Two new species of Botryosphaeriaceae (Botryosphaeriales) and new host/geographical records

Botryosphaeriaceae is the largest family in Botryosphaeriales, consisting of 22 genera. The family is worldwide in distribu-tion and occurs on a wide variety of plant hosts. Botryosphaeriaceae includes endophytic, saprobic, and plant pathogenic species associated with canker and die-back diseases, most common on woody plants. The present study establishes two novel species of Dothiorella and new host and geographical records for species of Botryosphaeria, Dothiorella, Neodeighto-nia, and Sphaeropsis. Taxa were identified based on morphology coupled with phylogenetic analyses based on maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of SSU, LSU, ITS, tef1-alpha and beta-tub sequences. The taxa are described and illustrated.

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Botryosphaeriaceae is the largest family in Botryosphaeriales, distributed worldwide on various plant hosts. This study identified two new species and recorded new hosts and geographical distributions through morphological and phylogenetic analyses. These findings are important for understanding canker and die-back diseases in woody plants.