Lehetua Tedersoo gen. nov.

Type species.

Lehetua indrekii Tedersoo.

Description.

Covers the monophyletic group in Lehetuaceae (Fig. 2). Phylogenetically delimited as the least inclusive clade covering sequence accessions EUK 1603180, EUK 1602366 and EUK 1602374 (Suppl. material 3).

Notes.

Based on ITS and LSU sequences, Lehetua is comprised of 8–10 species. Other putative ITS - based species in Lehetua are represented by sequences EUK 1602811 (GSMc plot G 4105, Picea abies forest soil in Lepa, Estonia, 57.70158 ° N, 26.23993 ° E); EUK 1603124 (GSMc plot G 5003, Pinus sylvestris forest soil in Naissaar, Estonia; 59.5634 ° N, 24.5451 ° E); and EUK 0022184 (GSMc plot AV 106, Pseudomonotes tropenbosii rainforest soil in El Zafire, Colombia, - 3.995 ° N, - 69.898 ° E).