and allied genera associated with leaf spots of banana ( spp.).

The Sigatoka leaf spot complex on spp. includes three major pathogens: , namely (Sigatoka leaf spot or yellow Sigatoka), (eumusae leaf spot disease), and (black leaf streak disease or black Sigatoka). However, more than 30 species of have been associated with Sigatoka leaf spots of banana, and previous reports of and need to be re-evaluated in light of recently described species. The aim of the present study was thus to investigate a global set of 228 isolates of and close relatives on banana using multigene DNA sequence data [internal transcribed spacer regions with intervening 5.8S nrRNA gene (ITS), RNA polymerase II second largest subunit gene (), translation elongation factor 1-alpha gene (), beta-tubulin gene (), and the actin gene ()] to confirm if these isolates represent , or a closely allied species. Based on these data one new species is described, namely , which is associated with leaf spot symptoms resembling those of on in Indonesia. Furthermore, and are shown to be well defined taxa, with some isolates also representing Other genera encountered in the dataset are species of (Taiwan leaf speckle), Cladosporium leaf speckle) and Scolecobasidium leaf speckle. Crous P, Carlier J, Roussel V, Groenewald JZ (2020). and allied genera associated with leaf spots of banana ( spp.). 7: 1-19. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2021.07.01.