Bambusicola D.Q. Dai & K.D. Hyde, Cryptog. Mycol. 33(3): 367 (2012)

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Bambusicola was introduced by Dai et al. (2012) to accommodate four saprobic species associated with bamboo, namely B. bambusae, B. irregulispora, B. massarinia and B. splendida . Subsequently, many species were included in the genus which were mainly known as saprobes on different bamboos in terrestrial habitats (Dai et al. 2012, 2015, 2017; Thambugala et al. 2017; Monkai et al. 2021; Phukhamsakda et al. 2022; Yu et al. 2022). However, B. sichuanensis and B. subthailandica were reported as parasites on Phyllostachys heteroclada (Yang et al. 2019). While B. aquatica was reported as a saprobe submerged in freshwater (Dong et al. 2020) and B. ficuum was reported on dead twigs of Ficus (Brahmanage et al. 2020). Bambusicola is morphologically well-studied and appear pleomorphic. Besides, its phylogenetic affinities have been well-clarified, based on multigene phylogenetic evidence (e.g. B. didymospora, B. massarinia, B. triseptatispora) (Dai et al. 2012, 2017). Currently, there are 17 species accepted in the genus, mostly distributed in the Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces of China and Thailand (http://www.indexfungorum.org; accessed on 25 May 2023). In the present study, we introduce a novel species B. hongheensis which was collected from dead bamboo culms in Yunnan, China.