Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny reveal a new fungal genus and species from Hevea brasiliensis latex in Yunnan, China Author Xu, Ruifang 0000-0003-2170-5811 Center for Mountain Futures, Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P. R. China. & Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand. & CIFOR-ICRAF China Program, World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P. R. China. & School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand. & 2417745253 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2170 - 5811 2417745253@qq.com Author Hyde, Kevin D. 0000-0002-3407-9517 Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand. & School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand. & Innovative Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University, Guangdong, P. R. China. & kdhyde 3 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3407 - 9517 kdhyde3@gmail.com Author Karunarathna, Samantha C. 0000-0001-7080-0781 Center for Mountain Futures, Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P. R. China. & CIFOR-ICRAF China Program, World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P. R. China. & samantha @ mail. kib. ac. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7080 - 0781 samantha@mail.kib.ac.cn Author Xu, Jian-Chu 0000-0002-2485-2254 Center for Mountain Futures, Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P. R. China. & CIFOR-ICRAF China Program, World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P. R. China. & jxu @ mail. kib. ac. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2485 - 2254 jxu@mail.kib.ac.cn Author Mortimer, Peter E. 0000-0003-3188-9327 Center for Mountain Futures, Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P. R. China. & CIFOR-ICRAF China Program, World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P. R. China. & peter @ mail. kib. ac. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3188 - 9327 peter@mail.kib.ac.cn Author Tibpromma, Saowaluck 0000-0002-4706-6547 Center for Mountain Futures, Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P. R. China. & CIFOR-ICRAF China Program, World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P. R. China. & saowaluckfai @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4706 - 6547 saowaluckfai@gmail.com text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-01-06 530 1 65 76 journal article 2741 10.11646/phytotaxa.530.1.5 f07998af-afc0-43a8-b601-a3017045edb1 1179-3163 5823947

TABLE 1. Genes/loci with PCR primers and protocols used in the present study.

Gene / loci	PCR primers (forward/reverse)		References
ITS	ITS5	5′-GGAAGTAAAAGTCGTAACAAGG-3′	White et al. (1990)
	ITS4	5′-TCCTCCGCTTATTGATATGC-3′
LSU	LR0R	5′-ACCCGCTGAACTTAAGC-3′	Vilgalys & Hester (1990)
	LR5	5′-TCCTGAGGGAAACTTCG-3′
SSU	NS1	5′-GTAGTCATATGCTTGTCTC-3′	White et al. (1990)
	NS2	5′-GGCTGCTGGCACCAGACTTGC-3′
tef1-α	728F	5 ‘-CATCGAGAAGTTCGAGAAGG-3’	Carbone & Kohn (1999)
	TEF1LLErev	5 ‘-AACTTGCAGGCAATGTGG-3’	Jaklitsch et al. (2005)
rpb2	fRPB2-5F	5′-GAYGAYMGWGATCAYTTYGG-3′	Liu et al. (1999)
	fRPB2-7cR	5′-CCCATRGCTTGYTTRCCCAT-3′