
,
Cortinarius fulvescentoideus
,
Co
.
nymphatus
,
Co
.
pseudobulliardioides
,
Co
.
tenuifulvescens
,
Cunninghamella gigacellularis
,
Cyathus pyristriatus
,
Cytospora cotini
,
Dematiopleospora alliariae
,
De
.
cirsii
,
Diaporthe aseana
,
Di
.
garethjonesii
,
Distoseptispora multiseptata
,
Dis
.
tectonae
,
Dis
.
tectonigena
,
Dothiora buxi
,
Emericellopsis persica
,
Gloniopsis calami
,
Helicoma guttulatum
,
Helvella floriforma
,
H
.
oblongispora
,
Hermatomyces subiculosa
,
Juncaceicola italica
,
Lactarius dirkii
,
Lentithecium unicellulare
,
Le
.
voraginesporum
,
Leptosphaeria cirsii
,
Leptosphaeria irregularis
,
Leptospora galii
,
Le
.
thailandica
,
Lindgomyces pseudomadisonensis
,
Lophiotrema bambusae
,
Lo
.
fallopiae
,
Meliola citri-maximae
,
Minimelanolocus submersus
,
Montagnula cirsii
,
Mortierella fluviae
,
Muriphaeosphaeria ambrosiae
,
Neodidymelliopsis ranunculi
,
Neomassaria fabacearum
,
Neomassarina thailandica
,
Neomicrosphaeropsis cytisi
,
Neo
.
cytisinus
,
Neo
.
minima
,
Neopestalotiopsis cocoës
,
Neopestalotiopsis musae
,
Neoroussoella lenispora
,
Neotorula submersa
,
Neotruncatella endophytica
,
Nodulosphaeria italica
,
Occultibambusa aquatica
,
Oc
.
chiangraiensis
,
Ophiocordyceps hemisphaerica
,
Op
.
lacrimoidis
,
Paracapsulospora metroxyli
,
Pestalotiopsis sequoiae
,
Peziza fruticosa
,
Pleurotrema thailandica
,
Poaceicola arundinis
,
Polyporus mangshanensis
,
Pseudocoleophoma typhicola
,
Pseudodictyosporium thailandica
,
Pseudophaeosphaeria rubi
,
Purpureocillium sodanum
,
Ramariopsis atlantica
,
Rhodocybe griseoaurantia
,
Rh
.
indica
,
Rh
.
luteobrunnea
,
Russula indoalba
,
Ru
.
pseudoamoenicolor
,
Sporidesmium aquaticivaginatum
,
Sp
.
olivaceoconidium
,
Sp
.
pyriformatum
,
Stagonospora forlicesenensis
,
Stagonosporopsis centaureae
,
Terriera thailandica
,
Tremateia arundicola
,
Tr
.
guiyangensis
,
Trichomerium bambusae
,
Tubeufia hyalospora
,
Tu
.
roseohelicospora
and
Wojnowicia italica
. New combinations are given for
Hermatomyces mirum
and
Pallidocercospora thailandica
. A neotype is proposed for
Cortinarius fulvescens
. Reference specimens are given for
Aquaphila albicans
,
Leptospora rubella
,
Platychora ulmi
and
Meliola pseudosasae
, while new host or distribution records are provided for
Diaporthe eres
,
Di. siamensis
,
Di
.
foeniculina
,
Dothiorella iranica
,
Do. sarmentorum
,
Do. vidmadera
,
Helvella tinta
and
Vaginatispora fuckelii
, with full taxonomic details. An asexual state is also reported for the first time in
Neoacanthostigma septoconstrictum
. This paper contributes to a more comprehensive update and improved identification of many ascomycetes and basiodiomycetes.