Table 1. Species included in this study, their substrate, origin and GenBank accession numbers.SpeciesStrain no1SubstrateCountryGenbank accession no.2ITSgapdhtef 1Bipolaris maydisCBS 136.29 TZea maysUSAAF071325KM034846KM093794B. saccharicolaCBS 155.26 TUnknownUnknownKY905674KY905686KY905694Curvularia aeriaCBS 294.61 TAirBrazilHF934910HG779148-C. affinisCBS 154.34 TUnknownIndonesiaKJ909780KM230401KM196566C. ahvazensisCBS 144673 TZinnia elegansIranKX139029MG428693MG428686C. akaiiCBS 317.86Themada triandra subsp. japonicaJapanKJ909782KM230402KM196569C. akaiiensisBRIP 16080 TUnknownIndiaKJ415539KJ415407KJ415453C. alcorniiMFLUCC 10-0703 TZ. maysThailandJX256420JX276433JX266589C. americanaUTHSC 08-3414 THuman ankleUSAHE861833HF565488-UTHSC 07-2649Human toe tissueUSAHE861834HF565486-UTHSC 08-84Human nasal sinusUSAHG779015HG779115-UTHSC 08-278Human peritoneal dialysis fluidUSAHE861832HF565487-UTHSC 08-2697Human legUSAHG779016HG779117-C. annelliconidiophoriCGMCC3.19352 TRoots of Saccharum officinarumChinaMN215641MN264077MN263935C. asiaticaMFLUCC 10-0711 TPanicum sp.ThailandJX256424JX276436JX266593C. australiensisBRIP 12044 TOryza sativaAustraliaKJ415540KJ415406KJ415452CBS 172.57O. sativa seedsVietnamJN601026JN601036JN601003C. australisBRIP 12521 TSporobolus caroliAustraliaKJ415541KJ415405KJ415451C. bannoniiBRIP 16732 TJacquemontia tamnifoliaUSAKJ415542KJ415404KJ415450C. beasleyiBRIP 10972 TChloris gayanaAustraliaMH414892MH433638MH433654BRIP 15854Leersia hexandraAustraliaMH414893MH433639MH433655C. beerburrumensisBRIP 12942 TEragrostis bahiensisAustraliaMH414895MH433634MH433657C. boeremaeIMI 164633 TPortulaca oleraceaIndiaMH414911MH433641-C. borreriaeCBS 859.73Volcanic ash soilChileHE861848HF565455-C. bothriochloaeBRIP 12522 TBothriochloa bladhiiAustraliaKJ415543KJ415403KJ415449C. brachysporaCBS 186.50SoilIndonesiaKJ922372KM061784KM230405C. buchloesCBS 246.49 TBuchloë dactyloidesUSAKJ909765KM061789KM196588C. carica-papayaeCBS 135941 TCarica papayaIndiaHG778984HG779146-C. chiangmaiensisCPC 28829 TZ. maysThailandMF490814MF490836MF490857C. chlamydosporaUTHSC 07-2764 THuman toe nailUSAHG779021HG779151-C. chonburiensisMFLUCC 16-0375 TDead leaf of Pandanus sp.ThailandMH275055MH412747-C. clavataBRIP 61680Oryza sp.AustraliaKU552205KU552167KU552159C. cymbopogonisCBS 419.78Yucca leaf spotNetherlandsHG778985HG779129-C. coatesiaeBRIP 24261 TLitchi chinensisAustraliaMH414897MH433636MH433659C. coicisCBS 192.29 TCoix lacryma-jobiJapanAF081447AF081410JN601006C. coimbatorensisSZMC 22225 THuman corneal scrapingIndiaMN628310MN628306MN628302C. colbraniiBRIP 13066 TCrinum zeylanicumAustraliaMH414898MH433642MH433660C. comoriensisCBS 110673UnknownUnknownLT631357LT715841-C. crassiseptumCBS 503.90 TPlant materialNigeriaLT631310LT715882-C. crustaceaBRIP 13524 TSporobolus sp.IndonesiaKJ415544KJ415402KJ415448C. dactyloctenicolaCPC 28810 TDactyloctenium aegyptiumThailandMF490815MF490837MF490858C. dactylocteniiBRIP 12846 TDactyloctenium radulansAustraliaKJ415545KJ415401KJ415447C. deightoniiCBS 537.70Sorghum vulgareDenmarkLT631356LT715839-C. determinataCGMCC3.19340 TLeaves of S. officinarumChinaMN215653MN264088MN263947C. elliptiformisCGMCC3.19351 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215656MN264091MN263950C. ellisiiCBS 