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Revision and phylogeny of Leptosphaeriaceae

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Leptosphaeriaceae is a family in the order Pleosporales comprising economically important plant pathogens. Species may also be endophytes or saprobes on various host plants. In recent classifications Alternariaster, Leptosphaeria, Neophaeosphaeria, Paraleptosphaeria, Heterospora, Subplenodomus and Plenodomus were included in the family. The taxonomy of genera and species in Leptosphaeriaceae has been problematic due to the lack of understanding of the importance of morphological characters used to distinguish taxa, as well as the lack of reference strains. In order to establish evolutionary relationships and to provide a backbone tree for Leptosphaeria and allied genera, we sequenced the 18S nrDNA, 28S nrDNA, ITS, RPB2, TEF and ACT gene regions of Leptosphaeriaceae species and analysed this data. Multi-locus phylogenies together with morphology robustly support the monophyletic nature of Leptosphaeriaceae among the other families in Pleosporales, and the inclusion of the genera Alternariaster, Heterospora, Leptosphaeria, Paraleptosphaeria, Sphaerellopsis, Subplenodomus, Plenodomus and three novel genera Alloleptosphaeria, Neoleptosphaeria and Pseudoleptosphaeria. Five new species, Alternariaster centaureae-diffusae, Leptosphaeria cichorium, Paraleptosphaeria rubi, Plenodomus guttulatus and P. salviae are introduced. An account of sexual morph of Alternariaster centaureae-diffusae is provided, and the sexual morph of Leptosphaeria doliolum is re-described and illustrated using modern concepts from fresh collections. A novel family Neophaeosphaeriaceae is established to accommodate the genus Neophaeosphaeria and its species.

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Acknowledgments

The authors extend their sincere appreciations to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for its funding this Prolific Research group (PRG-1436-09). MFLU grant number 56101020032 is thanked for supporting studies on Dothideomycetes. We are grateful to the Mushroom Research Foundation, Chiang Rai, Thailand for supporting studies on Dothideomycetes. Kevin D. Hyde thanks the Chinese Academy of Sciences, project number 2013T2S0030, for the award of Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists at Kunming Institute of Botany. H.A Ariyawansa and J.C. Kang are grateful to the agricultural science and technology foundation of Guizhou province (Nos. NY[2013]3042 ), the international collaboration plan of Guizhou province (No. G [2012]7006) and the innovation team construction for science and technology of Guizhou province (No. [2012]4007) from the Science and Technology Department of Guizhou province, China. Chayanard Phukhamsakda would like to thank Royal Golden Jubilee Ph. D. Program under Thailand Research Fund, for the award of a scholarship no. PHD/0020/2557 to study towards a PhD. Shaun Pennycook is thanked for checking and suggesting corrections to most of the Latin names. Ausana Mapook would like to thank Research and Researchers for Industries (RRI) PHD57I0012 under the Thailand Research Fund for the award of a to study towards a PhD. Hiran Ariyawansa is grateful to A.D Ariyawansa, D.M.K Ariyawansa, Ruwini Ariyawansa and Amila Gunasekara for their valuable suggestions.

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  1. Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550006, People’s Republic of China

    Hiran A. Ariyawansa, Kasun M. Thambugala, Subashini C. Jayasiri, Kevin D. Hyde & Zuo-Yi Liu

  2. Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, People’s Republic of China

    Hiran A. Ariyawansa & Kevin D. Hyde

  3. World Agroforestry Centre, East Asia and Central, Heilongtan, Kunming, 650201, People’s Republic of China

    Hiran A. Ariyawansa & Kevin D. Hyde

  4. The Engineering and Research Center for Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources of National Education Ministry of China, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, Guizhou Province, People’s Republic of China

    Hiran A. Ariyawansa & Ji-Chuan Kang

  5. School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand

    Hiran A. Ariyawansa, Chayanard Phukhamsakda, Kasun M. Thambugala, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Rekhani H. Perera, Ausana Mapook, Subashini C. Jayasiri, Kevin D. Hyde & J. D. Bhat

  6. Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand

    Hiran A. Ariyawansa, Chayanard Phukhamsakda, Kasun M. Thambugala, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Rekhani H. Perera, Ausana Mapook, Subashini C. Jayasiri, Kevin D. Hyde & J. D. Bhat

  7. A.M.B. Gruppo Micologico Forlivese “Antonio Cicognani”, Via Roma 18, Forlì, Italy

    Erio Camporesi

  8. Department of Botany and Microbiology, King Saudi University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    E. B. Gareth Jones & Ali H. Bahkali

  9. Academy of Biology and Biotechnology (Department of Biological Sciences), Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, 344090, Russia

    Timur S. Bulgakov

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Ariyawansa, H.A., Phukhamsakda, C., Thambugala, K.M. et al. Revision and phylogeny of Leptosphaeriaceae . Fungal Diversity 74, 19–51 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-015-0349-2

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