Genera of Phytopathogenic Fungi (GOPHY) is introduced as a new series of publications in order to provide a stable platform for the taxonomy of phytopathogenic fungi. This first paper focuses on 21 genera of phytopathogenic fungi: Bipolaris, Boeremia, Calonectria, Ceratocystis, Cladosporium, Colletotrichum, Coniella, Curvularia, Monilinia, Neofabraea, Neofusicoccum, Pilidium, Pleiochaeta, Plenodomus, Protostegia, Pseudopyricularia, Puccinia, Saccharata, Thyrostroma, Venturia and Wilsonomyces. For each genus, a morphological description and information about its pathology, distribution, hosts and disease symptoms are provided. In addition, this information is linked to primary and secondary DNA barcodes of the presently accepted species, and relevant literature. Moreover, several novelties are introduced, i.e. new genera, species and combinations, and neo-, lecto- and epitypes designated to provide a stable taxonomy. This first paper includes one new genus, 26 new species, ten new combinations, and four typifications of older names.
Keywords: Bi. variabilis Y. Marín, Y.P. Tan & Crous; Bipolaris saccharicola Y. Marín & Crous; Boeremia trachelospermi Q. Chen & L. Cai; Ca. longiramosa L. Lombard & Crous; Ca. nemoralis L. Lombard & Crous; Ca. octoramosa L. Lombard & Crous; Ca. parvispora L. Lombard & Crous; Ca. tucuruiensis L. Lombard & Crous; Calonectria ecuadorensis L. Lombard & Crous; Ceratophorum setosum Kirchn; Ceratophorum setosum Kirchn.; Cl. kenpeggii Bensch, U. Braun & Crous; Cl. welwitschiicola Bensch, U. Braun & Crous; Cladosporium chasmanthicola Bensch, U. Braun & Crous; Colletotrichum sydowii Damm; Coniella hibisci (B. Sutton) Crous; Coniella musaiaensis var. hibisci B. Sutton; Cu. soli Y. Marín & Crous; Curvularia pisi Y. Marín & Crous; DNA barcodes; Fungal systematics; Helminthosporium carpophilum Lév.; M. yunnanensis (M.J. Hu & C.X. Luo) Sandoval-Denis & Crous; Monilinia mumeicola (Y. Harada et al.) Sandoval-Denis & Crous; Neofusicoccum italicum Dissanayake & K.D. Hyde; Nm. pistaciicola Crous; Nm. pruni Crous; Phytopathogenic fungi; Pilidium septatum Giraldo & Crous; Plant pathology; Pleiochaeta carotae Hern.-Rest., van der Linde & Crous; Plenodomus deqinensis Q. Chen & L. Cai; Protostegia eucleicola Crous; Pseudopyricularia bothriochloae (Crous & Cheew.) Y. Marín & Crous; Pu. geitonoplesii (McAlpine) McTaggart & R.G. Shivas; Pu. merrilliana (Syd. & P. Syd.) McTaggart & R.G. Shivas; Pu. rhagodiae (Cooke & Massee) McTaggart & R.G. Shivas; Puccinia dianellae (Dietel) McTaggart & R.G. Shivas; S. protearum Crous; Saccharata leucospermi Crous; Taxonomy; Thyrostroma franseriae Crous; Typifications; Venturia martianoffiana (Thüm.) Y. Zhang ter & J.Q. Zhang; Venturia phaeosepta Y. Zhang ter & J.Q. Zhang; Verkleyomyces Y. Marín & Crous; Verkleyomyces illicii (X. Sun et al.) Y. Marín & Crous.