Fungal diversity notes 1919–2016: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa

This article is the 18th contribution to the Fungal Diversity Notes series, in which we document 98 taxa across two phyla, eight classes, 21 orders, 46 families, and 59 genera. The represent samples of taxa were collected from a diverse range of regions, including Australia, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, China, Czechia, India, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Togo, USA, Uzbekistan and Venezuela. Among these, we introduce one new genus, 59 new species, 13 new combinations, one new name and 24 new records, along with information on their hosts and geographic distributions. The newly introduced genus is Fusicastoreum, and the newly described species include: Acrogenospora guangxiensis, Agaricus longistipitatus, A. sunanensis, Anthosulcatispora sichuanensis, Anthracoidea siccatae, Bjerkandera meridionalis, Camarophyllopsis brunnea, Candolleomyces analalavaensis, C. kely, C. macrosporus, Ceriporia yunnanensis, Choiromyces mongolicus, Colletotrichum duohuaense, Coprinus variicolor, Cystoderma alticola, C. microspore, C. yadongense, Cytospora lhaluensis, Diaporthe amberina, D. mangiferae, Elsinoe fuzhouensis, Epicocum maxima, Fulvifomes shailashikhara, Fusarium tuberculatum, Fusicastoreum arenarium, F. occidentale, F. pisiglareum, F. trappei, Gyalidea lluxitensis, Gymnopilus rimopileus, Hohenbuehelia triloba, Hymenagaricus ruber, Hypholoma darjeelingensis, Laccaria guizhouensis, Lactifluus aureoelephanti, L. croceivillus, Leucoagaricus ankarafantsikaensis, L. rutilus, Micropsalliota squamulosa, M. vinacea, Neomyrmecridium triseptatum, Niesslia wurfbainiae, Nigropunctata conspicosa, Ophiocordyceps jilinensis, Oxydothis dehongensis, Panaeolus ranwuensis, Pestalotiopsis buxicola, Pleurocordyceps puerensis, Pseudocercospora cunninghamia, Psilocybe zhushanensis, Remotididymella tachibana, Russula gaoligongensis, R. guilinensis, R. pseudovirescens, Sarocladium solani, Septoriella saviya-ramazanovaii, Seriascoma oblonga, Talaromyces pseudorugulosus and Tricholosporum madagascariense. Additionally, species newly transferred from Psilocybe include Deconica caespitosa, D. californica, D. goniospora, D. josecastilloi, D. latispora, D. novozoncuantlensis, D. oregonensis, D. venezuelana and D. vialis. Russula afroscrobiculata is newly transferred from Lactarius afroscrobiculatus, and Puccinia hamamelidis, P. hydrangeicola, P. philadelphi are newly transferred from Aecidium. Furthermore, the new name Puccinia shojiana is proposed as a replacement for Aecidium akebiae. The 24 new records of hosts and geographical distributions include: Agaricus pallidobrunneus, Bovista cretacea, Candolleomyces subsingeri, Clitopilus chichawatniensis, Collybiopsis gibbosa, C. subumbilicata, Curvularia geniculate, Cystoderma japonicum, Cytospora diatrypelloidea, C. schulzeri, Elsinoe leucospermi, Fulvifomes aurantiacus, Laccaria macrobasidia, Menisporopsis pandanicola, M. pirozynskii, Multifurca pseudofurcata, Musicillium elettariae, Myrmecridium pulvericola, Ophiocordyceps asiana, O. campes, Phellinus resupinatus, Phylloporia afrospathulata, Tropicoporus linteus and Typhula incarnate. All taxa are supported by both morphological and phylogenetic analyses.