193.62 TAirPakistanJN192375JN600963JN601007C. eragrosticolaBRIP 12538 TEragrostis pilosaAustraliaMH414899MH433643MH433661C. eragrostidisCBS 189.48Sorghum seedIndonesiaHG778986HG779154-C. falsilunataCGMCC3.19329 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215660MN264093MN263954C. flexuosaCGMCC3.19447 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215663MN264096MN263957C. gladioliCBS 210.79Gladiolus leafRomaniaHG778987HG779123-C. geniculataCBS 187.50Andropogon sorghum seedIndonesiaKJ909781KM083609KM230410C. graminícolaBRIP 23186 TAristida ingrataAustraliaJN192376JN600964JN601008C. guangxiensisCGMCC3.19330 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215667MN264100MN263961C. gudauskasiiDAOM 165085UnknownUnknownAF071338AF081393-C. harveyiBRIP 57412 TTriticum aestivumAustraliaKJ415546KJ415400KJ415446C. hawaiiensisBRIP 11987 TO. sativaUSAKJ415547KJ415399KJ415445C. heteropogonicolaBRIP 14579 THeteropogon contortusIndiaKJ415548KJ415398KJ415444C. heteropogonisCBS 284.91 TH. contortusAustraliaKJ415549JN600969JN601013C. hominisCBS 136985 THuman corneaUSAHG779011HG779106-C. homomorphaCBS 156.60 TAirUSAJN192380JN600970JN601014C. inaequalisCBS 102.42 TSoilFranceKJ922375KM061787KM196574C. intermediaCBS 334.64Avena versicolorUSAHG778991HG779155-C. ischaemiCBS 630.82 TIschaemum indicumSolomon IslandsMH861533JX276440-C. kenpeggiiBRIP 14530 TTriticum aestivumAustraliaMH414900MH433644MH433662C. kusanoiCBS 137.29Eragrostis majorJapanJN192381LT715862JN601016C. lamingtonensisBRIP 12259 TMicrolaena stipoidesAustraliaMH414901MH433645MH433663C. lunataCBS 730.96 THuman lung biopsyUSAJX256429JX276441JX266596C. malinaCBS 131274 TZoysia matrellaUSAJF812154KP153179KR493095C. manamgodaeCGMCC3.19446 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215677MN264110MN263971LC13495Roots of S. officinarumChinaMN215678MN264111MN263972C. mebaldsiiBRIP 12900 TCynodon transvaalensisAustraliaMH414902MH433646MH433664BRIP 13983Cynodon dactylon x C. transvaalensisAustraliaMH414903MH433647MH433665C. micropusCBS 127235 ETPaspalum notatumGeorgiaHE792934LT715859-C. microsporaGUCC 6272 THippeastrum striatumChinaMF139088MF139106MF139115C. miyakeiCBS 197.29 TEragrostis pilosaJapanKJ909770KM083611KM196568C. mosaddeghiiIRAN 3131C TSyzygium cuminiIranMG846737MH392155MH392152C. muehlenbeckiaeCBS 144.63 TSorghum sp.USAMH858242HG779108KM196578C. neergaardiiBRIP 12919 TO. sativaGhanaKJ415550KJ415397KJ415443CBS 276.91UnknownAustraliaLT631362LT715848-C. neoindicaIMI 129790 TBrassica nigraIndiaMH414910MH433649MH433667C. nicotiaeBRIP 11983 TSoilAlgeriaKJ415551KJ415396KJ415442C. nodosaCPC 28800 TDigitaria ciliarisThailandMF490816MF490838MF490859CPC 28801Brachiaria reptansThailandMF490817MF490839MF490860C. nodulosaCBS 160.58Eleusine indicaUnknownJN601033JN600975JN601019C. oryzaeCBS 169.53 TO. sativaVietnamKP400650KP645344KM196590C. ovariicolaCBS 470.90 TEragrostis interruptaAustraliaJN192384JN600976JN601020C. pallescensCBS 156.35 TAirIndonesiaKJ922380KM083606KM196570C. palmicolaMFLUCC 14-0404 TDead branches of Acoelorrhaphe wrightiiThailandMF621582--C. pandanicolaMFLUCC 15-0746 TDead leaf of Pandanus sp.ThailandMH275056MH412748MH412763C. papendorfiiCBS 308.67 TAcacia karrooSouth