Fig. 156.

Maximum parsimony tree of Xylariaceae constructed by using the ITS sequence. The tree includes both ML and MP values. Rosellinia australiensis is selected as an outgroup taxon. RAxML analysis yielded a minimum scoring tree with a final ML optimization likelihood value of − 5854.053127. The matrix had 393 distinct alignment patterns with 10.20% of undetermined characters or gaps. The maximum parsimonious dataset consists of 626 characters of which 278 were constant, 233 parsimony-informative and 115 parsimony-uninformative. The parsimony analysis of the data matrix resulted in one thousand equally parsimonious trees with a length of 1041 steps (CI 0.540, RI = 0.829, RC 0.447, HI = 0.460) in the first tree. The overall topology of the phylogenetic trees resulted from ML and MP were similar and incongruent in with earlier studies. The phylogenetic analysis showed that Xylaria haemorrhoidalis NFCC-4369 nested with Xylaria haemorrhoidalis 89041207 with 100% MLBS and 100% MPBS support. Similarly, Xylaria apiospora NFCC-4370 branched with Xylaria multiplex 1010 with week bootstrap support of MPBS. The newly generated sequences are indicated in blue bold