MycoKeys 2018 30(42):35-72. Epub 2018 Nov 30.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 569 Dabney Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA University of Tennessee Knoxville United States of America.
Five species of have been generally recognized from eastern North America based on morphological recognition: , , and varieties, , and . Other unique North American species, such as and , are either illegitimately named or considered synonymous with European taxa. Here, seventeen phylogenetic species of are detected from eastern North America based on a molecular phylogenetic survey of ITS sequences from herbarium collections and GenBank data, including environmental sequences. Based on current distribution results, sixteen of these species appear endemic to North America. Of these, six species are described as new: , , , , , and . Geographic range extensions and taxonomic notes are provided for five additional species recently described as new from eastern North America. A new name, , is proposed for Banning ex Peck, non Valenti. Overall, species of are best recognized by a combination of morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Taxonomic descriptions are provided for seventeen species, including epitype designations for , , and , taxa described more than 100 years ago, and molecular annotation of the isotype of . Photographs and a key to eastern North American species are presented.