AfricaKJ909774KM083617KM196594C. paraverruculosaFMR 17656 TSoilMexicoLR736641LR736646LR736649C. petersoniiBRIP 14642 TD. aegyptiumAustraliaMH414905MH433650MH433668C. perotidisCBS 350.90 TPerotis raraAustraliaJN192385KJ415394KM230407C. phaeosparaCGMCC3.19448 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215686MN264118MN263980C. pisiCBS 190.48 TPisum sativumCanadaKY905678KY905690KY905697C. plantarumCGMCC3.19342 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215688MN264120MN263982C. platziiBRIP 27703b TCenchrus clandestinumAustraliaMH414906MH433651MH433669C. polytrataCGMCC3.19338 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215691MN264123MN263984C. portulacaeBRIP 14541 TPortulaca oleraceaUSAKJ415553KJ415393KJ415440C. prasadiiCBS 143.64 TJasminum sambacIndiaKJ922373KM061785KM230408C. protuberansCGMCC3.19360 TLeaves of S. officinarumChinaMN215693MN264125MN263986C. protuberataCBS 376.65 TDeschampsia flexuosaUKKJ922376KM083605KM196576C. pseudobrachysporaCPC 28808 TEleusine indicaThailandMF490819MF490841MF490862C. pseudolunataUTHSC 09-2092 THuman nasal sinusUSAHE861842HF565459-C. pseudorobustaUTHSC 08-3458Human nasal sinusUSAHE861838HF565476-C. radici-foliigenaCGMCC3.19328 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215695MN264127MN263988LC11956Roots of S. officinarumChinaMN215698MN264130MN263991C. radicicolaCGMCC3.19327 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215699MN264131MN263992LC11953Roots of S. officinarumChinaMN215700MN264132MN263993C. raveneliiBRIP 13165 TSporobolus fertilisAustraliaJN192386JN600978JN601024C. reesiiBRIP 4358 TAirAustraliaMH414907MH433637MH433670C. richardiaeBRIP 4371 TRichardia brasiliensisAustraliaKJ415555KJ415391KJ415438C. robustaCBS 624.68 TDichanthium annulatumUSAKJ909783KM083613KM196577C. rouhaniiCBS 144674 TSyngonium vellozianumIranKX139030MG428694MG428687C. ryleyiBRIP 12554 TSporobolus creberAustraliaKJ415556KJ415390KJ415437C. saccharicolaCGMCC3.19344 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215701MN264133MN263994C. sacchari-officinarumCGMCC3.19331 TLeaves of S. officinarumChinaMN215705MN264137MN263998C. senegalensisCBS 149.71UnknownNigeriaHG779001HG779128-C. shahidchamranensisIRAN 3133C TCrude oil contaminated soilIranMH550084MH550083-C. soliCBS 222.96 TSoilPapua New GuineaKY905679KY905691KY905698C. sorghinaBRIP 15900 TSorghum bicolorAustraliaKJ415558KJ415388KJ415435C. spiciferaCBS 198.31Capsicum anuumCyprusHF934916HG779136-CBS 274.52SoilSpainJN192387JN600979.JN601023C. sporobolicolaBRIP 23040b TSporobolus australasicusAustraliaMH414908MH433652MH433671C. subpapendorfiiCBS 656.74 TSoilEgyptKJ909777KM061791KM196585C. suttoniaeFMR 10992 THuman leg woundUSAHE861828HF565479LR736651FMR 11690Human sphenoid sinusUSAHE861826HF565477LR736650C. tamilnaduensisSZMC 22226 THuman corneal scrapingIndiaMN628311MN628307MN628303SZMC 26758Human corneal scrapingIndiaMN628308MN628304MN628300SZMC 26759Human corneal scrapingIndiaMN628309MN628305MN628301C. thailandicumMFLUCC 15-0747 TDecaying leaves of Pandanus sp.ThailandMH275057MH412749MH412764C. trifoliiCBS 173.55Trifolium repensUSAHG779023HG779124-C. tripogonisBRIP 12375 TTripogon loliiformisAustraliaJN192388JN600980JN601025C. tropicalisBRIP 14834 TCoffea