Waitukubulimycetales Tedersoo, 2025

Tedersoo, Leho, Hosseyni Moghadam, Mahdieh S., Panksep, Kristel, Prins, Victoria, Anslan, Sten, Mikryukov, Vladimir, Bahram, Mohammad, Abarenkov, Kessy, Kõljalg, Urmas, Esmaeilzadeh-Salestani, Keyvan, Pawłowska, Julia, Wurzbacher, Christian, Ding, Yi, Alkahtani, Saad Hussin & Nilsson, R. Henrik, 2025, Thirty novel fungal lineages: formal description based on environmental samples and DNA, MycoKeys 124, pp. 1-121 : 1-121

Waitukubulimycetales Tedersoo ord. nov.

Type family.

Waitukubulimycetaceae Tedersoo .

Diagnosis.

Distinguishable from other fungi based on diagnostic nucleotide signatures in LSU 5 ’ end (positions 52–66 in type species and S. cerevisiae tggaggaaaagaaaa, no mismatch allowed) and LSU D 2 (positions 246–262 in type species and 240–256 in S. cerevisiae tgtgttcrctctgtgat; two mismatches allowed). Forms a monophyletic, least inclusive clade in Waitukubulimycetes, covering sequences EUK 1120710 , EUK 1173015 , EUK 1186290 , EUK 1186291 , and EUK 1186292 .

Notes.

Recognized based on eDNA sequences only. Currently includes Waitukubulimycetaceae (fam. nov.).