gen. et sp. nov. intercepted from nuts of , with an updated phylogenetic assessment of .

An entry postal parcel with mature nuts of from Togo was inspected at Dalian Customs (China) in December 2021, and four strains were isolated from symptomatic tissues of the nuts. Based on morphological observations and molecular phylogenetic analyses, above strains were identified as a new species which is mainly characterised by the verticillately branching conidiophores. Based on multi-locus phylogenetic analyses, this new species forms a monophyletic clade closely related to and but could not be accommodated in any known genera of . Thus, a new genus is established to accommodate this new species (). To our knowledge, this is the first time that Chinese customs have intercepted a new fungal genus. In addition, we provided an updated backbone tree for the generic relationships in , which may largely assist future identification of nectriaceous fungi to genus level in quarantine inspections. Based on our analysis, is likely a late synonym of .