arabicaIndiaKJ415559KJ415387KJ415434C. tsudaeATCC 44764 TChloris gayanaJapanKC424596KC747745KC503940BRIP 10967Leaf tip blight of C. gayanaAustraliaKC424604KC747754KC503949C. tuberculataCBS 146.63 TZ. maysIndiaJX256433JX276445JX266599C. umbiliciformisCGMCC3.19346 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215711MN264142MN264004C. uncinataCBS 221.52 TO. sativaVietnamHG779024HG779134-C. variabilisCPC 28815 TChloris barbataThailandMF490822MF490844MF490865CPC 28816Imperata cylindricaThailandMF490823MF490845MF490866C. verruciformisCBS 537.75Lobibyx sp. featherNew ZealandHG779026HG779133-C. verruculosaCBS 149.63Elaeis guineensisNigeriaHF934909HG779110-CBS 150.63Punica granatum leafIndiaKP400652KP645346KP735695CPC 28792C. dactylonThailandMF490825MF490847MF490868CPC 28809E. indicaThailandMF490824MF490846MF490867C. vietnamensisFMR 17659 TUnidentified dead leavesVietnamLR736642LR736644LR736647FMR 11956Sorghum seedIndonesiaLR736652LR736643LR736648C. warraberensisBRIP 14817 TD. aegyptiumAustraliaMH414909MH433653MH433672C. xishuangbannaensisKUMCC 17-0185 TDecaying leaves of Pandanus amaryllifollusChinaMH275058MH412750MH412765LOREMIPSUM 1 ATCC: American Type Culture Collection, Virginia, USA; BRIP: Queensland Plant Pathology Herbarium, Brisbane, Australia; CBS: Culture collection of the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands; CGMCC: China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center, China; CGMCC: China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center, China; DAOM: Plant Research Institute, Department of Agriculture (Mycology), Ottawa, Canada; FMR: Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain; GUCC: Department of Plant Pathology, Agriculture College, Guizhou University, P.R. China; IMI: International Mycological Institute, Kew, UK; IRAN: Iranian Fungal Culture Collection, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Iran; KUMCC: Culture Collection of Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming, China; LC: Personal culture collection held in the laboratory of Prof. Lei Cai, China; MFLUCC: Mae Fah Luang University Culture Collection, Chiang Ria, Thailand; MUCL: Mycothe`que de l’Universite´ Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; SZMC: Szeged Microbiological Collection at the Department of Microbiology, Faculty if Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Hungary; UTHSC: Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA. T and ET indicate ex-type and ex-epitype strain. 2 Sequences newly generated in this study and novel species proposed are indicated in bold.

Table 1. Species included in this study, their substrate, origin and GenBank accession numbers.SpeciesStrain no1SubstrateCountryGenbank accession no.2ITSgapdhtef 1Bipolaris maydisCBS 136.29 TZea maysUSAAF071325KM034846KM093794B. saccharicolaCBS 155.26 TUnknownUnknownKY905674KY905686KY905694Curvularia aeriaCBS 294.61 TAirBrazilHF934910HG779148-C. affinisCBS 154.34 TUnknownIndonesiaKJ909780KM230401KM196566C. ahvazensisCBS 144673 TZinnia elegansIranKX139029MG428693MG428686C. akaiiCBS 317.86Themada triandra subsp. japonicaJapanKJ909782KM230402KM196569C. akaiiensisBRIP 16080 TUnknownIndiaKJ415539KJ415407KJ415453C. alcorniiMFLUCC 