A new from wooden utility poles in South Africa.

During a survey of fungi on electricity utility poles in South Africa, a diverse range of fungi were discovered. was frequently isolated, with five species identified using ITS and β-tubulin () sequences. These were , , , and a potential new species. The genomes of 30 of these strains were subsequently sequenced and used in a phylogenomic analysis with 45 previously published genomes of the genus. Phylogenetic analyses were also conducted using ITS, , calmodulin (), RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (), RNA polymerase II largest subunit (), the genes coding for the theta subunit of the TCP-1 chaperonin complex (), and for a putative ribosome biogenesis protein (). Both phylogenomic and phylogenetic analyses supported the 15 species currently accepted and confirmed the novelty of the new species, which we describe as . The latter is the sister species of and belongs to a clade also containing and . Morphologically, the new species produces longer ellipsoidal conidia and grows more restricted on malt extract agar at 30 °C compared to its closest relatives. Visagie CM, Cruywagen EM, Duong TA (2024). A new from wooden utility poles in South Africa. : 163-181. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2024.13.10.