Pestalotiopsis—morphology, phylogeny, biochemistry and diversity. Fungal Diversity 50: 167–187. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13225-011-0125-x

Abstract The genus Pestalotiopsis has received consider-able attention in recent years, not only because of its role as a plant pathogen but also as a commonly isolated endophyte which has been shown to produce a wide range of chemically novel diverse metabolites. Classification in the genus has been previously based on morphology, with conidial characters being considered as important in distinguishing species and closely related genera. In this review, Pestalotia, Pestalotiopsis and some related genera are evaluated; it is concluded that the large number of described species has resulted from introductions based on host association. We suspect that many of these are probably not good biological species. Recent molecular data have shown that conidial characters can be used to distinguish taxa; however, host association and geograph