10-0703 TZ. maysThailandJX256420JX276433JX266589C. americanaUTHSC 08-3414 THuman ankleUSAHE861833HF565488-UTHSC 07-2649Human toe tissueUSAHE861834HF565486-UTHSC 08-84Human nasal sinusUSAHG779015HG779115-UTHSC 08-278Human peritoneal dialysis fluidUSAHE861832HF565487-UTHSC 08-2697Human legUSAHG779016HG779117-C. annelliconidiophoriCGMCC3.19352 TRoots of Saccharum officinarumChinaMN215641MN264077MN263935C. asiaticaMFLUCC 10-0711 TPanicum sp.ThailandJX256424JX276436JX266593C. australiensisBRIP 12044 TOryza sativaAustraliaKJ415540KJ415406KJ415452CBS 172.57O. sativa seedsVietnamJN601026JN601036JN601003C. australisBRIP 12521 TSporobolus caroliAustraliaKJ415541KJ415405KJ415451C. bannoniiBRIP 16732 TJacquemontia tamnifoliaUSAKJ415542KJ415404KJ415450C. beasleyiBRIP 10972 TChloris gayanaAustraliaMH414892MH433638MH433654BRIP 15854Leersia hexandraAustraliaMH414893MH433639MH433655C. beerburrumensisBRIP 12942 TEragrostis bahiensisAustraliaMH414895MH433634MH433657C. boeremaeIMI 164633 TPortulaca oleraceaIndiaMH414911MH433641-C. borreriaeCBS 859.73Volcanic ash soilChileHE861848HF565455-C. bothriochloaeBRIP 12522 TBothriochloa bladhiiAustraliaKJ415543KJ415403KJ415449C. brachysporaCBS 186.50SoilIndonesiaKJ922372KM061784KM230405C. buchloesCBS 246.49 TBuchloë dactyloidesUSAKJ909765KM061789KM196588C. carica-papayaeCBS 135941 TCarica papayaIndiaHG778984HG779146-C. chiangmaiensisCPC 28829 TZ. maysThailandMF490814MF490836MF490857C. chlamydosporaUTHSC 07-2764 THuman toe nailUSAHG779021HG779151-C. chonburiensisMFLUCC 16-0375 TDead leaf of Pandanus sp.ThailandMH275055MH412747-C. clavataBRIP 61680Oryza sp.AustraliaKU552205KU552167KU552159C. cymbopogonisCBS 419.78Yucca leaf spotNetherlandsHG778985HG779129-C. coatesiaeBRIP 24261 TLitchi chinensisAustraliaMH414897MH433636MH433659C. coicisCBS 192.29 TCoix lacryma-jobiJapanAF081447AF081410JN601006C. coimbatorensisSZMC 22225 THuman corneal scrapingIndiaMN628310MN628306MN628302C. colbraniiBRIP 13066 TCrinum zeylanicumAustraliaMH414898MH433642MH433660C. comoriensisCBS 110673UnknownUnknownLT631357LT715841-C. crassiseptumCBS 503.90 TPlant materialNigeriaLT631310LT715882-C. crustaceaBRIP 13524 TSporobolus sp.IndonesiaKJ415544KJ415402KJ415448C. dactyloctenicolaCPC 28810 TDactyloctenium aegyptiumThailandMF490815MF490837MF490858C. dactylocteniiBRIP 12846 TDactyloctenium radulansAustraliaKJ415545KJ415401KJ415447C. deightoniiCBS 537.70Sorghum vulgareDenmarkLT631356LT715839-C. determinataCGMCC3.19340 TLeaves of S. officinarumChinaMN215653MN264088MN263947C. elliptiformisCGMCC3.19351 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215656MN264091MN263950C. ellisiiCBS 193.62 TAirPakistanJN192375JN600963JN601007C. eragrosticolaBRIP 12538 TEragrostis pilosaAustraliaMH414899MH433643MH433661C. eragrostidisCBS 189.48Sorghum seedIndonesiaHG778986HG779154-C. falsilunataCGMCC3.19329 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215660MN264093MN263954C. flexuosaCGMCC3.19447 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215663MN264096MN263957C. gladioliCBS 210.79Gladiolus leafRomaniaHG778987HG779123-C. geniculataCBS 187.50Andropogon sorghum seedIndonesiaKJ909781KM083609KM230410C. graminícolaBRIP 23186 TAristida ingrataAustraliaJN192376JN600964JN601008C. guangxiensisCGMCC3.19330 