Algovoracaceae Tedersoo & Y. Ding, 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

Algovoracaceae Tedersoo & Y. Ding fam. nov.

Type genus.

Algovorax Tedersoo & Y. Ding .

Diagnosis.

Distinguishable from other fungi based on diagnostic nucleotide signatures in 5.8 S-ITS 2 (positions starting from 150 in type species and 154 in S. cerevisiae gtgaaacctcctcaa; one mismatch allowed) and from other groups of Monoblepharomycota in SSU V 7 (positions 1485–1494 in S. cerevisiae acgagtatat; one mismatch allowed). Forms a monophyletic, least inclusive clade in Algovoracales , covering sequences MF 163176 , OQ 702880, EF 024210, and OQ 687303 (Fig. 1 ).

Notes.

Includes the genus Algovorax (gen. nov.).

Figures

Figure 1. Maximum Likelihood SSU- 5.8 S-LSU phylogram indicating placement of novel lineages in the fungal kingdom as highlighted in a coloured shade and red font. Previously described taxonomic clades are collapsed. All branches of Sumavosporidiomycetes and Gelotisporidiomycetes are shortened two-fold. Poorly supported branches with bootstrap values below 95 % / 99 % are indicated in blue. The original tree with bootstrap values and uncollapsed branches is indicated in Suppl. material 1.