title: Teichosporaand the Teichosporaceae.
abstract: A multigene analysis of a combined ITS, LSU, SSU,rpb2andtef1sequence data matrix was applied to infer the phylogenetic position of the genusTeichosporain the Pleosporales, based on isolates from freshly collected material of the generic typeT. trabicolaand several additional species. Phylogenetic analyses revealed thatMisturatosphaeriaandFloricolaare synonyms ofTeichospora. All species of these genera and several species recently described in the genusCurreyabelong toTeichosporaand are thus combined in this genus. Also,Melanomma radicansandRamusculicola thailandicaare combined inTeichospora. The new nameTeichospora parvais established forMisturatosphaeria minima. Three new species,T. melanommoides,T. pusillaandT. rubriostiolata, are described, and an expanded description ofT. mariaeis given. The family Teichosporaceae is currently confined toTeichospora, which can be phylogenetically clearly separated fromLophiostoma, the type genus of the Lophiostomataceae. The family name Floricolaceae is a synonym of Teichosporaceae. All species described here form apically free paraphyses among immature asci. This finding contradicts the current general dogma that apically free paraphyses are absent in the Pleosporales and questions the wide use of the term pseudoparaphysis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Hasenauerstraße 38, 1190 Vienna, Austria ; Division of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Wien, Austria.
authors.forename: Walter M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Jaklitsch
authors.affiliation: Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 16, SE-75236 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ibai
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Olariaga
authors.affiliation: Division of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Wien, Austria.
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Voglmayr
keywords: Ascomycota; Cucurbitaria; Phylogenetic analysis; Pleosporales; Strickeria; Teichosporella