Tammsaarea Tedersoo gen. nov.

Type species.

Tammsaarea vivikae Tedersoo.

Description.

Covers the monophyletic group in Tammsaareaceae (Fig. 2). Phylogenetically delimited as the least inclusive clade covering sequence accessions EUK 1602762 and EUK 1635767 (Suppl. material 3).

Notes.

Based on ITS sequences, Tammsaarea is comprised of two species; the other being represented by LSU sequences EUK 1601269, EUK 1635767 and EUK 1635768 (all GSMc plot G 4185, Picea - Pinus forest soil in Ristipalo, Estonia, 58.10241 ° N, 27.47874 ° E).