Segregation of the genus (Hypoxylaceae, Xylariales) from by a polyphasic taxonomic approach.

During a mycological survey of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a fungal specimen that morphologically resembled the American species was encountered. A polyphasic approach including morphological and chemotaxonomic together with a multigene phylogenetic study (ITS, LSU, , and ) of spp. and representatives of related genera revealed that this strain represents a new species of the Hypoxylaceae. However, the multi-locus phylogenetic inference indicated that the new fungus clustered with in a separate clade from the other species of . Studies by ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography coupled to diode array detection and ion mobility tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-DAD-IM-MS/MS) were carried out on the stromatal extracts. In particular, the MS/MS spectra of the major stromatal metabolites of these species indicated the production of hitherto unreported azaphilone pigments with a similar core scaffold to the cohaerin-type metabolites, which are exclusively found in the Hypoxylaceae. Based on these results, the new genus is introduced herein. Aside from , the genus also includes , which clustered together with the type species within a basal clade of the Hypoxylaceae together with its sister genus .