Abstract
Morphological and molecular analyses demonstrate that Coniolariella gamsii and Coniolaria murandii are distinct species. The latter species is validated here as Coniolariella macrothecia. A key to the five species of the genus is provided.
This study was supported in part by a research grant from Iranian National Science Foundation (INSF). The authors are indebted to Dr Joëlle Dupont (France) for supplying the ex-type culture (LCP 04.5004) of Coniolaria murandii and to Dr Gerard Verkley (the Netherlands) for supplying the ex-type culture (CBS 124506) of Coniolariella hispanica.