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215667MN264100MN263961C. gudauskasiiDAOM 165085UnknownUnknownAF071338AF081393-C. harveyiBRIP 57412 TTriticum aestivumAustraliaKJ415546KJ415400KJ415446C. hawaiiensisBRIP 11987 TO. sativaUSAKJ415547KJ415399KJ415445C. heteropogonicolaBRIP 14579 THeteropogon contortusIndiaKJ415548KJ415398KJ415444C. heteropogonisCBS 284.91 TH. contortusAustraliaKJ415549JN600969JN601013C. hominisCBS 136985 THuman corneaUSAHG779011HG779106-C. homomorphaCBS 156.60 TAirUSAJN192380JN600970JN601014C. inaequalisCBS 102.42 TSoilFranceKJ922375KM061787KM196574C. intermediaCBS 334.64Avena versicolorUSAHG778991HG779155-C. ischaemiCBS 630.82 TIschaemum indicumSolomon IslandsMH861533JX276440-C. kenpeggiiBRIP 14530 TTriticum aestivumAustraliaMH414900MH433644MH433662C. kusanoiCBS 137.29Eragrostis majorJapanJN192381LT715862JN601016C. lamingtonensisBRIP 12259 TMicrolaena stipoidesAustraliaMH414901MH433645MH433663C. lunataCBS 730.96 THuman lung biopsyUSAJX256429JX276441JX266596C. malinaCBS 131274 TZoysia matrellaUSAJF812154KP153179KR493095C. manamgodaeCGMCC3.19446 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215677MN264110MN263971LC13495Roots of S. officinarumChinaMN215678MN264111MN263972C. mebaldsiiBRIP 12900 TCynodon transvaalensisAustraliaMH414902MH433646MH433664BRIP 13983Cynodon dactylon x C. transvaalensisAustraliaMH414903MH433647MH433665C. micropusCBS 127235 ETPaspalum notatumGeorgiaHE792934LT715859-C. microsporaGUCC 6272 THippeastrum striatumChinaMF139088MF139106MF139115C. miyakeiCBS 197.29 TEragrostis pilosaJapanKJ909770KM083611KM196568C. mosaddeghiiIRAN 3131C TSyzygium cuminiIranMG846737MH392155MH392152C. muehlenbeckiaeCBS 144.63 TSorghum sp.USAMH858242HG779108KM196578C. neergaardiiBRIP 12919 TO. sativaGhanaKJ415550KJ415397KJ415443CBS 276.91UnknownAustraliaLT631362LT715848-C. neoindicaIMI 129790 TBrassica nigraIndiaMH414910MH433649MH433667C. nicotiaeBRIP 11983 TSoilAlgeriaKJ415551KJ415396KJ415442C. nodosaCPC 28800 TDigitaria ciliarisThailandMF490816MF490838MF490859CPC 28801Brachiaria reptansThailandMF490817MF490839MF490860C. nodulosaCBS 160.58Eleusine indicaUnknownJN601033JN600975JN601019C. oryzaeCBS 169.53 TO. sativaVietnamKP400650KP645344KM196590C. ovariicolaCBS 470.90 TEragrostis interruptaAustraliaJN192384JN600976JN601020C. pallescensCBS 156.35 TAirIndonesiaKJ922380KM083606KM196570C. palmicolaMFLUCC 14-0404 TDead branches of Acoelorrhaphe wrightiiThailandMF621582--C. pandanicolaMFLUCC 15-0746 TDead leaf of Pandanus sp.ThailandMH275056MH412748MH412763C. papendorfiiCBS 308.67 TAcacia karrooSouth AfricaKJ909774KM083617KM196594C. paraverruculosaFMR 17656 TSoilMexicoLR736641LR736646LR736649C. petersoniiBRIP 14642 TD. aegyptiumAustraliaMH414905MH433650MH433668C. perotidisCBS 350.90 TPerotis raraAustraliaJN192385KJ415394KM230407C. phaeosparaCGMCC3.19448 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215686MN264118MN263980C. pisiCBS 190.48 TPisum sativumCanadaKY905678KY905690KY905697C. plantarumCGMCC3.19342 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215688MN264120MN263982C. platziiBRIP 27703b TCenchrus clandestinumAustraliaMH414906MH433651MH433669C. polytrataCGMCC3.19338 