Multigene phylogenetic analyses to establish new Valsaria species and taxonomic significance of spore ornamentation

• Dhandevi Pem,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand

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• Kevin D. Hyde,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai, Thailand, World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming, Yunnan, P. R. China

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• Mingkwan Doilom ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: r.jeewon@uom.ac.mu (RJ); j_hammochi@hotmail.com (MD)

  Affiliations Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China, World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming, Yunnan, P. R. China

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• Erio Camporesi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliations A.M.B. Gruppo Micologico Forlivese “Antonio Cicognani”, Via Roma, Forlì, Italy, A.M.B. Circolo Micologico “Giovanni Carini”, Brescia, Italy, Società per gli Studi Naturalistici della Romagna, Bagnacavallo (RA), Italy

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• Sinang Hongsanan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China

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• Sillma Rampadarath,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius

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• Vishwakalyan Bhoyroo,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5819-9687

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• Rajesh Jeewon

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: r.jeewon@uom.ac.mu (RJ); j_hammochi@hotmail.com (MD)

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8563-957X

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