“…However, about 36 species previously placed in Periconia have been transferred to other genera in Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycetes, Sordariomycetes and Ascomycota genera incertae sedis as well as synonymized to other Periconia species [ 13 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 ]. To date, Periconia comprises 117 morphological species [ 39 ], of which only 24 species have so far been confirmed of phylogenetic affinities based on molecular data [ 2 , 40 ]. Species of Periconia are usually known as saprobes on a variety of plant substrates and have a wide distribution across temperate and tropical regions [ 3 , 24 , 41 ].…”