Ophiostomatoid species associated with pine trees ( spp.) infested by from eastern China, including five new species.

attacks various economically important conifers. Similar to other bark beetles, plays a role as a vector for an assortment of fungi and nematodes. Previously, several ophiostomatoid fungi were isolated from in Poland and Japan. In the present study, we explored the diversity of ophiostomatoid fungi associated with infesting pines in the Shandong Province of China. We isolated ophiostomatoid fungi from both galleries and beetles collected from our study sites. These fungal isolates were identified using both molecular and morphological data. In this study, we recovered 175 isolates of ophiostomatoid fungi representing seven species. was the most frequently isolated species. Molecular and morphological data indicated that five ophiostomatoid fungal species recovered were previously undescribed. Thus, we proposed these five novel species as , , , , . These new ophiostomatoid fungi add to the increasing number of fungi known from China, and this evidence suggests that numerous novel taxa are awaiting discovery in other forests of China.