Talk:Zopfiella

Cai et al. (2006b) in a phylogenetic study using partial LSU, ITS, and partial beta-tubulin, found that Zopfiella is polyphyletic. The type species formed a well-supported group with a species each of Podospora and Cercophora. The group shared the characteristic of ascospores with a septum in the dark cell and suggested that Zopfiella be restricted to species having that character. However, Cai et al. (2006b) did not mention that the same character shows up in some distantly related taxa included in their analyses. The type species of Zopfiella did not group with the representatives of the Chaetomiaceae so the genus returns to the Lasiosphaeriaceae. -Kempm 19:05, 12 September 2006 (UTC)