Diversity, morphology and molecular phylogeny of Dothideomycetes on decaying wild seed pods and fruits

Dothideomycetes is one of the largest and most diverse class of ascomycetes.Its members are reported from many plant parts, but less has been reported from wild seed pods and fruits.Dothideomycetes can be seed-borne or colonize fruits and seed pods when they fall to the ground.We studied the Dothideomycetes found on wild fruits and seed pods, mainly in Thailand (tropical), and to a lesser extent, in China (temperate) and UK (temperate).We describe eight new genera, 50 new species, provide 38 new host records and propose seven new combinations.The new genera are: Amorocoelophoma (Amorosiaceae), Cylindroaseptospora (Didymosphaeriaceae), Discotubeufia (Tubeufiaceae), Leucaenicola (Bambusicolaceae), Neolindgomyces (Lindgomycetaceae), Pleohelicoon (Pleomonodictydaceae), Quercicola (Astrosphaeriellaceae) and Xenoastrosphaeriella (Astrosphaeriellaceae).The new species are: Acrocalymma pterocarpi,