Valsariaand theValsariales.
More than 100 recent collections ofValsaria sensu latomostly from Europe were used to elucidate the species composition within the genus. Multigene phylogeny based on SSU, LSU, ITS,rpb2andtef1sequences revealed a monophyletic group of ten species within theDothideomycetes, belonging to three morphologically similar genera. This group could not be accommodated in any known family and are thus classified in the new familyValsariaceaeand the new orderValsariales.The genusValsaria sensu strictocomprisesV. insitiva,V. robiniae,V. rudis,V. spartii,V. lopadostomoidessp. nov. andV. neotropicasp. nov., which are phylogenetically well-defined, but morphologically nearly indistinguishable species. The new monotypic genusBambusariais introduced to accommodateValsaria bambusae. Munkovalsaria rubraandValsaria fulvopruinataare combined inMyrmaecium, a genus traditionally treated as a synonym ofValsaria, which comprises three species, withM. rubricosumas its generic type. This work is presented as a basis for additional species to be detected in future.
Division of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Wien, Austria; 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.
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Jaklitsch
Las Muros, 09420 Rimont, France.
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Fournier
Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research and School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
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Dai
Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research and School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
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Hyde
Division of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Wien, Austria; 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.
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Voglmayr
Ascomycota; Dothideomycetes; Multigene phylogenetic analysis; Pyrenomycetes