from subalpine and alpine habitats: new species of and .

Fungi are incredibly diverse, but they are unexplored, especially in the subalpine and alpine zone. are certainly one of the most abundant, species-rich, and widely distributed cultivable soil fungal families in terrestrial habitats, including subalpine and alpine zones. The phylogeny of was recently resolved based on current state of the art molecular techniques, and the paraphyletic genus () was divided into 13 monophyletic genera. Our extensive sampling campaigns in the Austrian Alps resulted in 139 different pure culture isolates representing 13 new species. For the definition of taxa, we applied both classical morphological criteria, as well as modern DNA-based methods. Phylogenetic relationships were resolved based on the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (rDNA ITS), the large subunit (LSU), and the DNA-directed RNA polymerase II largest subunit 1 (). In this study, we proposed a new genus and described 13 new species belonging to the genera , , and . In addition, we proposed eight new combinations, re-defined at species level, defined a neotype for and lecto- as well as epitypes for , and The rDNA ITS region is generally applied as classical barcoding gene for fungi. However, the obtained phylogenetic resolution is often too low for an accurate identification of closely related species of , especially for small sampling sizes. In such cases, unambiguous identification can be obtained based on morphological characters of pure culture isolates. Therefore, we also provide dichotomous keys for species identification within phylogenetic lineages. Telagathoti, Probst & Peintner; Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, Telagathoti, Probst & Peintner; (W. Gams & Grinb.) Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, (A.L. Sm.) Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner; (Y. Takash. ) Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, (Linnem. ex W. Gams) Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, (Hyang B. Lee ) Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, (Tiegh.) Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, (Degawa) Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner, (W. Gams & Carreiro) Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner; var. A.L. Sm., Linnem., Linnem. Peyronel. Telagathoti A, Probst M, Mandolini E, Peintner U (2022). from subalpine and alpine habitats: new species of and : 25-58. doi: 10.3114/sim.2022.103.02.