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215691MN264123MN263984C. portulacaeBRIP 14541 TPortulaca oleraceaUSAKJ415553KJ415393KJ415440C. prasadiiCBS 143.64 TJasminum sambacIndiaKJ922373KM061785KM230408C. protuberansCGMCC3.19360 TLeaves of S. officinarumChinaMN215693MN264125MN263986C. protuberataCBS 376.65 TDeschampsia flexuosaUKKJ922376KM083605KM196576C. pseudobrachysporaCPC 28808 TEleusine indicaThailandMF490819MF490841MF490862C. pseudolunataUTHSC 09-2092 THuman nasal sinusUSAHE861842HF565459-C. pseudorobustaUTHSC 08-3458Human nasal sinusUSAHE861838HF565476-C. radici-foliigenaCGMCC3.19328 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215695MN264127MN263988LC11956Roots of S. officinarumChinaMN215698MN264130MN263991C. radicicolaCGMCC3.19327 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215699MN264131MN263992LC11953Roots of S. officinarumChinaMN215700MN264132MN263993C. raveneliiBRIP 13165 TSporobolus fertilisAustraliaJN192386JN600978JN601024C. reesiiBRIP 4358 TAirAustraliaMH414907MH433637MH433670C. richardiaeBRIP 4371 TRichardia brasiliensisAustraliaKJ415555KJ415391KJ415438C. robustaCBS 624.68 TDichanthium annulatumUSAKJ909783KM083613KM196577C. rouhaniiCBS 144674 TSyngonium vellozianumIranKX139030MG428694MG428687C. ryleyiBRIP 12554 TSporobolus creberAustraliaKJ415556KJ415390KJ415437C. saccharicolaCGMCC3.19344 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215701MN264133MN263994C. sacchari-officinarumCGMCC3.19331 TLeaves of S. officinarumChinaMN215705MN264137MN263998C. senegalensisCBS 149.71UnknownNigeriaHG779001HG779128-C. shahidchamranensisIRAN 3133C TCrude oil contaminated soilIranMH550084MH550083-C. soliCBS 222.96 TSoilPapua New GuineaKY905679KY905691KY905698C. sorghinaBRIP 15900 TSorghum bicolorAustraliaKJ415558KJ415388KJ415435C. spiciferaCBS 198.31Capsicum anuumCyprusHF934916HG779136-CBS 274.52SoilSpainJN192387JN600979.JN601023C. sporobolicolaBRIP 23040b TSporobolus australasicusAustraliaMH414908MH433652MH433671C. subpapendorfiiCBS 656.74 TSoilEgyptKJ909777KM061791KM196585C. suttoniaeFMR 10992 THuman leg woundUSAHE861828HF565479LR736651FMR 11690Human sphenoid sinusUSAHE861826HF565477LR736650C. tamilnaduensisSZMC 22226 THuman corneal scrapingIndiaMN628311MN628307MN628303SZMC 26758Human corneal scrapingIndiaMN628308MN628304MN628300SZMC 26759Human corneal scrapingIndiaMN628309MN628305MN628301C. thailandicumMFLUCC 15-0747 TDecaying leaves of Pandanus sp.ThailandMH275057MH412749MH412764C. trifoliiCBS 173.55Trifolium repensUSAHG779023HG779124-C. tripogonisBRIP 12375 TTripogon loliiformisAustraliaJN192388JN600980JN601025C. tropicalisBRIP 14834 TCoffea arabicaIndiaKJ415559KJ415387KJ415434C. tsudaeATCC 44764 TChloris gayanaJapanKC424596KC747745KC503940BRIP 10967Leaf tip blight of C. gayanaAustraliaKC424604KC747754KC503949C. tuberculataCBS 146.63 TZ. maysIndiaJX256433JX276445JX266599C. umbiliciformisCGMCC3.19346 TRoots of S. officinarumChinaMN215711MN264142MN264004C. uncinataCBS 221.52 TO. sativaVietnamHG779024HG779134-C. variabilisCPC 28815 TChloris barbataThailandMF490822MF490844MF490865CPC 28816Imperata cylindricaThailandMF490823MF490845MF490866C. verruciformisCBS 537.75Lobibyx sp. featherNew ZealandHG779026HG779133-C. verruculosaCBS 149.63Elaeis guineensisNigeriaHF934909HG779110-CBS 