title: Morphology and Phylogeny of Neoscytalidium orchidacearum sp. nov. (Botryosphaeriaceae).
abstract: A coelomycete with characters resembling the asexual morphs in the family Botryosphaeriaceae was isolated from a fallen leaf of an orchid collected in Thailand. Morphological and phylogenetic analyses placed the strain in Neoscytalidium. Phylogenetic relationships among Neoscytalidium species were inferred by analyzing internal transcribed spacers and large subunit of rRNA sequence data and indicate that our strain is a new species, which is introduced and illustrated herein as Neoscytalidium orchidacearum sp. nov.
authors.affiliation: Engineering and Research Center for Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources of National Education Ministry of China, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.; School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.; Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
authors.forename: Shi-Ke
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain, 75205 Paris 12 CEDEX 13, France.
authors.forename: Narumon
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tangthirasunun
authors.affiliation: University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences, Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Alan J L
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.affiliation: School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.; Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.; University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences, Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal.; Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China.; East and Central Asia, World Agroforestry Centre, Kunming 650201, China.
authors.forename: Dong-Qin
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.; Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
authors.forename: Dhanushka N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Wanasinghe
authors.affiliation: Engineering and Research Center for Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources of National Education Ministry of China, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
authors.forename: Ting-Chi
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.affiliation: King Saud University, College of Science, Botany and Microbiology Department, Riyadh 1145, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Ali H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Bahkali
authors.affiliation: School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.; Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.; Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China.; East and Central Asia, World Agroforestry Centre, Kunming 650201, China.; King Saud University, College of Science, Botany and Microbiology Department, Riyadh 1145, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Kevin D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Hyde
authors.affiliation: Engineering and Research Center for Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources of National Education Ministry of China, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
authors.forename: Ji-Chuan
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kang
keywords: Botryosphaeriales; Coelomycetes; New species; Phylogeny