Inflatispora Y. Zhang ter, J. Fourn. & K. D. Hyde

Inflatispora Y. Zhang ter, J. Fourn. & K. D. Hyde, Sydowia 63 (2): 290 (2011) Description and illustrations. see in Zhang et al. (2011), Tibpromma et al. (2017) Type species. Inflatispora pseudostromatica Y. Zhang ter, J. Fourn. & K. D. Hyde Notes. When Tanaka et al. (2015) conducted a revision of the Massarineae, Inflatispora pseudostromatica clustered with Monodictys capensis (now synonymized to Pleomonodictys capensis, Hernández-Restrepo et al. 2017) in a clade which was considered as incertae sedis. When the second taxon, I. caryotae was introduced, it was sister to I. pseudostromatica, and together both species clustered with M. capensis and Asteromassaria pulchra (fig. 39 in Tibpromma et al. 2017). None of these taxa had any familial placement and thus, Inflatispora was referred to Massarineae incertae sedis (Tibpromma et al. 2017). At the same time, in the phylogenetic analyses conducted by Hernández-Restrepo et al. (2017), Inflatispora (I. pseudostromatica) grouped with taxa of the novel genus Pleomonodictys (Pleomonodictys capensis and Pl. descalsii) described in that study, and those of Bactrodesmium (B. cubense), Clypeoloculus (C. akitaensis) and Morosphaeria (M. velatispora). However, Pleomonodictys was placed in the new family Pleomonodictydaceae, while the other genera were reported as incertae sedis (Hernández-Restrepo et al. 2017). Later, when Jayasiri et al. (2019) introduced Pleohelicoon in Pleomonodictydaceae, Inflatispora clustered with Pleohelicoon and Pleomonodictys in a clade, where it formed a distinct basal lineage to the two genera with low statistical support and was still considered as incertae sedis taxon. In the present study Inflatispora clusters in Pleomonodictydaceae with 99 % ML BS, 1.00 BYPP statistical support (Fig. 1). Inflatispora resembles (in its sexual morph) Robiniigena hyalinospora gen. et sp. nov. in Pleomonodictydaceae and is accepted in the family based on morpho-phylogenetic evidence.