150.63Punica granatum leafIndiaKP400652KP645346KP735695CPC 28792C. dactylonThailandMF490825MF490847MF490868CPC 28809E. indicaThailandMF490824MF490846MF490867C. vietnamensisFMR 17659 TUnidentified dead leavesVietnamLR736642LR736644LR736647FMR 11956Sorghum seedIndonesiaLR736652LR736643LR736648C. warraberensisBRIP 14817 TD. aegyptiumAustraliaMH414909MH433653MH433672C. xishuangbannaensisKUMCC 17-0185 TDecaying leaves of Pandanus amaryllifollusChinaMH275058MH412750MH412765LOREMIPSUM 1 ATCC: American Type Culture Collection, Virginia, USA; BRIP: Queensland Plant Pathology Herbarium, Brisbane, Australia; CBS: Culture collection of the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands; CGMCC: China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center, China; CGMCC: China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center, China; DAOM: Plant Research Institute, Department of Agriculture (Mycology), Ottawa, Canada; FMR: Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain; GUCC: Department of Plant Pathology, Agriculture College, Guizhou University, P.R. China; IMI: International Mycological Institute, Kew, UK; IRAN: Iranian Fungal Culture Collection, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Iran; KUMCC: Culture Collection of Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming, China; LC: Personal culture collection held in the laboratory of Prof. Lei Cai, China; MFLUCC: Mae Fah Luang University Culture Collection, Chiang Ria, Thailand; MUCL: Mycothe`que de l’Universite´ Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; SZMC: Szeged Microbiological Collection at the Department of Microbiology, Faculty if Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Hungary; UTHSC: Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA. T and ET indicate ex-type and ex-epitype strain. 2 Sequences newly generated in this study and novel species proposed are indicated in bold.

Table 2. Conidial features of the novel Curvularia species proposed here and of their closest relatives.SpeciesSize (µm)Septum no.OrnamentationReferencesC. americana13-28 × 7-153-4Smooth upper cells, verruculose basal cellMadrid et al. (2014)C. palmicola23.9-34.7 × 9.3-15.73SmoothHyde et al. (2017)C. paraverruculosa11-37 × 8-123(-4)Verruculose to verrucosePresent studyC. petersonii(15-)17-19(-21) × (5-)5.5-6(-7)3SmoothTan et al. (2018)C. suttoniae8-22 × 5-9(2-)3Smooth upper cells, verruculose basal cellPresent studyC. verruculosa20-40 × 12-173Rough to verruculoseSivanesan (1987)C. vietnamensis15-28 × 5-12(1-)3(-4)SmoothPresent study

Table 2. Conidial features of the novel Curvularia species proposed here and of their closest relatives.SpeciesSize (µm)Septum no.OrnamentationReferencesC. americana13-28 × 7-153-4Smooth upper cells, verruculose basal cellMadrid et al. (2014)C. palmicola23.9-34.7 × 9.3-15.73SmoothHyde et al. (2017)C. paraverruculosa11-37 × 8-123(-4)Verruculose to verrucosePresent studyC. petersonii(15-)17-19(-21) × (5-)5.5-6(-7)3SmoothTan et al. (2018)C. suttoniae8-22 × 5-9(2-)3Smooth upper cells, verruculose basal cellPresent studyC. verruculosa20-40 × 12-173Rough to verruculoseSivanesan (1987)C. vietnamensis15-28 × 5-12(1-)3(-4)SmoothPresent study