available online at www.studiesinmycology.org StudieS in Mycology 67: 1–94. 2010. doi:10.3114/sim.2010.67.01 Species and ecological diversity within the Cladosporium cladosporioides complex (Davidiellaceae, Capnodiales) K. Bensch1,2, J.Z. Groenewald1, J. Dijksterhuis1, M. Starink-Willemse1, B. Andersen3, B.A. Summerell4, H.-D. Shin5, F.M. Dugan6, H.-J. Schroers7, U. Braun8 and P.W. Crous1,9 1CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands; 2Botanische Staatssammlung München, Menzinger Strasse 67, D-80638 München, Germany; 3DTU Systems Biology, Søltofts Plads, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; 4Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Mrs. Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia; 5Division of Environmental Science & Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, South Korea; 6USDA-ARS Western Regional Plant Introduction Station and Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, U.S.A.; 7Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Hacquetova 17, p.p. 2553, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia; 8Martin-Luther-Universität, Institut für Biologie, Bereich Geobotanik und Botanischer Garten, Herbarium, Neuwerk 21, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany; 9Microbiology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands. *Correspondence: Konstanze Bensch,
[email protected] Abstract: The genus Cladosporium is one of the largest genera of dematiaceous hyphomycetes, and is characterised by a coronate scar structure, conidia in acropetal chains and Davidiella teleomorphs. Based on morphology and DNA phylogeny, the species complexes of C. herbarum and C. sphaerospermum have been resolved, resulting in the elucidation of numerous new taxa. In the present study, more than 200 isolates belonging to the C.