Molecular phylogeny of Dictyosporium and allied genera inferred from ribosomal DNA

were investigated using sequences of small ribosomal subunit (SSU), internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS) and the 5' portion of the large ribosomal subunit (LSU) of RNA. Six new SSU sequences were determined and analysed together with related sequences from GenBank using parsimony and Bayesian analyses. A second alignment with 15 ITS and seven partial LSU sequence of rDNA for an expanded set of taxa was also analysed to determine the relationships among various species and genera. Results indicated that the "