title: Phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Gliocephalotrichum.
abstract: Species in the genus Gliocephalotrichum (= Leuconectria) (Hypocreales, Nectriaceae) are soilborne fungi, associated with post-harvest fruit spoilage of several important tropical fruit crops. Contemporary taxonomic studies of these fungi have relied on morphology and DNA sequence comparisons of the internal transcribed spacer region of the nuclear rDNA (ITS) and the β-tubulin gene regions. Employing DNA sequence data from four loci (β-tubulin, histone H3, ITS, and translation elongation factor 1-alpha) and morphological comparisons, the taxonomic status of the genus Gliocephalotrichum was re-evaluated. As a result five species are newly described, namely G. humicola (Taiwan, soil), G. mexicanum (rambutan fruit from Mexico), G. nephelii (rambutan fruit from Guatemala), G. queenslandicum (Australia, endophytic isolations) and G. simmonsii (rambutan fruit from Guatemala). Although species of Gliocephalotrichum are generally not regarded as important plant pathogens, their ability to cause post-harvest fruit rot could have an impact on fruit export and storage.
authors.affiliation: CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands;
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lombard
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, 6500 Amarillo Blvd W. Amarillo, Texas 79106, USA.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Serrato-Diaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cheewangkoon
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, 6500 Amarillo Blvd W. Amarillo, Texas 79106, USA.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: French-Monar
authors.affiliation: Mycothèque de l'Université catholique de Louvain (BCCM/MUCL), Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Place Croix du Sud 2 bte L07.05.06, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Decock
authors.affiliation: CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; ; Microbiology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands. ; Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), Doevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Crous
keywords: Gliocephalotrichum; Leuconectria; phylogeny; taxonomy