The Genera of Fungi - fixing the application of the type species of generic names - G 2: Allantophomopsis, Latorua, Macrodiplodiopsis, Macrohilum, Milospium, Protostegia, Pyricularia, Robillarda, Rotula, Septoriella, Torula, and Wojnowicia

Abstract

The present paper represents the second contribution in the Genera of Fungi series, linking type species of fungal genera to their morphology and DNA sequence data, and where possible, ecology. This paper focuses on 12 genera of microfungi, 11 of which the type species are neo- or epitypified here: Allantophomopsis (A. cytisporea, Phacidiaceae, Phacidiales, Leotiomycetes), Latorua gen. nov. (Latorua caligans, Latoruaceae, Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes), Macrodiplodiopsis (M. desmazieri, Macrodiplodiopsidaceae, Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes), Macrohilum (M. eucalypti, Macrohilaceae, Diaporthales, Sordariomycetes), Milospium (M. graphideorum, incertae sedis, Pezizomycotina), Protostegia (P. eucleae, Mycosphaerellaceae, Capnodiales, Dothideomycetes), Pyricularia (P. grisea, Pyriculariaceae, Magnaporthales, Sordariomycetes), Robillarda (R. sessilis, Robillardaceae, Xylariales, Sordariomycetes), Rutola (R. graminis, incertae sedis, Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes), Septoriella (S. phragmitis, Phaeosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes), Torula (T. herbarum, Torulaceae, Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes) and Wojnowicia (syn. of Septoriella, S. hirta, Phaeosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes). Novel species include Latorua grootfonteinensis, Robillarda africana, R. roystoneae, R. terrae, Torula ficus, T. hollandica, and T. masonii spp. nov., and three new families: Macrodiplodiopsisceae, Macrohilaceae, and Robillardaceae. Authors interested in contributing accounts of individual genera to larger multi-authored papers to be published in IMA Fungus, should contact the associate editors listed for the major groups of fungi on the List of Protected Generic Names for Fungi (www.generaoffungi.org).

A new genus and species for the globally important, multihost root pathogen Thielaviopsis basicola

“…herbarum (Pers.) Link, for which a neotype was designated recently, the sequences of which placed the genus in the Torulaceae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes) (Crous et al ., ). Berkeleyomyces basicola can thus not be treated in Torula .…”

Hidden diversity in Thyridaria and a new circumscription of the Thyridariaceae

“…Taxa in bold were sequenced in the present study. Familial classification follows Hyde et al 2013, with updates from Crous et al., 2015, Dai et al., 2016, Liu et al., 2015, Tanaka et al., 2015.…”

Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 1

“…Resolving these generic and species concepts is thus of the utmost importance for plant health and global trade in food and fibre (Crous et al., 2015b, Crous et al., 2016a). The present project focused on genera of fungi that have members causing plant diseases (phytopathogenic), links to a larger initiative called the “The Genera of Fungi project” based on Clements & Shear (1931) (www.GeneraOfFungi.org, Crous et al., 2014a, Crous et al., 2015a, Giraldo et al., 2017), which aims to revise the generic names of all currently accepted fungi (Kirk et al. 2013).…”