Mycosocceria Tedersoo, Bahram & Esmaeilzadeh-Salestani gen. nov.

Type species.

Mycosocceria estonica Tedersoo, Bahram & Esmaeilzadeh-Salestani .

Diagnosis.

Distinguishable from other species of fungi based on diagnostic nucleotide signatures in 5.8S (positions 120–129 in type species and S. cerevisiae cccggtaggc). Forms a monophyletic, least inclusive clade in Mycosocceriaceae, covering sequences EUK 1008618, EUK 0531631, and EUK 1124462 (Figs 1, 31).

Notes.

Recognized based on eDNA sequences only. Includes M. estonica and another species represented by sequence EUK 0531631 (savanna soil in Uganda).