ITS+LSU consensus tree of Helotiales

This is the consensus tree resulting from Maximum Likelihood inference of the ITS+LSU sequence dataset of Helotiales carried out using IQ-tree under partitioned models (GTR+I+G for ITS, TIM3+I+G for LSU) and ultrafast bootstrapping with 1000 replicates. <br>--<i><br></i><i>Annabella australiensis</i> gen. &amp; sp. nov. (Helotiales, Cordieritidaceae) from South Australian mangroves Authors: Sally C. Fryar¹, Danny Haelewaters^2,3 and David E.A. Catcheside¹<br> ¹College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, G.P.O. Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia ²Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, 915 W. State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA ³Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, 37005, České Budějovice, Czech Republic <b>Abstract</b> A new genus of helotialean fungi, <i>Annabella</i> gen. nov. (Cordieritidaceae), is described to accommodate <i>Annabella australiensis </i>sp. nov. This species was collected on attached decaying wood of <i>Avicennia marina</i>, a common mangrove species found in protected waters of southern Australia. <i>Annabella</i> is distinctive among Cordieritidaceae in having relatively small perithecioid, hyaline to yellowish apothecia and by the absence of an ionomidotic reaction. The apothecial shape and size of <i>Annabella</i> is most similar to <i>Skyttea</i>. The molecular phylogenetic analysis of a concatenated dataset of three ribosomal nuclear loci confirms the placement of <i>Annabella</i> within Cordieritidaceae, as a sister clade to <i>Skyttea</i>.<br>