Hawksw. & C. Booth, Mycol. Pap. 153: 23 (1974). Zopfiofoveola was hesitantly separated from Zopfia as a JSH-23 ic50 monotypic new genus based on its evenly distributed ornamentation with pale minute pits readily visible under the light microscope, and the more elongate shape and less pronounced apical papilla than those of Zopfia (Hawksworth 1979). The type specimen of this species however, cannot be redescribed, because “the type species is only known from a microscopic preparation obtained

from earthworm excrements in Sweden” as has been mentioned by Hawksworth (1979). General discussion Molecular phylogenetic studies based on four to five genes indicate that 20 families should be included in Pleosporales (ARS-1620 research buy Schoch et al. 2009; Shearer et al. 2009; Suetrong et al. 2009; Tanaka et al. 2009; Zhang et al. 2009a). Together with five unverified families (marked with “?”), 26 families are currently assigned under Pleosporales (Table 4). The Phaeotrichaceae lacks pseudoparaphyses, has cleistothecial ascomata with

long setae, and conspicuous ascospores with germ pores at each end. These characters do not agree with the current concept of Pleosporales (Zhang et al. 2009a), and therefore Phaeotrichaceae is excluded from Pleosporales (Table 4). Table 4 Families currently accepted in Pleosporales (syn. Melanommatales) with included genera Pleosporales subordo. Pleosporineae  ?Cucurbitariaceae  Cucurbitaria Gray  Curreya Sacc.  ?Rhytidiella Zalasky  Syncarpella Theiss. & Syd.  Didymellaceae  Didymella Sacc. ex D. Sacc.  Didymosphaerella Cooke  Leptosphaerulina Selleck ISRIB McAlpine  Macroventuria Aa  ?Platychora Petr.  Didymosphaeriaceae  Appendispora K.D. Hyde  Didymosphaeria Fuckel  Phaeodothis Syd. & P. Syd.  Dothidotthiaceae  Dothidotthia Höhn.  Leptosphaeriaceae eltoprazine  Leptosphaeria Ces. & De Not.  Neophaeosphaeria Câmara, M.E. Palm & A.W. Ramaley  Phaeosphaeriaceae  Barria Z.Q. Yuan  Bricookea M.E. Barr  ?Chaetoplea (Sacc.) Clem.  ?Eudarluca Speg.  Entodesmium Reiss  Hadrospora Boise  Lautitia S. Schatz  Loratospora Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.  Metameris Theiss. & Syd.  Mixtura O.E. Erikss. & J.Z. Yue  Nodulosphaeria Rabenh.  Ophiobolus Reiss  Ophiosphaerella Speg.  Phaeosphaeria I. Miyake  Phaeosphaeriopsis Câmara, M.E. Palm

& A.W.  Ramaley  Pleoseptum A.W. Ramaley & M.E. Barr  Setomelanomma M. Morelet  Wilmia Dianese, Inácio & Dornelo-Silva  Pleosporaceae  Cochliobolus Drechsler  Crivellia Shoemaker & Inderbitzin  Decorospora Inderbitzin, Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.  Extrawettsteinina M.E. Barr  Lewia M.E. Barr & E.G. Simmons  Macrospora Fuckel  Platysporoides (Wehm.) Shoemaker & C.E. Babc.  Pleospora Rabenh. ex Ces. & De Not.  Pseudoyuconia Lar. N. Vasiljeva  Pyrenophora Fr.  Setosphaeria K.J. Leonard & Suggs Pleosporales subordo. Massarineae  Lentitheciaceae  Lentithecium K.D. Hyde, J. Fourn. & Yin. Zhang  Katumotoa Kaz. Tanaka & Y. Harada  Keissleriella Höhn.  ?Wettsteinina Höhn.  Massarinaceae  Byssothecium Fuckel  Massarina Sacc.  Saccharicola D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss.