Three genera were included, i.e. phragmosporous Kalmusia, dictyosporous Montagnula and didymosporous

Didymosphaerella (Barr 2001). Our molecular phylogenetic analysis based on multi-genes indicated that species from Kalmusia, Phaeosphaeria, Bimuria, Didymocrea, Paraphaeosphaeria, Karstenula, Letendraea as well as Montagnula resided in the monophylogenetic clade of the Montagnulaceae (this website Schoch et al. 2009; Zhang et al. 2009a). Morosphaeriaceae Suetrong, Sakay., E.B.G. Jones & C.L. Schoch 2009 Four marine species, viz. Massarina ramunculicola (as Morosphaeria ramunculicola), Massarina velataspora (Morosphaeria velataspora), Helicascus kanaloanus and H. nypae Raf inhibitor together with the freshwater species Kirschsteiniothelia elaterascus form a well supported clade, which most likely represent a familial rank (Suetrong et al. 2009). Thus, Morosphaeriaceae was introduced to accommodate these taxa (Suetrong et al. 2009). In this study, Asteromassaria pulchra is basal to other species of Morosphaeriaceae, and gets well support (Plate 1). Thus we tentatively assign Asteromassaria HSP inhibitor clinical trial under Morosphaeriaceae. Phaeosphaeriaceae M.E. Barr 1979a The Phaeosphaeriaceae was introduced to accommodate some pleosporalean genera which have saprobic, parasitic or hyperparasitic lifestyles and have small- to medium-sized, subglobose or conical

ascomata, bitunicate asci and hyaline or pigmented ascospores with or without septation (Barr 1979a). Fourteen genera were included, viz. Comoclathris, Didymella, Eudarluca, Heptameria, Leptosphaeria, Loculohypoxylon, Metameris, Microthelia, Nodulosphaeria, Ophiobolus, Paraphaeosphaeria, Rhopographus, Scirrhodothis and Teichospora (Barr 1979a), which were subsequently assigned to various

families, such as Loculohypoxylon and Teichospora to the Teichosporaceae, Paraphaeosphaeria to the Montagnulaceae, Leptosphaeria to the Leptosphaeriaceae, Comoclathris to the Diademaceae, Didymella to the Didymellaceae and Cyclin-dependent kinase 3 Heptameria and Rhopographus to genera incertae sedis of Dothideomycetes (Aveskamp et al. 2010; de Gruyter et al. 2009; Lumbsch and Huhndorf 2007; Zhang et al. 2009a). Based on multi-gene phylogenetic analysis, a relatively narrow familial concept is accepted, which is mostly associated with monocotyledons, with perithecoid, small- to medium-sized ascomata, and septate ascospores which are fusiform to filliform (Zhang et al. 2009a). Four genera were accepted, Ophiosphaerella, Phaeosphaeria, Entodesmium and Setomelanomma (Zhang et al. 2009a). Together with Cucurbitariaceae, Didymellaceae, Didymosphaeriaceae, Dothidotthiaceae, Leptosphaeriaceae and Pleosporaceae, the Phaeosphaeriaceae is assigned under Pleosporineae (Zhang et al. 2009a). Pleomassariaceae M.E. Barr 1979a Both Asteromassaria and Splanchnonema were designated as representative genera of Pleomassariaceae (Barr 1979a).